Dr. Prabhas V. Moghe is executive vice president for academic affairs at Rutgers University in New Jersey. In this role, he is the chief academic officer for the institution and the second highest ranking administrative officer after the President.
Academic affairs, the office led by the EVPAA, ensures academic oversight over the academic, research, and innovation mission across the four chancellor units and their constituent 29 decanal schools. Academic affairs is especially focused on elevating the academic excellence at Rutgers by strengthening faculty collaborative scholarship, academic educational programs, and student academic success.
Moghe has held several academic and administrative leadership roles since joining Rutgers in 1995, most recently serving as provost and executive vice chancellor for research and academic affairs. A scientist-scholar and educator, Moghe is also a distinguished professor of engineering (biomedical engineering; chemical & biochemical engineering) and holds courtesy appointment at Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences (RBHS).
In research initiatives funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, the American Hospital Association, and private foundations, Moghe has pioneered imaging nanotechnology for early cancer detection and potential therapies for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders.
Moghe earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He has been named a fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.