This year, Georgia Tech announced the promotion of 260 faculty members. Promotion recognizes a faculty member’s contributions to research, teaching, and the community. We are honored to celebrate this success for both academic and research faculty. Their efforts help to make Georgia Tech a vibrant and supportive academic community.

Academic Faculty 

Promoted to Professor

• Stephanie Boulard, Modern Languages (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Morris Cohen, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Kelly Comfort, Modern Languages (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Carl DiSalvo, Interactive Computing (College of Computing)
• Michael Filler, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Stefan France, Chemistry and Biochemistry (College of Sciences)
• JC Gumbart, Physics (College of Sciences)
• Kevin Haas, Civil and Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Tequila Harris, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Jennifer Hom, Mathematics (College of Sciences) 
• Manpreet Hora, Scheller College of Business
• Aaron Levine, Public Policy (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Daniel Matisoff, Public Policy (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Scott Moffat, Psychology (College of Sciences)
• Christopher Muhlstein, Materials Science and Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Michael Nitsche, Literature, Media and Communication (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Alexander Oettl, Scheller College of Business
• A. Nepomuk Otte, Physics (College of Sciences)
• Kamran Paynabar, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Peng Qiu, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Jonathan Rogers, Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Meisha Shofner, Materials Science and Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Ankur Singh, Mechanical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Mohit Singh, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Adam Steinberg, Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Phanish Suryanarayana, Civil and Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Rickey Thomas, Psychology (College of Sciences)
• Susan Thomas, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Alejandro Toriello, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Patricio Vela, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Lewis Wheaton, Biological Sciences (College of Sciences)
• James Wray, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (College of Sciences)
• Ronghu Wu, Chemistry and Biochemistry (College of Sciences)
• Yao Xie, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Shimeng Yu, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Enlu Zhou, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)

Promoted to Associate Professor

• Vinayak Agarwal, Chemistry & Biochemistry (College of Sciences)*
• Azadeh Ansari,  Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Omar Isaac Asensio, Public Policy (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)*
• Fani Boukouvala, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Blair Brettmann, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Thackery Brown, Psychology (College of Sciences)*
• Yongxin Chen, Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Eva Dyer,  Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Bilal Haider,  Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Allen Hyde, History and Sociology (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)*
• Benjamin Jaye, Mathematics (College of Sciences)*
• Shu Jia, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Tiffany Johnson, Scheller College of Business*
• Andrea Jonsson, Modern Languages (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)*
• Asif Khan, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Dan Kotlyar, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Wenjing Liao, Mathematics (College of Sciences)*
• Siva Theja Maguluri, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Jenny McGuire, Biological Sciences & Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (College of Sciences)*
• Andrew Medford, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Cassie Mitchell, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Shuyi Nie, Biological Sciences (College of Sciences)*
• Tarek Rakha, Architecture (College of Design)*
• Brendan Saltaformaggio, Cybersecurity and Privacy (College of Computing) & Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Annabelle Singer, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Kyriakos Vamvoudakis, Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• German Vergara, History and Sociology (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)*
• He Wang, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Amanda Weiss, Modern Languages (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)*
• Casey Wichman, Economics (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Danielle Willkens, Architecture (College of Design)*
• Levi Wood, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Xing Xie, Civil and Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering)*
• Wei Xu, Interactive Computing (College of Computing*

* Also awarded tenure

Awarded Tenure

• Marcus Cicerone, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Joseph Oefelein, Professor, Aerospace Engineering
• Alan Ritter, Associate Professor, Interactive Computing

Promoted to Principal Academic Professional (Non-Tenure Track Academic Faculty) 

• Pamela Pollet, Chemistry and Biochemistry (College of Sciences)
• Michelle Rinehart, Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty (Office of the Provost)
• Teresa Snow, Biological Sciences (College of Sciences)

Promoted to Principal Lecturer (Non-Tenure Track Academic Faculty) 

