ISYE - Key Persons


Aamna Bashir

Job Titles:
  • Science and Engineering Student Board

Abdennour Abbas

Job Titles:
  • Bioproducts and Biosytems Engineering

Abrham Destra

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Sourcing Manager, Marketing

Adam Pagel

Job Titles:
  • Director

Adam Thoreen

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Flight Deck Engineer

Akshy Iyengar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Senior Technical Support Analyst

Alex Kamenev

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Alexander McLeod

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Allen M. Goldman

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Allison Bohn


Allison Hubel - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director

Alptekin Aksan

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Amy Gunter

Job Titles:
  • Director

Andreas Stein

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Andrena Seawood

Job Titles:
  • CSE Administration

Andrew Carman

Job Titles:
  • Marketing, Communications, and Event Coordinator

Andrew G. Alleyne

Job Titles:
  • CSE Dean
  • Mechanical Engineering

Angela Froistad

Job Titles:
  • Director

Ann Tran

Job Titles:
  • Polymer Characterization & Processing Facility Manager

Archis Ghate

Job Titles:
  • Head

Arthur G. Erdman

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Asheesh Shukla

Job Titles:
  • Finance / Accounting

Audrey Beam

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Manager
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Site Manager

Ava Walker

Job Titles:
  • Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Barbara Billington

Job Titles:
  • Center for Educational Innovation

Becky Wyatt

Job Titles:
  • MRSEC Managing Director

Ben Brubaker

Job Titles:
  • Head

Ben Dimond

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Technical Product Owner

Benjamin Y.H. Liu

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • TSI Applied Technology Chair in Mechanical Engineering

Bernardo Cockburn

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Beth Stadler


Bonnie Baumgartner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Director, Sales Operations

Bradley J. Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Brenda Ogle

Job Titles:
  • Head

Brett Rosiejka

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager / Staff Scientist

Brian Naslund

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Senior Director, Engineering

Bryce Crawford Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Cari Dutcher

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Cassie Mendez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Manager Operations Excellence

Chris Fruzyna

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Faculty Affairs

Christopher Cramer

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Christopher Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Mechanical Engineering

Christopher Regan

Job Titles:
  • Avionics System Engineer
  • Avionics System Engineer / Research

Christy Haynes

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Chemistry

Claire Palmquist

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Supply Chair Analyst / Andersen Corporation

Courtney Billing

Job Titles:
  • Communications and Events Specialist

Courtney Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Craig Forsyth

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Cynthia Cattell

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Dan Frisbie

Job Titles:
  • Zsolt Rumy Innovation Chair in CEMS

Dan McDonald


Dan Rueter

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Lab Engineer

Dania Sidhu

Job Titles:
  • Computer Science and Engineering

Daniel Williams

Job Titles:
  • Finance / Accounting

Danny Lochridge

Job Titles:
  • Front Desk Student Staff

David Blank

Job Titles:
  • Associate

David Du

Job Titles:
  • US West Telecommunications Chair

David J. Flannigan

Job Titles:
  • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

David Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Land Grant Chair

David Pappone

Job Titles:
  • Chief Finance and Operations Officer

David Y.H. Pui

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Demoz Gebre-Egziabher

Job Titles:
  • Professor & Director of the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium / Research
Professor Gebre-Egziabher's area of research is in navigation, guidance and control of aerospace vehicles. A particular focus of his research is the application of estimation theory to the development of algorithms and design methodologies to optimally fuse the information from multiple sensors and systems. One of the challenges encountered when dealing with problems for aerospace applications or other safety and liability critical operations is being able to precisely quantify (in statistical terms) the level of reliability of the algorithms and systems. Example of the engineering application of his work are in the developmental attitude determination systems for satellites, high accuracy navigation of aircraft and evaluation operations of small autonomous aerial vehicles in the national airspace system.

Dennis A. Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Finance Lead / Senior Accountant

Donald G. Truhlar

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Donna Whitney

Job Titles:
  • George & Orpha Gibson Chair in Geoscience

Doreen Leopold

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Douglas N. Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Dr. Cecilia Teeuwen

Job Titles:
  • Propulsion Engineering

Dr. Debra Olejniczak

Job Titles:
  • Dept Manager for System Architecture, Performance and Algorithms / Northrop Grumman

Dr. Vibhor Bageshwar

Job Titles:
  • Advanced Technology

Dr. Vivek Saxena - Founder, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Director

E. Dan Dahlberg

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Edwin T. Layton

Job Titles:
  • History of Science and Technology

Emil Pfender

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Emily Rice

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Communications and Event Coordinator

