Francis J. Doyle III

Francis "Frank" J. Doyle III (born 1963) is an American engineer and academic administrator.

[1] Doyle completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University in 1985, receiving a B.S.E.

Prior to his appointment at UCSB, Doyle was a professor in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware (1997–2002),[2] and was a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University (1992–1997).

Doyle was dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from 2015 to 2023.

[4] Doyle has received a number of honors throughout his career, including: He has also held leadership positions in professional societies including the IEEE (as President of the Control Systems Society) and as Vice President of the International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC), among others.