Cherry A. Murray, Ph.D., is the Dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She announced via an email to the Harvard community that she will be stepping down from her post at the end of 2014, with an interim dean to be named by FAS Dean Michael Smith and a permanent dean following a formal search.She was the 2009 President of the American Physical Society (APS) and Chair of the Division of Engineering and Physical Science of the National Research Council.In 2014,she received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.