Executive Committee
Claudia Gunsch
Center Director
Duke University
Joe Brown
Deputy Director
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Joseph Graves, Jr.
Associate Director
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Jennifer Kuzma
Associate Director
North Carolina State University
Anthony Fodor
Associate Director
University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Diversity & Culture of Inclusion
Evaluation & Assessment
Karis Boyd-Sinkler
Co-Director, DCI
Duke University
Joseph Graves, Jr.
Co-Director, DCI
NC A&T
Glenda Kelly
Director, Evaluation & Assessment
Duke University
Catherine Amelink
External Evaluation
Amelink Consulting and Educational Research, LLC
Engineering Workforce Development
Joshua Granek
Education Lead
Duke University
Sandra Clinton
Outreach Lead
Charlotte
Holly Leddy
RET Director and Outreach
Duke University
Megan Lott
REU Lead
UNC – Chapel Hill
Innovation Ecosystem
Ibrahim Mohedas
Director, Innovation Ecosystem
Duke University
Anurodh Tripathi
ILO and Co-Director, Strategic Partnerships
Duke University
Rachel Noble
Co-Director, Strategic Partnerships
UNC – Chapel Hill
Research Thrust 1 – “Measurement”
Rachel Noble
Thrust Lead, Project Lead
UNC – Chapel Hill
Jason Arnold
Affiliate Faculy
Duke
Joe Brown
Project Lead
UNC – Chapel Hill
Boyuan Chen
Project Investigator
Duke University
Lawrence David
Project Investigator
Duke
Jeseth Delgado Vela
Project Lead
Duke
Dongyang Deng
Project Investigator
NC A&T
Jefferson Ellinger
Project Investigator
Charlotte
Michael Fisher
Project Investigator
UNC – Chapel Hill
He Fu
Affiliate Faculty
NC A&T
Kevin Garcia
Project Investigator
NCSU
Cynthia Gibas
Project Lead
Charlotte
Joseph Graves, Jr.
Project Investigator
NC A&T
Sonia Grego
Affiliate Faculty
Duke
Jian Han
Affiliate Faculty
NC A&T
Joseph Heitman
Affiliate Faculty
Duke
Liesl Jeffers-Francis
Project Investigator
NC A&T
Kun Lu
Affiliate Faculty
UNC – Chapel Hill
Antoinette Maldonado-Devincci
Affiliate Faculty
NC A&T
Glenn Morrison
Project Investigator
UNC – Chapel Hill
Nicole Rockey
Project Investigator
Duke
Shengmin Sang
Affiliate Faculty
NC A&T
Jessica Schlueter
Project Investigator
Charlotte
Jill Stewart
Affiliate Faculty
UNC – Chapel Hill
Brian Stoner
Affiliate Faculty
Duke
Misty Thomas
Project Lead
NC A&T
Rytas Vilgalys
Affiliate Faculty
Duke
Jenora Waterman
Project Investigator
NC A&T
Research Thrust 2 – “Modification”
Nathan Crook
Thrust Co-Lead, Project Lead
NCSU
Ophelia Venturelli
Thrust Co-Lead, Project Lead
Duke University
Rodolphe Barrangou
Affiliate Faculty
NCSU
Sandra Clinton
Affiliate Faculty
Charlotte
Claudia Gunsch
Project Investigator
Duke
Robert Newman
Project Investigator
NC A&T
John Rawls
Project Investigator
Duke
Jacelyn Rice-Boayue
Affiliate Faculty
NCSU
Mark Wiesner
Project Investigator
Duke
Lingchong You
Project Investigator
Duke
Research Thrust 3 – “Modeling”
Li Ma
Thrust Lead, Project Lead
Duke
Jessilyn Dunn
Affiliate Faculty
Duke
Zhicheng Ji
Project Investigator
Duke
Daniel Reker
Affiliate Faculty
Duke
A-Andrew Jones
Project Investigator
Duke
Sarah Rhea
Project Investigator
NCSU
Barbara Turpin
Project Lead
UNC – Chapel Hill
Yi-Hui Zhou
Project Investigator
NCSU
Data Analytics Core
Anthony Fodor
Core Lead, Project Lead
Charlotte
Benjamin Callahan
Project Investigator
NCSU
Joshua Granek
Project Investigator
Duke
Scott Harrison
Affiliate Faculty
NC A&T
Kristen Rhinehardt
Affiliate Faculty
NC A&T
Societal & Ethical Implications Core
Jennifer Kuzma
Core Lead, Project Lead
NCSU
Joe Brown
Project Investigator
UNC – Chapel Hill
Christopher Cummings
Project Investigator
NCSU
Joseph Graves Jr.
Project Investigator
NC A&T
Kristen Landreville
Project Investigator
NCSU
Test beds
Deverick Anderson
Test beds Co-Lead
Duke
Barbara Turpin
Test beds Co-Lead
UNC – Chapel Hill
Joe Brown
Test beds
UNC – Chapel Hill
Lawrence David
Test beds
Duke
Marc Deshusses
Test beds
Duke
Sonia Grego
Test beds
Duke University
Brian Stoner
Test beds
Duke
Staff
Executive Administrative Director : David Singleton, Duke University
Financial Director : Stelian Igescu, Duke University
Administrative Coordinator: Kim Odom, Duke University