George M. Langford is Professor of biology and Distinguished Professor of neuroscience at Syracuse University. He served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2008 to 2014. His research is focused primarily on the cell and molecular biology of the actin cytoskeleton in health and disease. He was elected in 2021 to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of many professional societies, including the American Society for Cell Biology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a member of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science Education Advisory Board and chaired the Board of directors of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Langford is also a proponent of increasing diversity in STEM. He is program director of the CHANcE project, which creates an inclusive environment for students from groups underrepresented in STEM, including minorities and first-generation students.