Linda Sue Schadler is the Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, and acting provost and senior vice president at the University of Vermont.

[3] Her father worked in metallurgy at General Electric and her mother was a biology professor at Union College.

[5] She moved to the University of Pennsylvania for her doctoral research, working on the micromechanical behavior of fiber / polymer composites.

[7] Schadler created a video called Molecules to the Max, which introduces the general public to materials science.

[10][11] She was awarded a $5 million grant to create a database of polymer nanocomposites and metamaterials that will permit researchers to predict the properties of new materials.