Executive Director
Hanley Sustainability Institute
Ben McCall serves as the Executive Director of the Hanley Sustainability Institute at the University of Dayton, where he is also a Professor of Physics and Chemistry. In addition to advancing sustainability education, research, and community engagement, Ben advocates for enterprise-wide changes to make the university's operations sustainable and carbon-free. Prior to moving to the University of Dayton, Ben was a Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he led a research group studying molecular spectroscopy and astrochemistry. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and The Optical Society (OSA).