Emma Ehling

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Alumni Advisory Board Chair / Senior Consultant - Operations Excellence

Emmanuel DeTournay

Job Titles:
  • Foreign Member

Ephraim M. Sparrow

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Eric Ayenegui

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Director, Operations Engineering Solutions / Cintas Corporation

Eric Munson

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Eric W. Kaler

Job Titles:
  • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science / 2012

Erik Mundahl

Job Titles:
  • Director

Erin Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Erin Carter

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Program & Faculty Affairs Coordinator

Ernst Eckert

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Erwin A. Kelen

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair

Evan Skillman

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Evelyn Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Front Desk Student Staff

Frank S. Bates

Job Titles:
  • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science / 2010
  • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science / 2017
  • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science / 2018

Gary Davis - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

George Barany

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

George T. Piercy

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Chair in Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Georgios Giannakis

Job Titles:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering / 2019

Hanna Pahr


Hannah Joshi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board

Hans F. Weinberger

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Homayoon Kazerooni

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Hongna Byström

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Director

Hua Zhao

Job Titles:
  • Head

Hung-wen Liu

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

I.M. Kolthoff

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Ian Tonks

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

J. Ilja Siepmann

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Jagmehr Madan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board

James J. Renier

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Management of Technology
  • Chairman of Medical Device Innovation
  • Chairman of Security Technologies

James Kakalios

Job Titles:
  • Head

James Van de Ven

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Jamie Eichten

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Project Manager

Jasmine Foo

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Jean-Philippe Richard

Job Titles:
  • Industrial Systems and Engineering

Jeff Calder

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Jeffrey Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Jeffrey T. Zudock

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Supply Chain Consultant

Jeffrey Tithof

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Jeffrey Yost

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Research Associates Inc Chair

Jennifer Alexander

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Jeremiah Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Industry Advisory Board Chair

Jeromy Knapp - COO

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Operations Director

Jessica Chen

Job Titles:
  • Accountant

Jessica Lamb

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Jiali Gao

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Jialiang Le

Job Titles:
  • Civil, Environmental, and Geo - Engineering

Jialiang Li

Job Titles:
  • Civil, Environmental, and Geo - Engineering

Jian-Ping Wang

Job Titles:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering / 2021

Jiarong Hong

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Joachim Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Joachim V. Heberlein

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

John Bischof

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Joseph Konstan


JS Braun

JS Braun/Braun Intertec Professorship in Science & Technology (visiting profs)

Julianna Abel

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Justin Miedema

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean

Justin Revenaugh

Job Titles:
  • Head

Kacey Gregerson

Job Titles:
  • Payroll

Kale Hedstrom

Job Titles:
  • Part - Time Lab Coordinator / Scientist

Kang Kang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Research Associate

Karen Jung

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

Karin Musier-Forsyth

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Katelyn Espe

Job Titles:
  • Physics

Katie Erdmann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Senior Project Manager

Katie Krieger Bechtel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Senior Supplier Quality Engineer / Coloplast

Katie Sharpe

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Student Services Professional
  • Undergraduate Student Services Professional, Mental Health Advocate

Katie Sobolewski

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Relations Director

Keith A. Olive

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Physics and Astronomy ( 2026 )

Kenneth J. Heller

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Kenneth Leopold

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Kenneth Whitby

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Keshab K. Parhi

Job Titles:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering / 2020

Kevin Dorfman

Job Titles:
  • Head

Kevin Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director

Kim Stelson

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Krista Mulcahy

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Research & Development

Kristine Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Science and Engineering Student Board ( SESB ) Appointee

Kristopher McNeill

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Kurt J. Niederluecke

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer, Shareholder

Kyle Stahl

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Senior Data Science Supervisor

Kyoko Yoshida

Job Titles:
  • Biomedical Engineering

Larry Miller

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Laura Gagliardi

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Lawrence Markus

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

LE Scriven

Job Titles:
  • LE Scriven Chair

Leroy M Fingerson

Job Titles:
  • TSI Incorporated Chair in Mechanical Engineering

Li Wang

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Lian Shen

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Lindsay Glesener

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Lisa Wissbaum

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing

Louis H. Pignolet

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Lynn Walker

Job Titles:
  • LE Scriven Chair

M. Claudia Scarlata

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Physics and Astronomy

Mac Whalen

Job Titles:
  • Staff Aerodynamics Engineer

Marc A. Hillmyer

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Marc Skjervem

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean

Marcus Keel

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Mark Borrello

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mark D. Distefano

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Martin Greven

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Marvin Marshak

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Mats Heimdahl

Job Titles:
  • Head

Maury Bramson

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Maziar Hemati

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Megan Orr

Job Titles:
  • Special Events Director

Megan Trickey Brosnan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Industry Advisory Board
  • Associate Director, Process Development

