Mun Y. Choi, PhD was named chancellor of the University of Missouri on July 29, 2020. He also serves as the president of the four campus University of Missouri System, a role he has held since March 2017.
Before serving as the UM System president, Dr. Choi’s 25-year career in higher education included serving as assistant and associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1994-2000), department head of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Drexel University (2000-2008), then dean of engineering at the University of Connecticut (UConn) (2008-2012). Later, he took on the role of provost and executive vice president at UConn (2012-2017).