CIC - Key Persons
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- Executive Assistant
- Assistant to the Executive
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- President of the External Advisory Board
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- Distinguished External Fellow
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- Media Contact
- Assistant Vice President of Research Communications
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- Vice President for the Enterprise Innovation Institute
Bridges leads EI², a statewide, 12-program, 160-member organization and the nation's largest and most comprehensive university-based program of business and industry assistance, technology commercialization, and economic development.
B. David Bridges is the Vice President for the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. EI2 is the largest, oldest, and most successful economic development organization at any university in the country. It is home to 11 economic development programs which (1) build and scale startups, (2) grow existing small and medium sized enterprises, including manufacturing firms, and (3) energize ecosystem builders (communities, governments, universities, and non-profits). These programs serve the State of Georgia, with programmatic reach across the Southeast region, the United States, and five continents around the world. Bridges concurrently serves as the Director of the Economic Development Lab (EDL) within the Enterprise Innovation Institute. EDL works with communities in Georgia on projects such as workforce development, fiscal and economic impact analyses, strategic planning, and downtown redevelopment. This lab also works locally and globally conducting innovation policy research and implementing innovation ecosystem building projects with 23 countries around the world.
Since joining the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994, Bridges has worked in various practice areas serving manufacturing firms, national labs, international governments, and innovation ecosystems. He has been a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on over $20 million in grants and has authored, co-authored, or significantly contributed to over $40 million in winning proposals. Bridges has won over 100 proposals from U.S. federal agencies, plus universities, governments and non-profits from around the world. He is a Principal Research Faculty member and a frequent lecturer and key note speaker in China, South Africa, and across Latin America on nascent, innovation ecosystem building.
Prior to joining EI2, he was a general management consultant and a brand manager at three consumer package goods companies. Bridges has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University and a Master of Science in Marketing from Georgia State University.
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- Interim Executive Director
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- Project Manager
- Project Manager, Office of Research Development and Manufacturing USA Initiative
Primary responsibilities include: Support for investigators developing large-scale research funding proposals, and consultation with Manufacturing USA institutes on cost sharing obligations and memberships.
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- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President for Research
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Chaouki T. Abdallah is the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. As chief research officer, Abdallah provides overall leadership for the Institute's $1.45 billion portfolio of research, economic development, and sponsored activities, including the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Enterprise Innovation Institute, 10 interdisciplinary research institutes (IRIs), and related research administrative support units. He also serves on the executive committee of the Council on Research for the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU), the executive committee for the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), and the advisory committee for the Center on Measuring University Performance (MUP).
Since Abdallah assumed the role of EVPR, the Institute took occupancy of Coda, a first-of-its-kind, mixed-use facility in the heart of Tech Square, designed to create opportunities in interdisciplinary research, commercialization, and sustainability. Under his leadership, Georgia Tech also recently launched the "Commission on Research Next," a process that will map a comprehensive future for research at Tech. The initiative will also develop the Institute's strategy to bolster commercialization efforts and tech transfer initiatives, and grow critical collaborations with industry, government, the national labs, and foundations.
Chaouki T. Abdallah is the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Abdallah serves as chief research officer for the Institute, providing overall leadership for the research, economic development, and related support units within Georgia Tech. As a direct report to President Ángel Cabrera and a member of the president's cabinet, he serves as chief research officer for the Institute. This position provides overall leadership for the $1.45 billion annual research enterprise that includes the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), 10 interdisciplinary research institutes (IRIs), as well as economic development, and related support units within Georgia Tech. He also serves on the executive committee of the Council on Research for the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU), the executive committee for the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), and the advisory committee for the Center on Measuring University Performance (MUP).
Abdallah came to Georgia Tech from the University of New Mexico, where he served as the university's 22nd president, as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, as well as department chair of the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department. During his tenure, Abdallah oversaw long-range academic planning and efforts to improve student success, as well as retention-achievement and graduation achievement rates.
He conducts research and teaches courses in the area of systems theory with a focus on control, communications, and computing systems. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, national laboratories, and various companies. Abdallah, who is fluent in English, French, and Arabic, is a senior member of IEEE and a recipient of that organization's Millennium Medal.
Abdallah began his college career at the Faculté d'ingénierie of the Université Saint-Joseph in Lebanon, then obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree from Youngstown State University in 1981, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1982 and 1988, respectively.
He has published eight books (three as co-editor and five as co-author) and more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and provided expert testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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- Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Provost, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs / University of Wisconsin - Madison
Charles Isbell became the University of Wisconsin-Madison's provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs in 2023. He previously served as the dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.
