Dr. Ray Jayawardhana Named 10th President of Caltech, Begins Role July 2026
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Dr. Ray Jayawardhana, a distinguished academic leader and world-renowned astrophysicist currently serving as Provost of Johns Hopkins University, has been appointed as the next President of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
He will become the 10th president in Caltech’s 105-year history, assuming office on July 1, 2026.
The announcement was made during a community-wide gathering at Caltech’s Pasadena campus, following a months-long international search led by the Institute’s Board of Trustees.
“I am deeply honored to have been selected as Caltech’s tenth president and to join this remarkable community of trailblazers,” said Jayawardhana. “For more than a century, Caltech has achieved extraordinary and enduring impact from a deceptively simple formula: empowering brilliant minds to explore important questions with imagination and courage and making bold commitments to efforts others might consider too risky or far-fetched.”
Jayawardhana emphasized his commitment to Caltech’s core mission of fundamental research and education, while pledging to strengthen the Institute’s ability to pursue, share, and apply knowledge and innovations that serve and inspire humanity.
