Elizabeth Ambos

Elizabeth (Beth) L. Ambos, Principal, Ambos Consulting. Beth Ambos became the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR’s) fourth Executive Officer in May 2012, retiring in August 2019, after a career in higher education that always included undergraduate research. From 2006-2012, immediately prior to becoming CUR’s Executive Officer, Beth Ambos served as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives and Partnerships for the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system. Before her appointment at the CSU system level, Ambos held several administrative appointments at California State University, Long Beach, including Associate Vice President for Research and External Support, Graduate Dean, and Associate Dean in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. She has helped obtain and/or manage more than $60M in grant and contract funds over the past three decades, has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers, and made over 150 presentations at professional society meetings. For more information about Ambos Consulting, please see https://www.ambosconsulting.com.

Beth Ambos received her A.B. in Geology from Smith College (magna cum laude), and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in marine geology and geophysics. She held post-doctoral appointments at the United States Geological Survey (National Research Council fellow) and University of Southern California, served as a summer faculty fellow at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and has held an intergovernmental personnel act appointment as a National Science Foundation program officer.

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