Michael Coughlin

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Michael McAlpine

Job Titles:
  • Kuhrmeyer Family Chair in Mechanical Engineering

Michael Ward

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Michelle Chu

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Michelle May

Job Titles:
  • Finance / Accounting

Mihai Marasteanu - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Mikhail Shifman

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Mohamed Mokbel

Job Titles:
  • Computer Science and Engineering

Molly Schmitz

Job Titles:
  • Principal Accountant, Purchasing and Payroll Specialist, and Graduate Program Coordinator

Murti Salapaka - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Natasha Wright

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Nicholas Evenden

Job Titles:
  • Student Lab Assistant

Nicholas Lange

Job Titles:
  • Payroll Specialist

Nicholas Swanson-Hysell

Job Titles:
  • George & Orpha Gibson Chair in Earth Systems Science

Nicolai Vladimirovich Krylov

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Noah O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Advisory Board
  • Vice President / Data Metalcraft Inc.

Ognjen Ilic

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Oriol Valls

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy ( 2026 )

Paige Novak

Job Titles:
  • Head

Patrick Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Paul A. Crowell

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Paul Dauenhauer

Job Titles:
  • Zsolt Rumy Innovation Chair in CEMS

Paul Gassman

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Paul J. Anton

Job Titles:
  • Director, Spectrum Systems Lab ( SSL ) Lockheed Martin

Paul Markfort

Job Titles:
  • Part - Time Systems Administrator

Perry Leo

Job Titles:
  • Head

Pete Olver

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Peter Bruggeman

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Peter Kang

Job Titles:
  • George & Orpha Gibson Chair in Hydrogeology

Phil Engen

Job Titles:
  • NRT Program Administrator

R. Lee Penn

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Race Cleveland

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Development

Raj Rajamani

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Randall Victora

Job Titles:
  • Centennial Chair in Electrical Engineering

Randy Victora

Job Titles:
  • Head

Ray Muno


Renee Frontiera

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Rhonda Zurn

Job Titles:
  • Director

Richard Goldstein

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Richard Hsung

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Richard Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Robert F. Hartmann - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Roberta Humphreys

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Rollie H. Dohrn Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Chief Engineer, Guided Projectiles

Russell J. Penrose

Job Titles:
  • Fellow in Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics

Ryan Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Sachin Sapatnekar

Job Titles:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Robert & Marjorie Henle Chair in Electrical Engineering

Sam Franco

Job Titles:
  • Student Services

Samuel G. Ordway

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in Mathematics

Sanford P. Bordeau

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sara Anderson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Sarah Feingold

Job Titles:
  • MRSEC Education and Outreach Director

Sarah Holewa

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources

Satish Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Scott Rychnovsky

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Sebastian Alfonzo


Shashi Shekar

Job Titles:
  • Computer Science and Engineering

Shaul Hanany

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Shawn Hubert


Steven Kass

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Steven Koester

Job Titles:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering / 2024

Stéphane Clermont

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support

Subbiah Ramalingam

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Suhasa Kodandaramaiah

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Susan Jones

Job Titles:
  • History of Science and Technology

Susan Mantell

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

T. Andrew Taton

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Tariq Samad - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Taryn Verley

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

Theodore W. Bennett - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Theresa Reineke - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chemistry

Thomas Allen Gregory

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in Physical Chemistry

Thomas Hoye

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Tian-Jun Li

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Tim Kowalewski

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Timothy P. Lodge - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chemistry / Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Tony Low

Job Titles:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

Uwe Kortshagen

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Victor Barocas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean

Victor Reiner

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Vipin Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Chairman or Professorship

Vlad S. Pribiag

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Vuk Mandic

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Wayne Gladfelter

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

Will Northrop

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineering

Willard Miller

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

William B. Tolman

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

William C. K. Pomerantz

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

William Leeb

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

William Lipscomb

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry

William Norris

Job Titles:
  • Land Grant Chair in Large Scale Computing

Xiang Cheng

Job Titles:
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Chemical Engineering / Research
  • Professor
  • Support

Yoichiro Mori

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics

Yong-Zhong Qian

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Yuichi Kubota

Job Titles:
  • Physics and Astronomy

Zhi-Li Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Qwest Chair

Zsolt Rumy

Job Titles:
  • Zsolt Rumy Innovation Chair in CEMS