Isbell earned his bachelor's degree in information and computer science from Georgia Tech and his master's and Ph.D. at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. His research interests are varied, but the unifying theme of his work has been using machine learning to build autonomous agents who engage directly with humans.
In addition to leading the academic mission at UW-Madison, Isbell is highly regarded as an expert in artificial intelligence and educational reform on a national scale.
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- Director of Planning and Operations
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- Program Support Coordinator
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- Executive Assistant
- Program Manager
Provides administrative support to Julia Kubanek, Rob Kadel and George White, manages the TTGL PWS, plans events for IRI+ and other meeting coordination for the VPIR, IR Spotlight Award & Research Faculty Teaching Fellows program coordination and administration, provides administrative support to the Research Faculty Advisory Council & Research Staff Advisory Council.
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- Senior Director, Smart Cities & CleanTech Ecosystems
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- Associate Vice President for Research Administration
Hope oversees sponsored programs operations at Georgia Tech. In addition to functions supporting grants and contracts, these operations administer sponsored research sub-contracting, non-disclosure agreements (and other exchange agreements in support of research), enterprise contracting systems and data, and a training and outreach team.
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- Assistant Director for Business Operations
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- Global Chief Technology Officer
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- Director, Renewable Power Group / Blackrock Financial Services
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- Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment ( Retired )
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- Senior Research Scientist and Senior Director of Research Program Administration
Dr. Rob Kadel is a Senior Research Scientist and Senior Director of Research Program Administration in the Office of the Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His experience spans more than two decades including research and faculty appointments at Penn State, Johns Hopkins, the University of Colorado Denver, and Georgia Tech. In his current role, Dr. Kadel supports faculty and staff across Georgia Tech's ten Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, which research topics ranging from bioengineering to clean energy to advanced manufacturing. Dr. Kadel is also an established expert in virtual learning strategies and has developed and taught engaging online courses including Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency, and the Sociology of Education. His courses are highly popular with students for their incorporation of multimodal learning and collaborative opportunities. Dr. Kadel holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Emory University (1998).
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- Research Development Manager
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- Vice President for Research
- Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs
- Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs / Clark Atlanta University
Frances Williams is the vice president for Research and Sponsored Programs at Clark Atlanta University (CAU). In this role, she is responsible for leading the research enterprise, including oversight of research grants, contracts, and technology transfer. She also leads initiatives to promote scholarly development of faculty, staff, and student researchers; enhance visibility of CAU research; and establish strategic partnerships. She is a professor in the Department of Cyber-Physical Systems. Williams previously served as the chief research officer and associate vice president for Research and Sponsored Programs, associate dean for Graduate Programs and Research in the College of Engineering, and a professor in electrical and computer engineering at Tennessee State University.
Her technical research is in the areas of advanced materials and devices, semiconductor manufacturing, and nano- and micro-electromechanical systems processing and devices. Williams received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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- Director of Research Operations
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- Senior Director for Strategic Partnerships
- Senior Director for Strategic Partnerships / Principal Research Engineer
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- Founding Member
- Co - Founder and Managing Member of MEPSS LLC
- Founding Member / MEPSS LLC
- Member of the Army Science Board
Gisele Bennett is co-founder and managing member of MEPSS LLC, a software-based startup for decision support and automation. She has held academic, industry, and research positions for over 30 years, including professor and senior vice president for Strategic and Research Initiatives at the Florida Institute of Technology, numerous positions at Georgia Tech, and founding member of startups.
At Georgia Tech, Bennett was a Regents' Researcher; associate vice president for Research (AVPR), Faculty Integration; and professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As AVPR, she was responsible for increasing research collaboration between academic and applied research. At the Georgia Tech Research Institute, she held the Glenn Robinson Chair in Electro-Optics, founded the Logistics and Maintenance Applied Research Center, and as the director for the Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory grew the research portfolio from industry and the Department of Defense.
Bennett is a member of the Army Science Board, the editor-in-chief for Applied Optics, a member of the Strategic Planning Committee for Optica, a member of the AIP Investment Advisory Committee, and the 2024 vice president for Optica. She served on the board of directors for Optica (formally OSA) and was the president of the IEEE Council on RFID. She is a visiting lecturer for SPIE and Optica. She has patents, and numerous publications, and contributes to ISO in developing standards for shipping container monitoring. She is a Fellow with Optica and SPIE. Bennett has received numerous awards, including the Superior Civilian Service Medal, Department of the Army - the second highest award of the Department of the Army - and the Commander's Award for Public Service, Department of the Army.
