Justin Schwartz (born February 9, 1965) is an American nuclear engineer and chancellor at the University of Colorado Boulder, a position he has held since July 1, 2024.

From August 2022 until his appointment at CU Boulder, Schwartz was the interim and then permanent executive vice president and provost at The Pennsylvania State University.

He created an Interdisciplinary Schools Task Force to bring together multiple colleges and campuses to offer programs in cross-cutting areas such as sustainability and artificial intelligence.

[11] “He appreciates our deeply held commitment to our mission of serving Colorado, Coloradans and society.” Schwartz’s research focuses on the performance and system integration of superconducting magnets, optical fiber distributed sensors, and magnetic and multiferroic materials.

Schwartz has published more than 300 papers, has seven issued patents and served as principal or co-principal investigator for more than $23 million in research while advising 50 graduate students.