• Karen Peterson, Language Institute (GTPE)
• R. Katherine Samford, Language Institute (GTPE)

Promoted to Senior Academic Professional (Non-Tenure Track Academic Faculty) 

• Mary Conklin, Psychology (College of Sciences)
• Martin Jarrio, Physics (College of Sciences)
• Jon Lowe, Industrial and Systems Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Samantha Wilson, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (College of Sciences)
• Brenda Woods, Student Engagement and Well-being (Office of Academic Effectiveness)

Promoted to Senior Lecturer (Non-Tenure Track Academic Faculty)

• Saba Colakoglu, Scheller College of Business
• Christian Cuba-Torres, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Meg Grantham, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (College of Sciences)
• Nathaniel Heald, CEISMC (GTPE)
• Anna Holcomb, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Marty Jacobson, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• John Lau, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Lee Hyunjeong Oh, Modern Languages (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Samba Sy, Modern Languages (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Turab Zaidi, Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering)
   

Research Faculty 

Promoted to Principal Research Scientist

• Maneesha Aluru, Biological Sciences (College of Sciences)
• Yolande Berta, Institute for Materials (EVPR)
• Craig Clark, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Robert Clark, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Renata Rawlings-Goss, IDSE (EVPR)
• Agata Rozga, Interactive Computing (College of Computing)
• Brian Sawyer, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Ilan Stern, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Charles Turnitsa, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Robert Wyllie, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Clint Zeagler, Institute for People and Technology (EVPR)

Promoted to Principal Research Associate

• Trina Brennan, GTRI-ICSD (GTRI)
• David Joyner, College of Computing

Promoted to Principal Research Engineer

• Vishal Acharya, Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Kenneth Allen, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Tanah Barchichat, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Daniel Browne, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Richard Causey, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Anne Clark, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• David Ediger, GTRI-ISD (GTRI)
• Benjamin Emerson, Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Jacqueline Fairley, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Olivia Fischer, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (College of Engineering)
• Joseph Goldenburg, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Matthew Habib, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Brian Holman, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Marshall Hopkins, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Annie Jones Wyatt, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Brian Liu, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• William Lohsen, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Roxanne Moore, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Dontel Newton, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Brian O'Donnell, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Jonathan Odom, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Audrey Paulus, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Samuel Shapero, GTRI-EOSL (GTRI)
• Ryan Simko, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Benjamin Yang, GTRI-EOSL (GTRI)

Promoted to Senior Research Scientist

• Vishwadeep Ahluwalia, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (EVPR)
• Gregory Badura, GTRI-EOSL (GTRI)
• Levi Boggs, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Sriram Ponnambalam Chockalingam, Institute for Data Engineering and Science (EVPR)
• Yunnan Fang, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Tina Franklin, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Bryan Gard, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Gavin Gresham, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Khatereh Hadi, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Kevin Hagood, GTRI-ASL (GTRI)
• John Hankinson, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Aaron Jezghani, OIT
• Suneesh Karunakaran, Chemistry and Biochemistry (College of Sciences)
• Linda Kippner, Bioengineering and Bioscience (Petit Institute)
• Alexander Klishko, Biological Science (College of Sciences)
• Andrew McCullough, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• James McKoon, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Christina Medlin, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Wayne Phillips, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Arthi Rao, City and Regional Planning (College of Design)
• Elena Remillard, Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (College of Design)
• Dwanleen Shen, Chemistry and Biochemistry (College of Sciences)
• Brandon Stringfield, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• David Tavakoli, Institute for Materials (EVPR)
• Mengkun Tian, Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology & Institute for Materials (EVPR)
• Bo Yang, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)

Promoted to Senior Research Associate 

• Ryan Glowienka, GTRI-RS (GTRI)

