Office for Research

Name Title Email Phone
Brandt Burgess Director, Research Compliance burgeb@rpi.edu 518-276-4875
Denise Elwell Executive Assistant elweld@rpi.edu 518-276-4873
Lindsey Elwell Graphic Designer elwell@rpi.edu 518-276-8087
Robert Hull Vice President, Research hullr2@rpi.edu 518-276-8385
Ms. Danielle La Brie-Belser Business Administrator, Sr. belsed@rpi.edu 518-276-4373
Patrick Luker Business Administrator, Sr. lukerp@rpi.edu 518-276-6950
Sarah Niemann Assistant Vice President, Research niemas2@rpi.edu 518-276-3400
Noreen Ohlrich Business Administrator, Sr. ohlrin@rpi.edu 518-276-4154
Tanya Rautine Research Budget Director struzt@rpi.edu 518-276-3010
Jordanne Schwitzgebel Project Manager feldmj3@rpi.edu 518-276-2974
Michelle Simkulet Director, Research Grants simkum@rpi.edu 518-276-4409
Nathan VanDuzer Business Administrator, Sr. vandun@rpi.edu 518-276-3746
Anne Wasielewski Administrative Coordinator wasiea2@rpi.edu 518-276-8087
Erin Williams Research Development Specialist willie11@rpi.edu 518-276-4043

› Center for Architectural Science and Ecology (CASE)

Name Title Email Phone
Kathie Brill Program Manager, CASE brillk@rpi.edu
Joshua Draper Lecturer drapej@rpi.edu 212-618-3959
Mr. Nathan Musera Research Assistant musern2@rpi.edu
Dennis Shelden Associate Professor sheldd@rpi.edu 518-276-6466

› Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Name Title Email Phone
Tom Acton Research Scientist, Sr. actont@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Kiley Adamo Business Administrator hugk2@rpi.edu 518-276-4270
Mr. Noah Allen Postdoctoral Research Associate allenn6@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Manuel Castro Berman Research Associate castrm2@rpi.edu
Ms. Carm Cordi Postdoctoral Research Associate cordic2@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Ms. Payel Datta Visiting Researcher dattap2@rpi.edu
Anna De Falco Research Scientist defala@rpi.edu
Ms. Hannah Doss Postdoctoral Research Associate dossh2@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Mr. Marc Douaisi Research Scientist, Sr. douaim@rpi.edu 518-276-8392
Brett Frain Bioresearch Technician frainb@rpi.edu 518-276-4918
Mr. Abhishek Ghimire Postdoctoral Research Associate ghimia2@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Dr. James Gibson Research Associate gibsoj3@rpi.edu
Ms. Bernadette Glasheen Research Specialist, Sr. glashb@rpi.edu 518-276-3471
Amy Gordon Director, Genomics Research Core gordoa2@rpi.edu 518-276-4117
Juergen Hahn Director, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies hahnj@rpi.edu 518-276-2296
Mr. Noam Hantman Postdoctoral Research Associate hantmn2@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Yuanpeng Huang Research Scientist, Sr. huangy26@rpi.edu
Ms. Claudia Hu Postdoctoral Research Associate hum6@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Ms. Meaghan Jankowski Research Associate jankom@rpi.edu
Michael Jarvis Operations Manager, BioResearch Core jarvim@rpi.edu 518-276-4867
Wendy Keenum Administrative Specialist keenuw@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Tejaswi Naidu Koduru Postdoctoral Research Associate kodurt@rpi.edu
Dr. Seok-Joon Kwon Research Scientist, Sr. kwons2@rpi.edu 518-276-6749
Rose Marie LaPietra Administrative Coordinator lapier3@rpi.edu 518-276-4232
Inseon Lee Research Associate leei5@rpi.edu
John Leman Research Scientist lemanj@rpi.edu 518-276-3951
Ms. Joan Llabre Research Engineer llabrj2@rpi.edu
Marimar Lopez Director, Research Cores lopezm4@rpi.edu 518-276-4416
Ms. Rebecca Matthews Business Administrator matthr2@rpi.edu 518-276-2666
Scott McCallum Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core mccals@rpi.edu 518-276-2856
Antigone McKenna Director, BioResearch Core mckena3@rpi.edu 518-276-4835
Dennis Metzger Research Scientist, Sr. metzgd2@rpi.edu
Rebecca Miceli Postdoctoral Research Associate micelr4@rpi.edu
Joel Morgan Director, Analytical Biochemistry & Microbiology Core morgaj3@rpi.edu 518-276-4170
Mr. Max Morton Director, Operations & Business Development mortom3@rpi.edu 518-276-2877
Kripa Nidhana Nand Research Associate nandk@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Karthikeyan Narayanan Director, Stem Cell Core narayk@rpi.edu 518-276-2847
Atoumane Ndiaye Postdoctoral Research Associate ndiaya@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Chuang Niu Research Scientist niuc@rpi.edu
Lin Pan Postdoctoral Research Associate panl5@rpi.edu
Vitor Pantaleao Visiting Scholar/Adjunct pantav@rpi.edu
Elena Paskaleva Research Scientist, Sr. paskae@rpi.edu 518-276-8392
Shweta Patil Postdoctoral Research Associate patils3@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Sergey Pryshchep Director, Microscopy Core pryshs@rpi.edu 518-276-3456
Ms. Gerri Quinones Research Specialist, Sr. quinog@rpi.edu 518-276-4175
Thangam Ramar Research Associate ramart@rpi.edu
Theresa Ramelot Research Scientist, Sr. ramelt2@rpi.edu
Steve Rehm rehms@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Yongyi Shi Postdoctoral Research Associate shiy11@rpi.edu
Ben Shurina Research Scientist shurib2@rpi.edu
Yuefan Song Postdoctoral Research Associate songy11@rpi.edu
Cathy St. Andrew Business Coordinator standc@rpi.edu 518-276-4305
Ms. Ellinor Tai Graduate Student Salaried taie2@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Sandhiya Thiagarajan thiags7@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Sony Varghese Research Specialist, Sr. varghs4@rpi.edu
Mr. Bowen Wang Research Engineer wangb19@rpi.edu
Annan Wu Visiting Scholar/Adjunct wua12@rpi.edu
Mr. Ke Xia Director, Proteomics Core xiak@rpi.edu 518-276-4143
Dr. Fuming Zhang Research Scientist, Sr. zhangf2@rpi.edu 518-276-6839
Ms. Shuang Zhang zhangs32@rpi.edu 518-276-4259
Ms. Jun Zhao Business Manager zhaoj@rpi.edu 518-276-2362

