Dean Mora Named President-Elect of AGI

December 8, 2024

During the summer, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) board of directors elected Claudia Mora, the dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences, to serve as the institute’s next president. Mora will serve as president-elect during the next year and then begin her term as president in 2026.

AGI is one of the leading professional organizations for geoscientists. The president serves as its ambassador and chief spokesperson, representing more than 40 scientific and professional organizations and a worldwide AGI membership of over a quarter-million earth, atmospheric and ocean scientists.

Mora joins a roster of AGI presidents from The University of Texas at Austin. They include Jackson School deans emeriti Sharon Mosher (2012-2013), William Fisher (1990-1991) and Peter Flawn (1987-1988), and Scott Tinker, the former director of the school’s Bureau of Economic Geology (2015-2016).