CSTI - Key Persons


Aaron Gibson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Adrian Starke

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Alexis DelGrosso

Job Titles:
  • Financial Administrator

Alysia Grogan

Job Titles:
  • Administrative and Personnel Coordinator

Anna Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Anna Ligorio

Job Titles:
  • External Relations Manager

Anthony Defranco

Job Titles:
  • Engineer

Ben Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Brandon Barber


CEE Structures

Job Titles:
  • Materials Technician

Cheryl Morand

Job Titles:
  • Academic Program Administrator

Congrong Ma


Cyrus Darvish

Job Titles:
  • Research Specialist

David Malehorn

Job Titles:
  • CEE Research Technician

Denise Grogan

Job Titles:
  • BioE Finance Assistant II

Diann Decenzo

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Accountant

Dr. Andrew Bunger


Dr. April Chambers

Job Titles:
  • Lab Director

Dr. Steven Sachs


Emily Kerr


Heather Manns

Job Titles:
  • MEMS Undergraduate Administrator

Hong Bin Jiang


Jacob Stempky

Job Titles:
  • Department Assistant Chair

Jenna Trout

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager

Jeremy Berardo

Job Titles:
  • BioE Research Operations Manager

John Mahn

Job Titles:
  • Lead Grants Administrator

Joseph Gannon

Job Titles:
  • Department Administrator

Julia Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Scientific Editorial Assistant

Khari Goosby

Job Titles:
  • BioE Research Operations Manager, Kozai Lab

Kristen Gallik

Job Titles:
  • Events Manager

Krystina Primack

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Leigh Featherston

Job Titles:
  • Financial Administrator

Mark J. Dignam

Job Titles:
  • Admin Assistant to Prof. Anna C. Balazs

Mary Jo Dorsey


Melissa Bilec

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair

Michael McMahon

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Unit Operations Lab Manager

Olivia Coyne

Job Titles:
  • Research Engineer

Paige Martin

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Patricia Park

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Coordinator

Paul Kunsa

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Percy Curtis

Job Titles:
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Member
Percy Curtis (he/they) is a Senior in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a member of the University's Honors College. Percy has worked on multiple National Science Foundation research projects, including a project on systems of green infrastructure for stormwater management with Dr. Ng's lab at Pitt. He has also served extensively with Jumpstart, a preschool education initiative that supports early childhood literacy and socioemotional skills. He is the President of Pitt's chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World and the undergraduate cochair for the IDEA Committee.

Rebecca Marflak

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Research Technician

Rita Leccia


Robert Maniet

Job Titles:
  • Senior Electronics Specialist

Tara Rankin

Job Titles:
  • MEMS Graduate Administrator

Tianyang Li


Tonya Rike

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to Dr. Steven Little

Xia Li