› Center for Computational Innovations (CCI)

Name Title Email Phone
Christopher Carothers Chief Scientist & Center Director chrisc@cs.rpi.edu 518-276-2930
Ms. Ellen Seegyoung Seol Research Associate, Sr. seols@rpi.edu 518-276-6000
Cameron Smith Research Scientist, Sr. smithc11@rpi.edu 518-276-3401

› Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES)

Name Title Email Phone
Mr. Brian Apkarian Director, Business Development apkarb@rpi.edu 518-276-6953
Ju Yeon Lee Postdoctoral Research Associate leej68@rpi.edu 518-276-6754
Ms. Lisa McGill Administrative Specialist valenl@rpi.edu 518-276-6754
Sean Moon Postdoctoral Research Associate moons3@rpi.edu 518-276-6754
Dr. Jian Sun Professor & Center Director jsun@ecse.rpi.edu 518-276-8297

› Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems (CMDIS)

Name Title Email Phone
Dr. Sarah An Process Engineer anx@rpi.edu 518-276-6724
Michael Burnett Business Administrator, Sr. burnem3@rpi.edu 518-276-2810
James Czwakiel Semiconductor Process Equipment Engineer czwakj@rpi.edu 518-276-6724
Katharine Dovidenko Director, Nanoscale Characterization Core dovidk2@rpi.edu 518-276-8665
Mr. Brent Engler Research Associate engleb3@rpi.edu 518-276-6724
Michael Frey Applications Engineer, Sr. freym2@rpi.edu 518-276-3323
Anoop Kushwaha Postdoctoral Research Associate kushwa2@rpi.edu 518-308-7157
Zonghuan Lu Semiconductor Process Engineer luz@rpi.edu 518-276-6724
Deniz Rende Coordinating Research Director for Microelectronics rended3@rpi.edu 518-276-8666
Mr. Kent Way Acting Director, Microfabrication Cleanroom wayk2@rpi.edu 518-276-3317

› › CHIPs

Name Title Email Phone
Max Bloomfield Director, Computational Microelectronics bloomm2@rpi.edu 518-276-2983
Darrilyn Di Nardo Workforce Development Coordinator dinard@rpi.edu 518-276-8053
David Fobare Facilities Coordinator, NORDTECH Hub fobard2@rpi.edu 518-276-2975

› Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CEMSIM)

Name Title Email Phone
Dr. Suvranu De Research Scientist, Sr. des@rpi.edu 518-276-6351
Mr. Jerry Huang huangm13@rpi.edu
Cuong Nguyen Research Associate nguyec11@rpi.edu 518-308-3989
Vikas Pandey Research Scientist pandev2@rpi.edu 518-276-2240
Mr. Aseem Pratap Subedi Student subeda2@rpi.edu

› Center for Smart Convergent Manufacturing Systems (CSCMS)

Name Title Email Phone
Mr. Matt Cusack Director, Business Development cusacm3@rpi.edu 518-276-2343
Mr. Glenn Saunders Research Engineer, Sr. saundg@rpi.edu 518-276-6696

› CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute

Name Title Email Phone
Mr. Craig Dory Director, CESMII NERMC doryc@rpi.edu 518-276-3953

› Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab (CISL)

Name Title Email Phone
David Whalen Research Scientist whaled2@rpi.edu

› Darrin Fresh Water Institute (DFWI)

