LSU Provost Astrid Merget and Vice Chancellor of Research & Economic Development Brooks Keel appointed professors Stephen David Beck and Jorge Pullin as interim management for the CCT while the University undertakes an international search for a new CCT director to replace Ed Seidel, who accepted a position as the National Science Foundation’s Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, effective Sept. 1,  2008.

The CCT Director Search Committee is chaired by Kevin Carman, dean of the College of Basic Sciences, and co-chaired by Joel Tohline,  professor of physics & astronomy and a senior faculty member at CCT. CCT has a broad representation in the Committee.