She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida, and she earned her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and certificate in management of technology from Georgia Tech.
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- Senior Vice President, Georgia Institute of Technology and Director, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Hudgens leads more than 2,900 employees conducting more than $830 million in research across a variety of disciplines, including science, engineering, economics, policy and technical expertise to address national security, state, and industry challenges.
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- VP, Innovation and President
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- Associate Laboratory Director for Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Sciences
Johney Green, Jr. serves as the associate laboratory director for Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Sciences at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He oversees NREL's transportation, buildings, wind, water, geothermal, advanced manufacturing, concentrating solar power, and Arctic research programs, which encompass a portfolio of more than $200 million and a workforce of about 700. The directorate conducts research and development to enable technology innovations in the areas of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power. Additionally, Green transformed NREL's Wind Site into the Flatirons Campus and transitioned the campus from a single-program wind research site to a multi-program research campus that is the foundational experimental platform for the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) initiative.
Prior to this, Green held a number of leadership roles at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), where he served as director of the Energy and Transportation Science Division and group leader for Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research. Green managed a broad science and technology portfolio and user facilities that made significant science and engineering advances in building technologies; sustainable industrial and manufacturing processes; fuels, engines, emissions, and transportation analysis; and vehicle systems integration. It was during his tenure as a division director that ORNL developed the Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy (AMIE) demonstration project, a model of innovative vehicle-to-grid integration technologies and next-generation manufacturing processes.
Early in his career, Green conducted combustion research to stabilize gasoline engine operation under extreme conditions. In the course of that research, he joined a team working with Ford Motor Co., seeking ways to simultaneously extend exhaust gas recirculation limits in diesel engines and reduce nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions. He continued this collaboration as a visiting scientist at Ford's Scientific Research Laboratory, conducting modeling and experimental research for advanced diesel engines designed for light-duty vehicles. On assignment to the U.S. Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office, Green also served as technical coordinator for the 21st Century Truck Partnership. During his tenure at ORNL in research and leadership roles, he contributed to a dozen of ORNL's more than 150 top scientific discoveries.
Green is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an SAE International fellow. He serves on the Defense Science Board and several advisory boards including those at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Memphis. Green currently serves as chairman of the board for the National GEM Consortium. He has also been an invited participant in several National Academy of Engineering programs and has received several awards during his career. In addition to holding two U.S. patents in combustion science, he has an h-index of 33, with over 3,000 citations; is the lead or co-author of several technical publications; and has given many invited, keynote, and plenary presentations.
Green holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Memphis and a master's and doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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- Research Development Manager
Primary responsibilities include: Providing strategic and practical support for development of large-scale research funding proposals.
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- Head of Commercial, Business Development and Regulatory Affairs
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- Director of Academic & Research Facilities Infrastructure
Reporting directly to the Vice President for Research Development and Operations and in close coordination with the Provost's office, Juan works with schools, colleges, interdisciplinary research institutes (IRIs), and other relevant campus units for strategic and capital planning, policy development/oversight, and coordination for academic and research facilities across campus.
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- Associate Laboratory Director / Energy & Environment Directorate
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- Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research
Kubanek oversees all interdisciplinary activities including the Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, Interdisciplinary Research Centers, the Pediatric Technology Center, and the Global Center for Medical Innovation.
Julia Kubanek serves as Georgia Tech's Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research and is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. In this role, she oversees and supports interdisciplinary activities at Georgia Tech including the Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs); the Pediatric Technology Center (PTC), the Novelis Innovation Hub; the Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI); and the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI). She also partners across the institute on developing and advancing new research initiatives based on student and faculty interests, expertise, and societal need.
Kubanek has held several previous leadership roles at Georgia Tech, including Associate Dean for Research in the College of Sciences and Associate Chair in the School of Biological Sciences. She joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2001. Her areas of research interest include chemical signaling among organisms (especially in aquatic systems), natural products chemistry, metabolomics, chemical biology, and drug discovery. She has authored approximately 100 research articles on marine plankton and coral reef chemical ecology, and on the discovery, mechanism of action, and biosynthesis of marine natural products. She was awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 2002, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2004, and was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012. In 2016, she served as chair of the Gordon Research Conference in Marine Natural Products; since 2016, she has chaired the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. Kubanek received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Queen's University, Canada, in 1991 and her Ph.D. in at the University of British Columbia in 1998, and performed postdoctoral research at the University of California - San Diego and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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- Global Chief Product Officer
- Global Chief Product Officer / Honeywell
Nanji is a product and technology executive with over 25 years of experience in product management and development, strategy, and marketing focused on developing and executing strategic growth platforms within the building technology industry. Currently, as global chief product officer for the Honeywell's Building Management Systems Group, Nanji leads a team of talented product leaders who develop breakthrough ideation and incubation of new product offerings, drive portfolio management, and collaborate with customers and partners to deliver solutions that elevate experience, productivity, comfort, health, safety, and sustainability in the built environment.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with family, traveling the world, and exploring new places where he is pursues his interests in architecture, photography, and advocating for sustainability and the natural environment. He also enjoys hiking, biking, and rafting. Nanji is also a proud Georgia Tech alumnus and Georgia Tech father.