Promoted to Senior Research Engineer

• Konrad Ahlin, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• James Arruda, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Michael Balchanos, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (College of Engineering)
• Kevin Berman, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Kyle Blond, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Nicholas Breen, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Kyle Carnahan, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Robert Case, GTRI-EOSL (GTRI)
• Andrew Chang, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Christopher Garrison, GTRI-ASL (GTRI)
• John Halliwell, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Jeremy Hershberger, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• James Humphries, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Chase Johnston, GTRI-EOSL (GTRI)
• Joshua Langford, GTRI-ASL (GTRI)
• Christopher Loftis, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Josh Lyons, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Nathan Parrish, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Jens Pfaender, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (College of Engineering)
• Sarah Preston, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Victoria Razin, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Lee Riddle, GTRI-ASL (GTRI)
• Zachary Schindler, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Dennis Shen, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Paul Simmons, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Yuguo Tao, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Tamara Torres, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Tucker Turner, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Alan Westbay, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Bradley Whitaker, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Aimee Williams, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Muneeb Zia, Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)

Promoted to Senior Research Technologist

• James Carver, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Kim MacLeod, College of Computing
• Dan Zhou, OIT

Promoted to Senior Extension Professional

• Donna Ennis, EI2-EII (EVPR) 

Promoted to Research Scientist II

• Bryan Ake, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Anthony Argento, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Kevin Battles, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Bryan Bennett, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Shweta Biliya, Bioengineering and Bioscience (Petit Institute)
• Raquel Caldeira Botelho, Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Sarah Farmer, Center for Advanced Communications Policy (Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)
• Hannah Foster, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Nina (Ye) Li, Bioengineering and Bioscience (Petit Institute)
• Anna Pavlova, Physics (College of Sciences)
• Carlo Andrea Riccardo Perini, Materials Science and Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Joseph Rice, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Michael Riley, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Nicholas Sandy, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Michael Wong, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)

Promoted to Research Associate II

• Linda Campbell, GTRI-RS (GTRI)
• James Dudgeon, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Solomon Nelson, GTRI-RS (GTRI)
• Alexandra Ramirez, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Robyn Sohne, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Henry Swanson, College of Computing
• Victoria Volpe, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)

Promoted to Research Engineer II

• Kevin Abraham, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Elizabeth Adams, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Jesus Arias, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Eduardo Bernuy, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Katherine Capone, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Dalton Clark, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Shane Connelly, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Timothy Deremer, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Jeremy Doerr, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Ashton Farr, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Daniel Fitzgerald, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Amanda Fron, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Dallon Glick, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Dustin Hamilton, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Jonathan Harmon, GTRI-ASL (GTRI)
• Stephen Hurst, GTRI-EOSL (GTRI)
• Ayende Ibere, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Ryan James, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Carl Johnson, Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (College of Engineering)
• John Kim, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Mary Martin, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Killian McDonald, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Cory McDuffie, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Jeffrey McMichael, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Soumya Mohan, Mechanical Engineering (College of Engineering)
• Chrystiano Murray, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Michael Park, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Jessi Pearson, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Diego Pinilla, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Tasnim Rahman, GTRI-ICL (GTRI)
• Kyle Rebello, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Jake Robinson, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Kristine Sherman, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• William Sutton, GTRI-SEAL (GTRI)
• Randi Thorson, GTRI-CIPHR (GTRI)
• Sarah Tucker, Global Center for Medical Innovation & T3 Labs (EVPR)
• Anthony Velte, GTRI-ATAS (GTRI)
• Taylor Williams, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)
• Darrel Zeh, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)

Promoted to Research Technologist II

• Sean Alderman, GTRI-HAC (GTRI)
• Michael Farris, GTRI-ACL (GTRI)
• Kaiten Kala, GTRI-HAC (GTRI)
• Shane Mathews, GTRI-ELSYS (GTRI)

Promoted to Extension Professional II

• Benjamin Andrews, EI2-EII (EVPR)
• John Avery, EI2-EII (EVPR)
• Kelly Grissom, EI2-EII (EVPR)
• Charity Stevens, EI2-EII (EVPR)