Who We Are
Our Team
Directors
S. Pamir Alpay, Ph.D.
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Director, Project Daedalus – Air Force Advanced Manufacturing Initiative
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Ali Bazzi, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Power Electronics & Drives Advanced Research Laboratory (PEARL)
Director, Connecticut Power Electronics Center of Excellence (CONPEX)
George Bollas, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Director, Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (PW-IASE)
Diego Cerrai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Interim Director, Eversource Energy Center (EEC)
Associate Director, New England Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (NE TCTAC)
John Chandy, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-director, Connecticut Advanced Computing Center (CACC)
Director, Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust (CHEST)
Co-director, Comcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation (CSI)
Richard Christenson, Ph.D.
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Co-director, National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology
Leila Daneshmandi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Co-director, Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center
Lesley Frame, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Center for Materials Processing Data (CMPD)
Rainer Hebert, Ph.D.
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC)
Associate Director of the Institute of Materials Science (IMS)
Jasna Jankovic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Clean Energy Engineering
Tiffany Kelley, Ph.D., MBA, RN-BC
Visiting Professor and Director of the UConn School of Nursing’s Healthcare Innovation Online Graduate Certificate Program
Co-director, Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center
Jeongho Kim
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC)
Yu Lei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director, Center for Excellence in Sensor Technology and Diagnosis
Anson W. K. Ma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director, Center for Science of Heterogeneous Additive Printing of 3D Materials (SHAP3D)
Jeffrey McCutcheon, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Al Geib Professor of Environmental Engineering Research & Education
Director, Connecticut Center for Applied Separations Technology (CCAST)
Laurent Michel, Ph.D.
Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies and Industry Relations, and Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Co-director, Connecticut Advanced Computing Center (CACC)
Co-director, Comcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation (CSI)
Director, Synchrony Financial Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity
Ugur Pasaogullari, Ph.D.
Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, Center for Clean Energy Engineering
Sina Shahbazmohamadi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, Reverse Engineering Fabrication Inspection & Non-Destructive Evaluation (REFINE)
Director, FemtoInnovations Laser Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering (FLAME)
Steven L. Suib, Ph.D.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Director of the Institute of Materials Science
Director, UConn Thermo Fisher Scientific Center for Advanced Microscopy and Materials Analysis
Director, Collins Aerospace Center for Advanced Materials
Co-director, UConn DENSsolutions Center for IN-siTu/Operando Electron Microscopy (InToEM)
Carlos Trallero, Ph.D.
Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs
Professor, Physics
Director, Optical Science and Technology Hub (OST)
Ioulia Valla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Clean Energy Engineering
Liang Zhang, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Southern New England Industrial Assessment Center
Xiao-Dong Zhou, Ph.D.
Professor, Director, Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2)
Yuanyuan Zhu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, UConn DENSsolutions Center for IN-siTu/Operando Electron Microscopy (InToEM)
Business Development
Scientific and Technical Staff
Haiyan Tan, Ph.D.
Electron Microscopy Research Scientist
CAMMA
Phone: 860.486.7983
Building Management and Safety
Administrative Support, Marketing, and Finance
Raelene DeRobertis
Executive Administrative Assistant
Phone: 860.486.1507
Staff from other Research Groups at UConn Tech Park
Lisa McAdam Donegan, Ed.D.
Global Programs Director & Research Coordinator, NIUVT
