Research Leads
Rodney Andrews, PhD, PE
University of Kentucky
KY NSF EPSCoR Principal Investigator
Sebastian Bryson, PhD
University of Kentucky
KY NSF EPSCoR Co-Principal Investigator
Czarena Crofcheck, PhD, PE
University of Kentucky
KY NSF EPSCoR Co-Principal Investigator
Michael McGlue, PhD
University of Kentucky
KY NSF EPSCoR Co-Principal Investigator
Edward Woolery, PhD
University of Kentucky
KY NSF EPSCoR Co-Principal Investigator
KY NSF EPSCoR Staff
Jeff Mossey
Program Administrator, University of Kentucky
Courtney McCarthy
Program Manager, University of Kentucky
Julia Melkers, PhD
KY NSF EPSCoR External Evaluation Lead, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kevin Puckett
Senior Creative Communication Strategist, University of Kentucky
External Advisory Board Members
Representative from Cabinet for Economic Development
Hakim Sultanov, Principal Robotics Engineer, GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Layne Ellen Harris, Nutrigenomics Research Technician, Alltech
Satyandra K. Gupta, University of Southern California Smith International Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of USC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Ian McClure, Executive Director, University of Kentucky Office of Technology Commercialization
Dan Frisbie, University of Minnesota Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Vidya Ravichandran, President and Founder, GlowTouch Technologies
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Princeton University Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Director, Andlinger Center for Energy
KY NSF EPSCoR Subcommittee Members
Rodney Andrews (Chair), Professor; Director, CAER; Assoc. VP for Research Development, University of Kentucky
Cathleen Webb, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Western Kentucky University
Tom Otieno, Dean, College of Science, Eastern Kentucky University
Janelle Hare, Professor, Morehead State University
Kevin Walsh, Endowed Professor and Assoc. Dean for Research, University of Louisville
Chi Shen, Professor, Kentucky State University
John Farrar, Associate Professor, Northern Kentucky University
Claire Fuller, Professor, Murray State University