Name Title Email Phone
Laurie Ahrens Research Specialist, Sr. ahrenl@rpi.edu 518-644-3541
Jay Beugly Research Specialist, Sr. beuglj@rpi.edu 518-644-3541
Allison Hrycik Research Scientist hrycia@rpi.edu
Mark Lucius Software Engineer, Sr. lucium@rpi.edu 518-644-3541
Brian Mattes Research Specialist, Sr. matteb2@rpi.edu
Madhushree Munsi Postdoctoral Research Associate munsim@rpi.edu
Mr. Dave Winkler Research Specialist, Sr. winkld@rpi.edu

› › Jefferson Project

Name Title Email Phone
Guillaume Auger Research Scientist, Sr. augerg@rpi.edu
Rakhshinda Bano banor@rpi.edu
Jonathan Borrelli Research Associate borrej4@rpi.edu
Ms. Beth Fisher fisheb3@rpi.edu
Harry Kolar kolarh@rpi.edu
Mr. Vincent Moriarty Research Engineer, Sr. moriav3@rpi.edu
Maria Pelusi Research Specialist, Sr. pelusm@rpi.edu 315-276-6392
Kira Yerofeev Research Specialist yerofk@rpi.edu

› Fashion Innovation Center

Name Title Email Phone
Clyde Carpenter Laboratory Manager carpec2@rpi.edu 518-276-2508
Susan Easton Product and Marketing Director eastos@rpi.edu
Yushuo Pan Economic & Industry Analyst pany7@rpi.edu 518-276-6863

› Future of Computing Institute (FOCI)

Name Title Email Phone
Mr. Samuel Chabot Research Engineer chabos3@rpi.edu 518-276-3747
Sean Collen Systems Administrator II colles2@rpi.edu 518-276-2233
Andrew Damin Systems Engineer damina@rpi.edu 518-276-4458
Derek Fox Systems Administrator III foxd4@rpi.edu 518-276-6367
Tyler Geurds Systems Administrator II geurdt@rpi.edu 518-276-8328
Mr. Robert Healey Systems Administrator III healer@rpi.edu 518-276-6022
Mr John Kolb Vice President, and Head of FOCI kolbj@rpi.edu 518-276-2122
Mr. Jeffrey Miner Special Advisor to the CIO minerj@rpi.edu 518-276-8523
Thomas Morgan Research Scientist, Sr. morgat5@rpi.edu 518-276-3887
Michele Murray Project Administrator murram2@rpi.edu 518-276-4400
Mr. Osama Muhammad Raisuddin Research Scientist raisuo2@rpi.edu
Michael Sofka Technical Lead, Quantum Computing michael.sofka@rpi.edu 518-276-2915
Jacqueline B. Stampalia Assistant Vice President, Research Computing stampj@rpi.edu 518-276-8007

› › Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA)

Name Title Email Phone
Ms. Shannon Briggs Research Associate briggs4@rpi.edu
Cameron Cogburn Research Scientist cogbuc@rpi.edu
Mr. Alexander Lutsevich Visiting Researcher lutsea3@rpi.edu
Henrique Oliveira Santos Director, Semantic Applications Research oliveh@rpi.edu
Ms. Ning Sa Research Scientist san2@rpi.edu

› › › HEALS

Name Title Email Phone
Sheba Hargrove Business Administrator, Sr. hargrs2@rpi.edu 518-276-8616

› › › Rensselaer IDEA (Org)

Name Title Email Phone
John Erickson Director, Web Sciences erickj4@rpi.edu 518-276-4384
Daniel Gruen Research Scientist, Sr. gruend2@rpi.edu

› Rensselaer Astrobiology Research and Education Center

Name Title Email Phone
Ms. Ellie Hara Postdoctoral Research Associate harae@rpi.edu
Ms. Shweta Narkar Postdoctoral Research Associate narkas2@rpi.edu
Nathan Reed Visiting Researcher reedn2@rpi.edu
Mr. Vincent Riggi Research Scientist riggiv2@rpi.edu
Ms. Brenda Thomson Postdoctoral Research Associate thomsb3@rpi.edu
Ms. Heather Watson Visiting Researcher watsoh2@rpi.edu 518-276-8827

› Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC)

Name Title Email Phone
Mr. Angel Castillo-Crooke Software Engineer castia5@rpi.edu 518-276-6795
Mohammad Elahi Postdoctoral Research Associate elahis@rpi.edu 518-276-6795
Dhyan Nath Postdoctoral Research Associate nathd2@rpi.edu 518-276-6795
Mr. Usman Riaz Postdoctoral Research Associate riazu2@rpi.edu 518-276-6795
Prof. Mark Shephard Prof/Director SCOREC shephm@rpi.edu 518-276-8044
Ben Sturdevant Research Scientist, Sr. sturdb@rpi.edu 518-276-6795
Sichao Yu Software Engineer yus9@rpi.edu 518-276-6795
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