David Van Wylen is a principal in the Office of Possibilities. He began working at Hope in July 2015 as the dean of Natural and Applied Sciences, a role he continued until November 2020.

Areas of expertise

大卫以前的研究兴趣包括心脏生理学和神经生物学。他在学术期刊上发表了50多篇文章，并在美国和国外的多个专业会议上发表了与他的研究相关的演讲。他还发表/介绍了他在项目和空间设计方面的经验，目前他正在教授和谈论他最近对水相关问题的兴趣。

Education

• Ph.D., physiology, University of Michigan, 1983
• B.A., biology, St. Olaf College, 1980

Honors, grants and awards

• The Elle & Kaare Nygaard Foundation Grant ($200,000), 2007–2010; Biomedical and Artistic Features in the New St. Olaf College Science Complex, St. Olaf College
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant ($1,400,000), 2004–2008; Project Director, Undergraduate Biological Sciences, St. Olaf College
• NIH AREA Grant ($90,000), 2002–2005; Principal Investigator, Protection with Adenosine A1 Receptor Overexpression, St. Olaf College
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant ($700,000), 2000–2004; Project Director, Undergraduate Biological Sciences, St. Olaf College
• NIH AREA Grant ($70,000), 1999–2000; Principal Investigator, Metabolic Adaptations to Myocardial Ischemia, St. Olaf College
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant ($1,300,000), 1996–2001; Project Director, Undergraduate Biological Sciences, St. Olaf College
• NIH RO1 Grant ($598,399), 1994–1999; Principal Investigator, Preconditioning, ISF Adenosine, and Cardioprotection, SUNY–Buffalo and St. Olaf College
• American Heart Association Established Investigator Award ($334,750), 1993–1998; Principal Investigator, SUNY–Buffalo and St. Olaf College
• NIH RO1 Grant ($270,000), 1991–1994; Principal Investigator, Cardiac Microdialysis, Adenosine, and Cardiac Function, SUNY–Buffalo
• NIH FIRST Award ($348,415), 1988–1993; Principal Investigator; The Role of Adenosine in Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation, SUNY–Buffalo

Select publications

• “Are ‘new building’ learning gains sustainable? Revisiting our goals after five years,”Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
• "Tiered classrooms at St. Olaf College: Faculty and student perceptions of three different designs,"Journal of LearningSpaces, 2013
• "Interdisciplinarity: The right people, a supportive place, and a program emerges,"CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2013
• "Connectedness by design: the teaching laboratories in St. Olaf College’s Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences,"Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
• "Facilities planning for the neuroscience curriculum at a primarily undergraduate institution: St. Olaf College’s Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences,"Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 2009

Outside the college

戴夫和妻子帕特住在荷兰，有三个成年的孩子。