Jules Bruck, who currently serves as director and professor of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Florida, has been appointed as the college’s new dean, effective July 1.
A registered landscape architect, Bruck was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2024.
Her research, including a $9.4 million project to develop shellfish‑based living shorelines to enhance coastal resilience, has attracted support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Before her tenure at the University of Florida, Bruck was the founding director of the landscape architecture program at the University of Delaware, which she established in 2016. While there, she launched the Coastal Resilience Design Studio, an initiative that develops resilience strategies for coastal regions.
The CRDS has received national recognition for informing local land-use policy and driving nearly $10 million in infrastructure investment.
Bruck earned her doctorate in agricultural education from Texas A&M University. She also holds a master’s degree in horticulture and a bachelor’s degree in landscape contracting from Penn State University.
