That is an odd combination because becoming chair is often an early indicator of a reduction in focus on research, and early tenure is usually an indicator of high investment in the person's research.
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To me it indicates ability of administration to spot talent (a 30 year old will never be the “obvious” candidate) coupled with a commitment to results (exemplified by their willingness to break the social rules).
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One of the inventors of CRISPR wasn't a dept chair at 30, but he co-invented CRISPR & played a key role in developing optogenetics before he was 30. Feng Zhang (he's 38 now). He also co-founded Editas Medicine
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Very familiar with his work; definitely an amazing guy.
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Astronomer Truman Henry Safford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Henry_Safford … Was made director of the Hopkins Observatory at the age of 29 https://www.jstor.org/stable/20021720?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents …
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Interesting example! (Though not contemporary...)
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why would you want to be a department chair?
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The question might be whether "star builders" (maybe not star researchers) get their chance before turning ancient.
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Ed Walsh was 29 when he started what would become
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Ed was that young when he started ?? Incredible. Was fortunate to be a relatively early entrant to UL; though it had quite the reputation already as NIHE Limerick
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