"As someone who is deeply passionate about exploring innovative solutions to societal problems, I am excited to contribute my knowledge and expertise towards the board's shared goal of identifying areas where Georgia Tech can contribute to positive impacts on these pressing challenges. I am eager to work collaboratively with fellow board members and learn from their unique perspectives and insights, both on a national and global scale."
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- Executive Chief of Staff for the Office
- Executive Chief of Staff for the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research
Kathleen T. Gosden serves as the executive chief of staff for the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR). In the role, she advises the EVPR and the Office of the EVPR on administrative and institutional matters.
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- Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
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- Associate Vice President
- Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Infrastructure
Walton oversees the facilitation and support of research across campus and through a variety of principal investigator (PI)-facing activities within the research enterprise, including internally funded research programs. She is responsible for ensuring the effective and strategic support of research and leads in the areas of research space, research computing and data, and research administration and operations.
Krista S. Walton is the Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Infrastructure and Professor and Robert "Bud" Moeller Faculty Fellow in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech.
She received her B.S.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama-Huntsville in 2000 and obtained her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2005. Prof. Walton completed an ACS PRF Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University in 2006. Her research program focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of functional porous materials for use in adsorption applications including CO 2 capture, atmospheric water extraction, and air purification. She has raised over $35M in external research funding as PI during her career.
She has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles and presented dozens of plenary lectures, keynotes, and invited seminars. Walton has mentored 25 PhD graduates from her group and currently advises 8 PhD students and 4 senior researchers. Prof. Walton co-founded three spin-off companies from her research over the past decade and currently serves as an Associate Editor for the ACS Journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
She was the founding Director and Lead PI of Georgia Tech's DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, UNCAGE-ME. She is currently serving as a member of the 2022-2024 cohort of DARPA's prestigious Defense Science Study Group. Prof. Walton's accomplishments have been recognized by many national and international awards including the Department of Energy Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Sciences (2020), the AIChE FRI/John G. Kunesh Award for Excellence in Separations Research (2016), the inaugural International Adsorption Society Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Society (2013), and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2007).
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- Lab Manager I, Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab, and CNES
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- Senior Administrative Professional
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- Interim Director, EPICenter
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- Executive Assistant
- Program Manager
Primary responsibilities include: Limited submission coordination and administration, special project management, Research Bulletin publication, F&A waiver requests, organizational conflict of interest, and other research support activities.
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- Assistant to the Executive
- Asst. Director for Administrative Operations
Primary responsibilities include: Administrative support to Chaouki Abdallah, event support and meeting coordination.
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- Member of the External Advisory Board
- Senior Vice President of Research & Development - Southern Company
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- Associate Vice President of Corporate Engagement
Nolan leads the office that serves as the nexus for the Institute's entire partner relationship and activity portfolios to strategically shape corporate engagement at Georgia Tech for maximum impact. The office is also tasked with facilitating collaboration efforts across various partner units within Tech.
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- Director of Research Operations
- Director of Research Operations / Senior Research Scientist
- Executive Director Research Computing and Data
Matt works with Georgia Tech students and researchers, along with industry partners in the creation of innovative mobile and converged applications and services. He is also the Associate Director, and co-founder, of the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center (GT-RNOC), a unique research center supporting industry and student engagement through research and operational projects; and the wireless services manager for Georgia Tech in the Office of Information Technology. Matt is a principal in the annual Convergence Innovation Competition, now in its ninth year, which provides industry sponsors an opportunity to engage students in wide ranging categories which they define and judge. Matt is also responsible for The GT Journey project which includes GT mobile, an HTML5 based portal for mobile, desktop, and kiosks; and GT DevHub where any member of the campus community can access campus IT services and contribute content, meta-data, and the applications themselves.
