The University of Iowa College of Dentistry is getting a new associate dean.

Galen Schneider will soon replace Jed Hand as the executive associate dean of the dental school.

Schneider’s portfolio of accomplishments includes being a talented administrator, board-certified prosthodontist, as well as obtaining a doctor of dental surgery degree, certificate in prosthodontics, and doctoral degree in cell biology.

His research is based on relating dental implants and bone-tissue engineering to the research he completes on bone cell biology. Schneider’s term will begin Sept. 1. 

— by Dora Grote