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Bill Jackson 

Executive DPI Directorbilljack@uillinois.edu217-300-1645

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Phyllis Baker 

Director of Academic Affairspbaker@uillinois.edu217-300-1274

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Annabelle Clarke 

Director of Administrationaclarke@uillinois.edu312-585-9101

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Mark Harris 

Director of Community Educationmarkh3@uillinois.edu312-585-9159

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Venkat Venkatakrishnan 

Director of Researchvenkat@uillinois.edu

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Meg Bates 

Director of Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC)megbates@uillinois.edu

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Omowale Casselle 

Director of Pritzker Tech Talent Labscasselle@uillinois.edu312-585-9028

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Eric Lugo 

Director of External Relations for Talent Programs ericlugo@illinois.edu312-585-9178

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Michael Bennett 

Director of Immersion Programsmikeb808@uillinois.edu

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Jennifer Foil 

Director of Workforce Educationjfoil@uillinois.edu312-585-9176

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Danielle Clark 

Associate Director of Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdkclark@uillinois.edu

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Karen Larson 

Associate Director of Student Immersion Programskplarson@uillinois.edu312-585-9193

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Charity Freeman 

Associate Director of Teacher Trainingcharityf@uillinois.edu312-585-9196

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Gina Grant 

Associate Director of K-9 Student Programming glgrant@uillinois.edu312-575-7926

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Michael Fitzsimons 

Associate Director for R&D Programsfitzm@uillinois.edu312-575-7838

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Charlie Catlett 

Senior Research Scientistccatlett@uillinois.edu

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Sandra Gesing 

Scientific Outreach and DEI Leadsgesing@uillinois.edu312-668-9041

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Laura Clements 

Senior Project Manager, R&Dljclem@uillinois.edu312-668-9016

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Lauryn Scott 

Assistant Director of Marketing & Communicationlauryn@uillinois.edu

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Joe Cheng 

DPI Partnershipsjlcheng@illinois.edu

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Mike Flavin 

DPI Corporate Relationsmtflavin@uillinois.edu

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Alan Solow 

Special Advisor for External Relationsasolow@uic.edu

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Pradeep Khanna 

DPI International Relationspkhanna@illinois.edu

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Marcia Lampela 

DPI Site Managementmlampela@uillinois.edu217-300-7457

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Eva Lozano 

Office Administratorevalozan@uillinois.edu

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Adriann Anderson 

Senior Coordinator, Business Operationsaander5@uillinois.edu312-575-7837

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Lupita Lopez 

Events and Social Media Coordinatorllopez62@uillinois.edu312-668-9053

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J Garpue Lieway 

Grants and Contracts Associatejglieway@uillinois.edu

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Sarah Cashdollar 

Research Specialist, IWERCsecash@uillinois.edu312-668-9067

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Shereen Beilstein 

Senior Research Associate, IWERCbeilste2@uillinois.edu312-668-9025

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Stephanie Werner 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, IWERCswerne3@uillinois.edu312-668-9026

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Yi Wang 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, IWERCyiwang21@uillinois.edu312-668-9014

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Mariana Barragan Torres 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, IWERCmarianab@uillinois.edu312-668-9026

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Anuj Tiwari 

Postdoctoral Research Associateanujt@uic.edu

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Prithviraj Pramanik 

Fulbright Scholar, Visiting PhD Studentpprama2@uic.edu

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Mauriell H. Amechi 

Visiting Researchermamech2@uillinois.edu312-668-9017

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Olivia Palid 

Visiting Research Associateopalid2@uillinois.edu312-668-9020

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Jaggi Yedetore 

Visiting Business Development and Digital Solutions Architect

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Renu Kulkarni 

Visiting Corporate Engagement Leadrenuk@uillinois.edu

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Bob Okabe 

Director for New Business Venturesrmokabe@uillinois.edu

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Morgan Diamond 

Associate Director of Workforce Educationdiamondm@uillinois.edu

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Gary Nixon 

Recruiter and Student Engagementgnixon1@uillinois.edu

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Todd McFarlin 

Assistant Director of Teacher Trainingtmcfar1@uillinois.edu

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Sanjuana Jaime-Nix 

Director of Productsjaime@uillinois.edu

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Victoria Bolf 

Graduate Programs Coordinator vicbolf@uillinois.edu

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Theron Seckington 

Program Assistanttherons@uillinois.edu

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Nancy Saysavanh 

Talent Management Partnernsaysa2@uillinois.edu

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Modou Jarju 

Visiting Lab Technicianmljarju@uillinois.edu

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Liang Liu 

Interim Director, Capital Programs lliu1@illinois.edu

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Karen Colat 

Administrative Assistantkcolat@uillinois.edu

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Jonathon Berlin 

Visiting Sr. Multimedia Designerjsberlin@uillinois.edu

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Hamed Ibrahim 

Postdoctoral Research Associatehibrahim@illinois.edu

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Chi-Yu Lin 

Visiting Research Scholarclin213@uillinois.edu

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Adam Horton 

Visiting Lab Manageradam47@uillinois.edu

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Luis Navarrete 

Program Assistantluisn@uillinois.edu

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Haneen Omar 

Program AssistantHomar4@uillinois.edu312-668-9019

DPI Executive Committee

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Nancy Amato 

Professornamato@illinois.edu

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Jennifer Bernhard 

Professor jbernhar@illinois.edu

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Bill Jackson 

DPI Executive Directorbilljack@uillinois.edu

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Anne-Marie Hanson 

Associate Professor ahans4@uis.edu

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Rodney Hopson 

Professor hopson@illinois.edu

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Marie Tejero Hughes 

Director of Graduate Studies marieth@uic.edu

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Jeffrey Eric Jenkins 

Professorjej@illinois.edu

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Ranjan Karri 

Professorrkarr2@uis.edu

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Jerry Krishnan 

Professorjakris@uic.edu

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Robb Lindgren 

Director of TIER-ED Initiative robblind@illinois.edu

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Rachel Poretsky 

Associate Professormicrobe@uic.edu

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Aria Razfar 

Professorarazfar@uic.edu

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Michael Stroscio 

Professor stroscio@uic.edu

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Lav Varshney 

Associate Professor varshney@illinois.edu