ICDS - Key Persons


Abdullah Konak

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Distinguished Professor of Information Science and Technology

Adam Focht

Job Titles:
  • Systems Engineer

Alex Fatemi


Allen E. Pearce

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Amit Amritkar - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Technical Director

Bart Masters

Job Titles:
  • Lead Programmer for XR ( CIE )

Bing Pan

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Commercial and Recreational Tourism / ICDS Associate / Department: Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management

Carrie Brown

Job Titles:
  • Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research and Education Facilitator

Chad Franklin

Job Titles:
  • Systems Administrator

Christian Peco Regales

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Cindy Nucciarone

Job Titles:
  • Service Level Agreement ( SLA ) Account Administrator

Clay Cruz

Job Titles:
  • Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives ( IRI ) Administrative Assistant

Clayton Colson

Job Titles:
  • Immersive Experiences Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Daniel Otchere

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Danying Shao

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer

Dave McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Derek Leydig

Job Titles:
  • Director of Client Engagement

Derick Haigh

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer

Diego Menéndez

Job Titles:
  • Research Software Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Dorothy Foehr Huck - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Doug Cowen

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics / Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics / ICDS Associate

Emery Etter

Job Titles:
  • Engineer

Emily Davenport

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate / Department: Biology
Research Focuses: The Davenport lab seeks to understand the complex relationship humans have with our microbiomes. What determines gut microbiome composition? Does the microbiome affect our health? What's the evolutionary relationship humans have with our microbiomes? We answer these questions using a genomic perspective, with high-throughput microbiome and metagenomic sequencing technologies and novel computational and statistical techniques.

Eric Huyett

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer

Erik Bryer

Job Titles:
  • Research and Development Engineer

Felecia Davis

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Architecture

Galen Lentz

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Gang Tan

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Computer Science and Engineering / ICDS Co - Hire / Department: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Gary Skouson

Job Titles:
  • Implementation Team Lead

Gretta Kellogg

Job Titles:
  • Director of Strategic Initiatives

Guido Cervone

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Geography and Meteorology and Atmospheric Science / Interim Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences / ICDS Co - Hire

Halley Maxin

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Helen Greatrex

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Geostatistics

Hong Ma

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biology

Hunter Walker

Job Titles:
  • Security Engineer

Ilgin Guler

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate / Department: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jack Gundrum

Job Titles:
  • Systems Administrator

Jeff Nucciarone

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Jenni Evans

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jim Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate CIO Research / ICDS Associate

Jingzhi Huang

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Finance and Mathematics

John Yen

Job Titles:
  • University Professor of Information Sciences & Technology Director, Strategic Research Initiatives, College of Information Sciences & Technology Director, Laboratory for Intelligent Agents

Jonna Kulikowich

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Education

Jordan Rose

Job Titles:
  • Systems Administrator

Jun Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Business Assistant

Justin Petucci

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Kamesh Madduri

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Karen Fisher-Vanden

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics / ICDS Associate / Department: Agricultural Economics

Karen Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Education ( Educational Psychology )

Kofi Adu

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics / ICDS Associate / Department: Physics

Lesley Shaffer

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Lindsay Wells


Liying Luo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography

Mahmut Kandemir

Job Titles:
  • Director of Graduate Affairs

Matt Hansen

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer

Maurie Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Associate, Penn State Institutes of the Environment / Director of Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access and Informatics / ICDS Associate

Mike Gallo

Job Titles:
  • Systems Engineer

Molly Hall

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Neil Sharkey

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Research

Patrick Dudas

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Visualization Team Lead / Associate Director, Center for Immersive Experiences

Patrick North

Job Titles:
  • Technical Communications Specialist

Pinlei Chen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rob Groner

Job Titles:
  • R & D Software Engineer

Ron Tapia

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Ross Mickens

Job Titles:
  • Systems Engineering and Integration Team Lead

Samantha Walker

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Coordinator

Scott Walther

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Sharon Huang

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Information Sciences and Technology / ICDS Associate

Simon Delattre

Job Titles:
  • R & D Engineer, RISE ( Research Innovation With Scientists and Engineers ) Team

Stephen Fast

Job Titles:
  • Cyber Innovation Strategy Lead / ICDS Associate / Department: Applied Research Laboratory

Steven Greybush

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Meteorology / ICDS Co - Hire / Department: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Stewart Mallory

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Susan Sinnott

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering / ICDS Associate / Department: Materials Science and Engineering

Suzy Unger

Job Titles:
  • Event Coordinator

Todd Price

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Relations Director for Research

Vasant Honavar

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology / Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences / ICDS Co - Hire

Wayne Figurelle

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Wenrui Hao

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate / Department: Math

Wes Reinhart

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

William Noid

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Chemistry / ICDS Associate / Department: Chemistry

Wolf Hey

Job Titles:
  • Director of Technology - Based Research Projects and Partnerships

Xiao Liu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Yongsoo Kim

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Yuqing Hu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering
  • Associate / Department: Architectural Engineering
Research Focuses: Dr. Hu's research is focused on building construction.

Zachary Szpiech

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biology

Zoltan Fodor

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics / ICDS Co - Hire