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Innovation Hub

Marketing & Communications

Administrative Affairs

DPI Executive Committee

Executive Director

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Deba Dutta 

Interim Executive DPI DirectorExecutiveDirectorDPI@uillinois.edu

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Karen Colat 

Administrative Assistantkcolat@uillinois.edu

Research & Development

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Venkat Venkatakrishnan 

Director, Researchvenkat@uillinois.edu

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Rukmini Avadhanam 

Sr. Research Associaterukminia@uillinois.edu

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Alvin Chin 

Research Scientistalvinc@uillinois.edu

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Laura Clements 

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

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Sugyan Mani Dixit 

Senior Research Associatesugy@uillinois.edu

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Eva Durance 

Program Assistant

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Reginald Gaudino 

Director, Cannabis Research Institute

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Carolyn Geck 

Grants Coordinatorcarolyng@uillinois.edu

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Rigel Gjomemo 

Research Scientistrgjome1@uic.edu

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Dolores Sanchez Gonzalez 

Visiting Lab Managerdsanch52@uillinois.edu

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Adam Horton 

Visiting Lab Manageradam47@uillinois.edu

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Modou Jarju 

Visiting Lab Technicianmljarju@uillinois.edu

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Chi-Yu Lin 

Visiting Research Scholarclin213@uillinois.edu

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Sudhansu Rath 

Postdoctoral Research Associatesudhansu@illinois.edu

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Karan Jogi 

Research Software Dev Engineerkjogi2@uillinois.edu

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Saye Vikram Karthikeyan 

Extra help

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Renu Kulkarni 

Visiting Corporate Engagement Leadrenuk@uillinois.edu

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Peiyuan Li 

Postdoctoral Research Associatepeiyuanl@uillinois.edu

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Yuanye Ma 

Sr. Research Associateyuanyem@uillinois.edu

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Sam Miller 

Corporate Relationship Manager, R&D Industry Program

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Karl Putz 

Associate Director, R&D Programskarlputz@uillinois.edu

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Christina Sansone 

Visiting Community Engagement Managercsanso2@uillinois.edu

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Ashish Sharma 

Climate and Urban Sustainability Leadsharmaa@illinois.edu

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Marcia Silva 

Associate Director, R&Dmsilva@ullinois.edu

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Anuj Tiwari 

Senior Research Associateanujt@uic.edu

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Carolina Veiga 

Postdoctoral Research Associatecarolvfs@uillinois.edu

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Abhinav Wadhwa 

Postdoctoralawadhwa@uillinois.edu

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Krystal White 

Visiting Project Managerkwhite38@uillinois.edu

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Camryn Woodworth 

Grants Coordinator, R&Dcamrynw@uillinois.edu

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Sicheng Wu 

Postdoctoral Reseach Associatesichengw@uillinois.edu

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Jaggi Yedetore 

Visiting Business Development and Digital Solutions Architectynj@uillinois.edu

IL Workforce & Education Research Collaborative

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Meg Bates 

Director, Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC)megbates@illinois.edu

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Mariana Barragan Torres 

Research Specialist, IWERCmarianab@uillinois.edu312-668-9026

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Shereen Beilstein 

Research Specialist, IWERCbeilste2@uillinois.edu312-668-9025

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Raisa Blazquez 

Visiting Research Associateblazquez@uillinois.edu

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Sarah Cashdollar 

Associate Director, IWERC Researchsecash@uillinois.edu

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Ying Chen 

Research Associate, IWERCychen406@uic.edu

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Jasmine Collins 

Workforce Research Specialistjdcolli2@illinois.edu

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Sebastián Kiguel 

Research Associate, IWERCskiguel@uic.edu

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Quetzalli Laidley 

Assistant Director of Outreach, IWERCqcastr2@uillinois.edu

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Aisha Motlani 

Research Associate, IWERCamotlani@uillinois.edu

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Stephanie Werner 

Research Specialist, IWERCswerne3@uillinois.edu312-668-9026

New Business Ventures

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Bob Okabe 

Director, New Business Venturesrmokabe@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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Nilofar Khanbhai 

Venture Creation Leadnilofar@uillinois.edu

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Jacob Parrott 

Venture Creation Leadparrott4@uillinois.edu

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John Ramirez 

Visiting Entrepreneur In ResidenceJpramire@uillinois.edu

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Larry Schor 

Visiting Entrepreneur in Residencelschor@uillinois.edu

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Deepak Somaya 

Don and Anne Edwards Scholardsomaya@illinois.edu

Pritzker Tech Talent Labs

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Mark Harris 

Director, Pritzker Tech Talent Labsmarkh3@uillinois.edu312-585-9159

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Ruben Abarca 

Associate Director, Salesabarca3@uillinois.edu

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Jaclyn Carmichael 

Assistant Director, K-9 Student Programming, Community Education, Pritzker Tech Talent Labsjaclync@uillinois.edu

