Faculty will advise new Senior Vice President of Research and Technology Management Michael Oakes on campus strengths and untapped potential
President Eric W. Kaler today announced two groups of faculty who will advise First Senior Vice President of Research and Technology Management Michael Oakes on the university’s research strengths and untapped potential. Importantly, these groups will also provide information on how to best meet the administrative research needs of faculty.
“I am grateful for the diversity of faculty who have agreed to serve in these groups,” said President Kaler. “They are an invaluable resource to Michael as he leads the university in expanding his research company.”
Each of the Faculty Strategy Groups on Research and Technology Management comprises related disciplines: one group includes members from engineering, physical and natural sciences, health sciences, and applied social sciences; the other focuses on social sciences, humanities, and performing arts. Strategy groups will meet twice a month during this academic year.
“I look forward to engaging these two incredibly impressive groups of faculty members,” Oakes said. “Together, we will take the investigation at Case Western Reserve to the next level.”
President Kaler sought input from the deans and faculty Senate leadership to create groups with individuals who reflect our diverse university community and represent the interests of our departments, schools, and fields of study. President Kaler added: “Together we will go far.”
The following are the members of each Faculty Strategy Group.
Faculty Strategy Group (Engineering, Physical and Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Applied Social Sciences)
Dr Karen Abbott
Professor
Biology department
University of Arts and Sciences
Dr Anna Samia
Professor and President
Chemistry Department
University of Arts and Sciences
Dr Glenn Starkman
Distinguished University Professor
Physics department
University of Arts and Sciences
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case School of Engineering and School of Medicine
Dr Dustin Tyler
Kent H. Smith II Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Case School of Engineering and School of Medicine
Director, Institute of Human Fusions
Doctor Umut Gurkan
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Engineering School Case
Dr. Gary Wnek
Joseph F. Toot Jr. Professor of Engineering
Chair, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Engineering School Case
Dr Burcu Gurkan
Nord Distinguished Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Engineering School Case
Roger French, PhD
Kyocera Professor of Ceramics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Engineering School Case
Dr Vipin Chaudhary
Kevin J. Kranzusch Professor and President
Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Engineering School Case
Carolyn Harmon Still, PhD, CNP, MSM, AGPCNP-BC, CCRP, FAAN
Associate professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Dr. Nancy Rolock
Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Sciences
Zhenghe (John) Wang, Ph.D.
Dale H. Cowan, MD – Ruth Goodman Blum Professor of Cancer Research
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
medicine School
Alan Levine, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Pathology and Pediatrics
Medical School Case
Matthias Buck, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Medical School Case
Pushpa Pandiyan, PhD
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Dental Medicine
Faculty Strategy Group (Social Sciences, Humanities, Performing Arts)
Timothy Beal, PhD
Florence Harkness Professor of Religion
Department of Religious Studies, Director H Lab
University of Arts and Sciences
Dr Peter Shulman
Associate Professor of History
Department of History
Dr Cassi Pittman Claytor
Associate professor; Interim Co-Director of African and African American Studies Minor
Department of Sociology
John Paul Stevens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Weatherhead School of Management
Dr Daniel Goldmark
Head of Popular Music Studies
Director of the Center for Popular Music Studies
Professor, Department of Music
Vice Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and International Affairs
University of Arts and Sciences
David Vegh, M.F.A.
Associate professor
University of Arts and Sciences
Betsy Bolman, Ph.D.
Elsie B. Smith Professor of Liberal Arts
Professor and Professor of Art History
Department of Art and Art History
Max Mehlman, Juris Doctor
Distinguished University Professor
Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law
Director, Center for Legal Medicine
The law’s school