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Meet the ICDS Team
Staff Members
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Amit Amritkar
- Assistant Director for Advanced Computing
- Schedule a meeting with Amit
Office: 215A Computer Building, University Park
Email: amit@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 865-1134
Website: Visit Amit's Website
Chad Bahrmann
- Assistant Director Engineering and Science Services
Office: 230P Computer Building, University Park
Email: cpb11@psu.edu
Carrie Brown
- Client Support Lead
Office: 215D Computer Building, University Park
Email: carrie.brown@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-1467
Erik Bryer
- Research and Development Engineer
Office: 224H Computer Building, University Park
Email: ezb5568@psu.edu
Guido Cervone
- Professor of Geography and Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Interim Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
- ICDS Co-Hire
Department: Geography
Office: 205 Walker Building/214L Computer Building, University Park
Email: cervone@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-0179
Research Focuses: Remote sensing, environmental hazards, geoinformatics, social media
Website: Visit Guido's Website
Clayton Colson
- Immersive Experiences Engineer, RISE (Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers) Team
Office: 230L Computer Building, University Park
Email: cec5550@psu.edu
Clay Cruz
- Administrative Assistant for ICDS Strategic Initiatives
Office: 215E Computer Building, University Park
Email: cmc7233@psu.edu
Patrick Dudas
- R&D Engineer, RISE (Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers) Visualization Team Lead
- Associate Director, Center for Immersive Experiences
- ICDS Associate
Office: 230N Computer Building, University Park
Email: pmd19@psu.edu
Alex Fatemi
- Lead 3D Modeler for XR
Office: 230G Computer Building, University Park
Email: awf5212@psu.edu
Michele Ferro
- Research Assistant
Office: 215E, Computer Building, University Park
Email: mxf5678@psu.edu
Wayne Figurelle
- Assistant Director of Innovation and Outreach
Office: 215C Computer Building, University Park
Email: wfigure@psu.edu
Phone: 814-777-2965
Adam Focht
- Systems Engineer
Office: 225C Computer Building, University Park
Email: abf123@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-6112
Chad Franklin
- Systems Administrator
Office: 225D Computer Building, Computer Building
Email: crf33@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-9811
Gokul Gopakumar
- Client Support
Office: 225AB Computer Building, University Park
Email: gfg5256@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-7677
Rob Groner
- R&D Software Engineer
Office: 225F Computer Building, University Park
Email: rug262@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-6071
Wolf Hey
- Interim Director of Operations
Office: 230X Computer Building, University Park
Email: wzh5214@psu.edu
Vasant Honavar
- Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
- Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
- ICDS Co-Hire
Department: Information Sciences and Technology
Office: E335 Westgate Building, University Park
Email: vuh14@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-3141
Research Focuses: Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data sciences, knowledge representation, causal inference, AI for science, bioinformatics and computational molecular and systems biology, biomedical and health informatics, materials informatics, applied information integration and informatics
Website: Visit Vasant's Website
David Hunter
- Professor of Statistics
- Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
- ICDS Co-Hire
Department: Statistics
Office: 310 Thomas Building
Email: drh20@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-1348
Research Focuses: Statistical algorithms, particularly MM algorithms; statistical modeling of networks; and mixture models, particularly finite mixtures in which the component distributions are not parametrically specified
Website: Visit David's Website
Eric Huyett
- R&D Engineer
Office: 224C Computer Building, University Park
Email: erh16@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-5276
Mahmut Kandemir
- Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
- Director of Graduate Affairs
- Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
- ICDS Co-Hire
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Office: 354C Information Science and Technology Building, University Park
Email: kandemir@cse.psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-4888
Research Focuses: Embedded systems, programming languages, compilers, power-aware computing, dependable computing, input/output systems
Website: Visit Mahmut's Website
Gretta Kellogg
- Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives
Office: 214N Computer Building, University Park
Email: gretta.kellogg@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-1154
Galen Lentz
- HPC Engineering Project Manager
Office: 230V Computer Building, University Park
Email: gal112@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-1467
Bart Masters
- Lead Programmer for XR (CIE)
Office: 230H Computer Building, University Park
Email: btm5024@psu.edu
Halley Maxin
- HPC Engineering Project Manager
Office: 230W Computer Building, University Park
Email: hcm126@psu.edu
Mallorie McIlwain
- Communications and Marketing Specialist
Office: 222C Computer Building, University Park
Email: mpm6848@psu.edu
Caroline McLaughlin
- Research Engineering Project Manager
Office: 230Z Computer Building, University Park
Email: ccv5033@psu.edu
Diego Menéndez
- Research Software Engineer, RISE (Research Innovation with Scientists and Engineers) Team
Office: 230S Computer Building, University Park
Email: dmenendez@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-9447
Daniel Nissley
- RISE Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist
Office: 224D Computer Building, University Park
Email: dan182@psu.edu
Patrick North
- Technical Communications Specialist
Office: 230Y Computer Building, University Park
Email: pnn102@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-7016
Jeff Nucciarone
Office: 230J Computer Building, University Park
Email: nucci@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-9655
Cindy Nucciarone
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Account Administrator
Office: 215E Computer Building, University Park
Email: ckn109@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-6014
Justin Petucci
Office: 230Q Computer Building, University Park
Email: jmp579@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-6091
Venkatanaveenkumar "Naveen" Prabhuleti
- Client Support
Office: 225AB Computer Building, University Park
Email: vmp5434@psu.edu
Todd Price
- Interim Communications Team Lead
Office: 214C Computer Building, University Park
Email: tup77@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-3738
Rachit Pulhani
- Client Support
Office: 225AB Computer Building, University Park
Email: rqp5551@psu.edu
Jordan Rose
- Systems Administrator
Office: 214E Computer Building, University Park
Email: jdr28@psu.edu
Lesley Shaffer
- Financial Manager
Office: 215H Computer Building, University Park
Email: ljm32@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-9697
Danying Shao
Department: Advanced Technical Services
Office: 230U Computer Building, University Park
Email: dus73@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-2309
Ian Sitarik
- RISE Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist
Office: 224D Computer Building, University Park
Email: ims86@psu.edu
Gary Skouson
- Systems Engineering Team Lead
Office: 230R Computer Building, University Park
Email: gbs35@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-4391
Suzy Unger
- ICDS Project Coordinator
Office: 222B Computer Building, University Park
Email: sgm128@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-3315
Hunter Walker
- Security Engineer
Office: 224E Computer Building, University Park
Email: hzw5097@psu.edu
Samantha Walker
- ICDS Leadership Coordinator
Office: 214M Computer Building, University Park
Email: slw5581@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-1463
Christelle Wauthier
- Associate Professor of Geosciences
- Associate Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
- ICDS Co-Hire
Department: Geosciences
Office: 311 Deike Building, University Park
Email: cuw25@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-6649
Research Focuses: Magma and volcanic processes; natural hazards; magma-tectonic interactions; remote-sensing and InSAR
Lindsay Wells
- Special Projects
Office: 230T Computer Building, University Park
Email: lab396@psu.edu
Jun Zhou
- Business Assistant
Office: 215F Computer Building, University Park
Email: jzz174@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-6931