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- Interim Executive Director
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- Vice - President, Global Energy and Procurement
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- VP, Energy Supply and Low - Carbon Resources
Nicole Holmes - Chief Commercial Officer
Patrick O'Shea is an Irish-American scientist and academic leader. He was educated at University College Cork, Ireland, and the University of Maryland. He recently served as president of his alma mater, where he promoted cross-disciplinary excellence, encouraged collaborative innovation and entrepreneurship, and reinvigorated fundraising and alumni engagement. Previously as vice president for Research at the University of Maryland, he led the university to a record level of research funding and enhanced productivity. He is currently professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. His research interests lie in applied electromagnetics, particle accelerator technology, and applications.
In recognition of his accomplishments, he is an elected fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering; the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Physical Society; and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
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- Communications Manager / Priya
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- Head Technologist and Fellow
- Head Technologist and Fellow / Mubadala Capital Ventures
Rafic Makki oversees the technology investment strategy and roadmap for Mubadala Capital Ventures' global investment funds. He has previously served as executive fellow of Globalfoundries, developing strategies for technology differentiation across process nodes. In academe, he served as tenured professor at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, dean of IT at UAE University and founding vice president for Research at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. In government, Makki served as head of strategic planning for the Abu Dhabi Education Council and senior advisor to the Director General. He co-established and provided oversight for multi-university industry and government funded R&D initiatives in AI and next-generation computing technologies in both the US and UAE in partnership with the U.S. Semiconductor Research Corporation.
He developed the iDDT pulse method for testing integrated circuits, published over 60 refereed papers and received numerous awards including the First Citizens Scholars Medal award for research. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Semiconductor Research Corporation, a member of the CTO committee of the Semiconductor Industry Association, and a member of the National Decadal Planning Committee for Semiconductors. Makki is an avid advocate for individuals with special needs and has served as a member of the Community and Legacy Committee of the Special Olympics 2019 World Summer Games.
Raghupathy Sivakumar Vice President of Commercialization Sivakumar leads the newly established Office of Commercialization, which includes the Office of Technology Licensing and VentureLab, that serves as the central engine that drives commercialization and entrepreneurship efforts across Georgia Tech. Profile & Contact Information
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- Academic and Research IT Support Engineer
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- Director of Research Development
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- Senior Fellow, Commercialization
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- Director, Research and Studies
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- Chief Research Operations Officer
- Georgia Tech As the Chief Research Operations Officer
- Vice - President for Finance
Robert Butera serves Georgia Tech as the Chief Research Operations Officer (CROO). He facilitates the Institute's research activities and oversees Research Integrity Assurance, Research Administration, Research Operations/Infrastructure, and Research Development as part of the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research. Butera is a Professor jointly appointed in the Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Prior to taking on the role of CROO, Butera served as the Vice President for Research Development and Operations (2019-2023). Prior to joining the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research, Butera served as the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering (2016-2019). He previously directed the Neural Engineering Center (2014-2016), served as founding Faculty Director of the Grand Challenges Living Learning Community (2012-2015), and Director of the Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program (2005-2008). During the 2008-2009 academic year he served as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the US Department of State in Washington, DC.
Butera received his BEE degree from Georgia Tech (1991) and his MS (1994) and PhD (1996) from Rice University. Following graduate school, he conducted postdoctoral research (1996-1999) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. He joined the faculty of Georgia Tech in 1999.
Butera's research is focused on developing novel methods for peripheral and autonomic nerve modulation using electrical signaling, combining engineering and neuroscience to tackle clinically motivated problems. For much of his earlier career, he conducted research in computational approaches to problems in systems and cellular neuroscience.
Professionally, Butera has served as Vice-President for Finance (2011-2014) and Vice-President for Publications (2017-2019) for the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society as well as on its AdCom (Board of Directors) from 2005-2010. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Organization for Computational Neuroscience (2013-2015). Butera is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Butera facilitates and directs the Institute's research activities and oversees Research Integrity Assurance, Research Administration, and Research Development and Operations as part of the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research.
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- Director, Climate Change Security
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- Director, EVPR Administration
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- Distinguished External Fellow
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- Research Administration Manager, Senior
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- Director of Business Development
- Director of Business & Research Development
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- Associate Vice President for Research Integrity Assurance
Myles leads the Office of Research Integrity Assurance, which includes the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), Institutional Animal Care & Use (IACUC), Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), and the Animal Care Program. She also serves as the Research Integrity Officer (RIO).
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- Vice President for Research & Innovation / University of California
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- Executive Director, Strategic Energy Institute
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- Georgia State Representative
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- Founder and President / Encendia Inc.
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- Director of Activities & Engagement, BBISS, RBI, and SEI