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Faculty & Staff

Directors

Cherie Kagan

Center Director
University of Pennsylvania
kagan@seas.upenn.edu

David Arnold

Site Director / Innovation Ecosystem Director
University of Florida
darnold@ufl.edu

David Cappelleri

Site Director / Workforce Development Director
Purdue University
dcappell@purdue.edu

Stefano Carpin

Site Director
University of California, Merced
scarpin@ucmerced.edu

Kevin Turner

Site Director / Convergent Research Director
University of Pennsylvania
kturner@seas.upenn.edu

Faculty Leaders

Mark Allen

Thrust 2 Co-Lead
University of Pennsylvania
mallen@upenn.edu

Paulo Arratia

Diversity & Culture of Inclusion Co-Director
University of Pennsylvania
parratia@seas.upenn.edu

Sue Ann Bidstrup-Allen

Workforce Development Co-Director
University of Pennsylvania
sb3@seas.upenn.edu

Ayesha Boyce

Evaluation & Assessment Lead
Arizona State University
Ayesha.Boyce@asu.edu

Dennis Buckmaster

Thrust 3 Co-Lead
Purdue University
dbuckmas@purdue.edu

Melba Crawford

Systems Integrator
Purdue University
mcrawford@purdue.edu

Reza Ehsani

Thrust 1 Co-Lead / Testbed Co-Lead
University of California, Merced
rehsani@ucmerced.edu

Sebastian Galindo

Workforce Development Co-Lead
University of Florida
sgalindo@ufl.edu

James Krogmeier

Convergence Team Member
Purdue University
jvk@purdue.edu

David Love

Thrust 2 Co-Lead
Purdue University
djlove@purdue.edu

Carlos (Charlie) Messina

Thrust 3 Co-Lead
University of Florida
cmessina@ufl.edu

Troy Olsson

Thrust 1 Co-Lead
University of Pennsylvania
rolsson@seas.upenn.edu

Daniel Quinn

Testbed Lead
Purdue University
djquinn@purdue.edu

Katie Stofer

Workforce Development Co-Lead
University of Florida
stofer@ufl.edu

Ian Small

Testbed Lead 
University of Florida
ismall@ufl.edu

Tony Vyn

Testbed Lead 
Purdue University
tvyn@purdue.edu

Lisa Yeo

Diversity & Culture of Inclusion Co-Director
University of California, Merced lyeo2@ucmerced.edu

Faculty

Pratik Chaudhari

University of Pennsylvania
pratikac@seas.upenn.edu

William (Bill) Eisenstadt

University of Florida
wre@ece.ufl.edu

Jie Fu

University of Florida
fujie@ufl.edu

Erin Hestir

University of California, Merced
ehestir@ucmerced.edu

Catherine Keske

University of California, Merced
ckeske@ucmerced.edu

Sanjeev Koppal

University of Florida
sjkoppal@ece.ufl.edu

Vijay Kumar

University of Pennsylvania
kumar@seas.upenn.edu

Alejandro Ribeiro

University of Pennsylvania
aribeiro@seas.upenn.edu

Vivek Sharma

University of Florida
vsharma1@ufl.edu

Brent Sumerlin

University of Florida
sumerlin@chem.ufl.edu

Alina Zare

University of Florida
azare@ece.ufl.edu

Staff

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Bob Brier

Managing Director
University of Pennsylvania
brierbob@seas.upenn.edu

Marcy Lee

Research Coordinator
University of Florida
marcy@ece.ufl.edu

Domonique McClendon

Admin & Outreach Coordinator
University of Pennsylvania
domonm@seas.upenn.edu

Steven Weiner

Director of Technology Transfer
University of Pennsylvania
ssweiner@upenn.edu

Sherry Xue

Communications Assistant
University of Pennsylvania
sxd4383@seas.upenn.edu