Who We Are

Senior Academic Leadership Team

Hub PI: Lynden Archer
Dean and Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Cornell University

Dartmouth College: Alexis Abramson
Dean and Professor of Engineering

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT):
Ryne Raffaele
Vice President for Research and Associate Provost; Professor of Physics and Astronomy

SUNY Binghamton:
Bahgat Sammakia
Vice President for Research and Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering

SUNY Buffalo:
Kemper Lewis
Dean and Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences

University of Pittsburgh (Pitt):
Evan Facher
Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

University of Rochester: Duncan Moore
Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship, Professor of Optical Engineering Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Business Administration

University of Vermont (UVM):
Kirk Dombrowski
Vice President for Research

West Virginia University (WVU):
Fred King
Vice President for Research and Professor of Chemistry

Syracuse University:
Alexander McKelvie
Interim Dean and Professor of Entrepreneurship, Whitman School of Management

Hub Leadership Team

Hub Co-PI, Director, and Lead Instructor: Tom Schryver
Founding Executive Director, Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA), Cornell University

Research Lead: Todd Moss
Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises, Syracuse University

Evaluation and Curriculum Lead: Deborah Streeter
Professor Emerita, Cornell University

Hub Coordinator: Shannon Ellis,
Cornell University

Faculty Leads

Cornell University: David Putnam, Professor of Biomedical and Biomolecular Engineering; Associate Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Dartmouth College:
- Eric Fossum, Professor of Engineering and Director, PhD Innovation Program, Associate Provost, Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (OETT)
- Laura Ray, Professor of Engineering Innovation and Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT): Ryne Raffaele, Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost
SUNY Binghamton: Kanneboyina Nagaraju, Vice Dean, Founding Chair and Professor, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
SUNY Buffalo: Blaine Pfeifer, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Syracuse University: Pramod Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt): William (Buddy) Clark, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Rochester: James Zavislan, Professor of Optics and Biomedical Engineering
University of Vermont (UVM): Tina Thornton, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Co-Director, I-Trep Program
West Virginia University (WVU): John Hu, Chair Professor & Director of Center for Innovation in Gas Utilization and Research (CIGRU)

Operations Group

Cornell University:

Will Heptig, I-Corps Project Associate
Lucy Harwood, I-Corps Program Assistant
Caitlin Schickel, Programs Coordinator, Center for Regional Economic Advancement

Dartmouth College:

Caroline Cannon, Faculty Advisor, Career Advisor and Leadership Coach, Tuck School of Management

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT):

Richard DeMartino, Chair for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Anthony Testa, Director, Commercialization Training

SUNY Binghamton:

Per Stromhaug, Associate Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development
Olga Petrova, Assistant Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships

SUNY Buffalo:

Sara Goodman, Startup Program Manager, UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships

Syracuse University:

Molly Zimmerman, Managing Director, NYS STLC, Syracuse University College of Law

University of Pittsburgh (Pitt):

Paul Petrovich, Assistant Director of Business Development, Pitt Innovation Institute
Peter Allen, Executive Director of Innovation and Strategy, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

University of Rochester:

Annette Durnack, Executive Director, Ain Center for Entrepreneurship
Heidi Morgenthaler, Senior Program Manager, Ain Center for Entrepreneurship

University of Vermont (UVM):

Corine Farewell, Director, UVM Innovations

West Virginia University (WVU):

Erienne Olesh, Executive Director, Student and Faculty Innovation
Carrie White, Executive Director, WVU Morris L. Hayhurst LaunchLab