Leadership & Advisory Committees

Research Computing Director

James Wilgenbusch

Research Computing Leadership Group

Joshua Baller - Director of Applications and Services, MSI
Graham Allan - Associate Director for Advanced Systems Operations, MSI
Thomas Pengo - Director of Applications and Services, UMII 
Len Kne - Director, U-Spatial
 

Faculty Advisory Committees 

Three faculty-led advisory committees are convened at least twice per year to help Research Computing units set priorities, evaluate user policies and procedures, evaluate resource usage, identify funding opportunities, and promote the availability and use of RC services and resources. Members typically serve on these committees for at least one year.
 

Minnesota Supercomputing Institute

Laura Gagliardi - McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Director, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center, Chemistry; Department of Chemistry
Alessandro Cembran - Assistant Professor; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMN Duluth
Connie Delaney - Professor and Dean, Population Health and Systems Cooperative Unit; School of Nursing
Steve Friedenberg - Assistant Professor of Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Veterinary Medical Center
Thomas W. Jones
- Professor, Astronomy; Fellow, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute; Fellow, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union; School of Physics and Astronomy
Vipin Kumar - William Norris Professor and Head, Affiliate Faculty of Institute for Health Informatics; Computer Science and Engineering Department
Suzanne McGaugh - Assistant Professor; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Gary J. Muehlbauer
- Professor & ; Endowed Chair in Molecular Genetics; Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
Lian Shen - Professor, Mechanical Engineering, CSE; Director, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
Daniel Stocker
 - Senior Director; Office of Information Technology
Beth Virnig
- Professor & Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs & Research, Division of Health Policy and Management; Director, Research Data Assistance Center; Member, Masonic Cancer (MCC); Member, Minnesota Population Center; School of Public Health
Scott Vrieze - Assistant Professor, College of Liveral Arts, Psychology(Twin Cities); Psychology Department
 

University of Minnesota Informatics Institute

Ravi Bapna - Associate Dean For Executive Education, Curtis L. CarlsonChair in Business Analytics and Information Systems, Academic Direction, Carlson Analytics Lab; Carlson School of Management
Kenny Beckman - Director, Biomedical Genomics Center; OVPR-UMGC
Daniel Boley - MS Data Science Director of Graduate Studies; CSE-CSE
John Butler - Associate University Librarian for Data & Technology; Libraries
Tim Ebner, AHC - Head, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Max E. and Mary LaDue Pickworth Endowed Chair in Neuroscience; Department of Neuroscience
Demoz Gebre-Egziabher - Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics; CSE-AEM
Timothy Griffin - Professor and Direction, Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics; CBS-Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics-CMSP
Nobuaki Kikyo - Associate Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
Kelvin Lim, AHC
- Professor, Vice-Chair of Research, Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Health Informatics; Department of Psychiatry
Rich Maclin - Professor; Department of Computer Science, UM Duluth
Molly McCue, AHC - Professor; Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM)
Genevieve Melton-Meaux, AHC - Professor, Faculty Fellow, Core Faculty; Co-Director, NLP/IE Group, Institute for Health Informatics; Chief Data and Health Informatics Officer, Fairview Health Systems; Department of Surgery
Paul Morin - Director, Polar Geospatial Center; CSE-MPC
Brenda OgleProfessor and Department Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Philip Pardey
- Professor and Director, International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InStePP) Center; CFANS-Applied Economics
Cavan S. Reilly - Professor, Associate Director, Coordinating Centers for Biometric Research; Division of Biostatistics
Michael Sadowsky - Professor, Director, BioTechnology Institute; Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
Xiaotong Shen - Professor; CLA - Statistics
Virajita Singh - Research Fellow, Center for Sustainable Building Research (CSBR); College of Design - School of Architecture
Nathan Springer - McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor; CBS - Plant and Microbial Biology
Karen-Sue Taussig - Associate Professor, Chair, College of Liberal Arts, Anthropology (Twin Cities), Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical School - Twin Cities Campus, Medicine - Administration; CLA - Anthropology
 

U-Spatial

Erik Brown - Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education and Research; University of Minnesota Duluth
Jennie Burroughs - Interim co-Associate University Librarian for Research & Learning; Libraries
Tom Fisher - Director; Minnesota Design Center
Joe Knight - Director; Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory
Steve Manson - Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs; College of Liberal Arts
Carolyn Porta - Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs; Office of Academic Clinical Affairs
Jonathan Pundsack - Managing Director; Polar Geospatial Center
Jon C. Schommer - Associate Department Head and Professor; Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
Shashi Shekhar
- McKnight Distinguished University Professor; College of Science and Engineering
Dan Sward - Facility Information Services Manager; University Services
Ellen Trader - Managing Director; Carlson Analytics Lab
Dave Van Riper - Director of Spatial Analysis; Minnesota Population Center