MEET THE TEAM
Leadership Board
Curtis Abel, Ph.D. MBA
Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
caabel@wpi.edu
Robert Dempski, Ph.D.
Professor-Chemistry & Biochemistry
rdempski@wpi.edu
George Pins, Ph.D.
Professor-Biomedical Engineering
gpins@wpi.edu
Janet Zafiris
Program Grant Operations Manager-KEEN Program
jmzafiris@wpi.edu
Partners
Arthur Heinricher, Ph.D.
Interim Senior Vice President and Provost
Professor-Mathematical Sciences
heinrich@wpi.edu
John McNeill, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering-Electrical & Computer Engineering
mcneill@wpi.edu
Douglas Petkie, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head-Physics
dtpetkie@wpi.edu
Nima Rahbar, Ph.D.
Professor-Civil, Environmental and Architecture
nrahbar@wpi.edu
KEEN Exemplars
Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor-Mechanical and Materials Engineering
acsabuncu@wpi.edu
Gbetonmasse Somasse, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor-Social Science
gbsomasse@wpi.edu
Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor-Mechanical and Materials Engineering
swodinshwartz@wpi.edu
KEEN Faculty
Mitra Anand
Makerspace Advanced Technology and Prototyping Specialist
mvanand@wpi.edu
Nicholas Bertozzi, M.S.
Senior Instructor-Robotics Engineering
nbertozzi@wpi.edu
Esther Boucher-Yip, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor-Humanities
efboucher@wpi.edu
Kristin Boudreau, Ph.D.
Professor-Humanities & Arts
kboudreau@wpi.edu
Jeannine Coburn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Biomedical Engineering
jmcoburn@wpi.edu
Ted Clancy, Ph.D.
Professor-Electrical and Computer Engineering
ted@wpi.edu
Joshua Cuneo, M.S.
Senior Instructor-Computer Science
jmcuneo@wpi.edu
John-Michael Davis, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor-The Global School
jdavis4@wpi.edu
Aaron Deskins, Ph.D.
Professor-Chemical Engineering
nadeskins@wpi.edu
Leslie Dodson, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor-Global Lab
lldodson@wpi.edu
Paula Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
Director-Center of Well-Being
pfitzpatrick@wpi.edu
Lane Harrison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Computer Science
ltharrison@wpi.edu
Michael Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor-Mathematical Science
mrjohn@wpi.edu
Uma Kumar
Teaching Professor-Chemistry and Biochemistry
kumar@wpi.edu
Jianyu Liang, Ph.D.
Professor-Mechanical and Materials Engineering
jianyul@wpi.edu
Jed Lindholm , Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor-Business
jlindholm@wpi.edu
David Medich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Physics
arosendo@wpi.edu
Solomon Mensah , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
smensah@wpi.edu
Raymond Page, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice
rpage@wpi.edu
Oleg Pavlov, Ph.D.
Professor-Social Science
opavlov@wpi.edu
Len Polizzotto
Assistant Teaching Professor- Biomedical Engineering
lenp@wpi.edu
Laura Roberts, M.Ed.
Assistant Teaching Professor-Global School
lroberts@wpi.edu
Andre Rosendo, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor-Robotics Engineering
arosendo@wpi.edu
Sara Saberi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Business
ssaberi@wpi.edu
Aaron Sakulich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
arsakulich@wpi.edu
Scarlet Shell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Biological Science
sshell@wpi.edu
Alexander Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Social Science
adksmith@wpi.edu
Joe Stabile, M.S.
Instructor-Mechanical and Materials Engineering
jastabile@wpi.edu
Elizabeth Stewart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor-Biomedical Engineering
ejstewart@wpi.edu
Izabela Stroe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Teaching
izabela@wpi.edu
John Sullivan, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor-Mechanical and Materials Engineering
sullivan@wpi.edu
Seth Tuler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Global School
stuler@wpi.edu
Mike Timko, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Engineering
mttimko@wpi.edu
Karen Troy, Ph.D.
Professor-Biomedical Engineering
ktroy@wpi.edu