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Stephanie DeCicco 

Associate Director, Community College Pathways, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdecicco@uillinois.edu

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Morgan Diamond 

Associate Director, Workforce Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdiamondm@uillinois.edu

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Danna Dotson 

Associate Director of Teacher Trainingddotson2@uillinois.edu

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Gina Grant 

Associate Director, K-9 Student Programming, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsglgrant@uillinois.edu312-575-7926

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Ian Heraty 

Software Development Educatorihera2@uillinois.edu

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Matthew Klein 

Director, Sales & Talent Programsmklein46@uillinois.edu

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Karen Larson 

Associate Director of External Relations- Pritzker Tech Talent Labskplarson@uillinois.edu312-585-9193

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Todd McFarlin 

Assistant Director, Teacher Training, Community Education - Pritzker Tech Talent Labstmcfar1@uillinois.edu312-413-5700

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Kay Monelle 

Associate Director, High School Programmingkaym@uillinois.edu

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Gary Nixon 

Recruiter and Student Engagement- Pritzker Tech Talent Labsgnixon1@uillinois.edu

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Haneen Omar 

Program AssistantHomar4@uillinois.edu312-668-9019

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Tony Torres 

Assistant Director of Recruitmentttorres3@uillinois.edu

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Lindsey Vetvick 

Assistant Director, HS Programsjsmit97@uillinois.edu

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Dominique Wilson 

Associate Director of External Relations - Pritzker Tech Talent Labsdwils5@uillinois.edu

Innovation Hub

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Kumar Kintala 

Innovation Hub Directorkintala@uillinois.edu

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Brent Brewer 

Events Coordinatorbrentb@uillinois.edu

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Marcia Lampela 

DPI Site Managementmlampela@uillinois.edu217-300-7457

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Kassandra Perez 

Events Managerkgperez@uillinois.edu

Marketing & Communications

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Jen Uner 

Director, Marketing & Communicationjuner@uillinois.edu

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Jonathon Berlin 

Visiting Sr. Multimedia Designerjsberlin@uillinois.edu

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Jaime Chavez 

Web Specialistjchavez6@illinois.edu

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Jeanie Chung 

Content Writerjinwonc@uillinois.edu

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Lauryn Scott 

Associate Director, Marketing & Communicationlauryn@uillinois.edu

Administrative Affairs

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Ranjan Karri 

Director, Academic Affairsrkarr2@uis.edu

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Stephanie Escobar 

Program Assistantescobar8@uillinois.edu

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Atif Hasan 

Senior Business Coordinatorhasana@uillinois.edu

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Tula Kuechenmeister 

Salesforce Administratortula@uillinois.edu

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Jiaqi Li 

Sr. User Experience Designerjiaqi606@uillinois.edu

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Darral Johnson-McMahan 

Program Assistantdjohn84@uillinois.edu

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Rajeeyah Muhammad 

Visiting Assistant Director, Internal Engagement and Culturerajeeyah@uillinois.edu

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Luis Navarrete 

Business Coordinatorluisn@uillinois.edu

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Sanjuana Jaime-Nix 

Director, Productsjaime@uillinois.edu

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Javier Pena 

Program Assistantjpena9@uillinois.edu

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Antaeja Riley 

Program Assistantariley20@uillinois.edu

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Meenu Sharma 

Business Coordinatormeenus@uillinois.edu

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Eva Lozano-Staton 

Administrative Assistantevalozan@uillinois.edu

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Sumit Tokkar 

Software Engineering Leadstokkar@uillinois.edu

DPI Executive Committee

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Nancy Amato 

Head of the Department of Computer Science and Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUCnamato@illinois.edu

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Jake Bowers 

Professor, UIUCjwbowers@illinois.edu

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Sybil Derrible 

Professorderrible@uic.edu312-996-2429

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Lan Dong 

Louise Hartman Schewe and Karl Schewe Endowed Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of English, UISldong4@uis.edu

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Deba Dutta 

Interim Executive DPI Directorddutta@uillinois.edu

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Yanhui Guo 

Associate Professor, UISyguo56@uis.edu

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Jeffrey Eric Jenkins 

Professor, College of Fine & Applied Arts, UIUCjej@illinois.edu

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Harley Johnson 

Associate Dean for Research in the Grainger College of Engineering, UIUChtj@illinois.edu

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Karl Kochendorfer 

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; Chief Health Information Officer, UICkkoche1@uic.edu

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Jessica Li 

Education & Workforce Development Theme Lead; College of Education, UIUCjli2011@illinois.edu

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G. Elisabeta Marai 

Professor, Department of Computer Science, UICgmarai@uic.edu

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Aria Razfar 

Professor, College of Education, UICarazfar@uic.edu

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Venugopal Veeravalli 

Professor, ECE, Grainger

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Donald Wink 

Professor; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UICdwink@uic.edu