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President Kaler announces two faculty strategy groups on research and technology management

Professors will advise new Senior Vice President for Research and Technology Management Michael Oakes on campus strengths and untapped potential

President Eric W. Kaler today announced two faculty groups that will advise inaugural Senior Vice President for Research and Technology Management Michael Oakes on the university’s research strengths and untapped potential. Importantly, these groups also will provide input on how to better meet faculty members’ research administrative needs. 

“I am grateful to the diverse faculty who have agreed to serve on these groups,” President Kaler said. “They are an invaluable resource for Michael as he leads the university in expanding its research enterprise.”

Each of the Faculty Strategy Groups on Research and Technology Management comprises related disciplines: one group includes members from engineering, physical and natural sciences, health sciences and applied social sciences; the other focuses on social sciences, humanities and performing arts. The strategy groups will meet twice a month during this academic year. 

“I look forward to engaging these two incredibly impressive groups of faculty members,” Oakes said. “Together, we will take research at Case Western Reserve to the next level.” 

President Kaler sought input from the deans and Faculty Senate leadership to create groups with individuals who reflect our diverse campus community and will represent the interests of our departments, schools and fields of study. President Kaler added: “Together we will go far.” 

The following are the members of each Faculty Strategy Group. 

Faculty Strategy Group (Engineering, Physical and Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Applied Social Sciences)

Karen Abbott, PhD

Professor
Department of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences

Anna Samia, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences

Glenn Starkman, PhD

Distinguished University Professor
Department of Physics
College of Arts and Sciences

Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD

Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case School of Engineering and School of Medicine

Dustin Tyler, PhD

Kent H. Smith II Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Case School of Engineering and School of Medicine
Director, Human Fusions Institute

Umut Gurkan, PhD

Professor 
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Gary Wnek, PhD

Joseph F. Toot Jr. Professor of Engineering
Chair, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Burcu Gurkan, PhD

Nord Distinguished Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Roger French, PhD

Kyocera Professor of Ceramics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Vipin Chaudhary, PhD

Kevin J. Kranzusch Professor and Chair
Department of Computer and Data Sciences
Case School of Engineering

Carolyn Harmon Still, PhD, CNP, MSM, AGPCNP-BC, CCRP, FAAN

Associate Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Nancy Rolock, PhD

Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Sciences

Zhenghe (John) Wang, PhD

Dale H. Cowan, M.D. – Ruth Goodman Blum Professor of Cancer Research
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
School of Medicine 

Alan Levine, PhD

Professor
Departments of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Pathology, and Pediatrics
Case School of Medicine

Matthias Buck, PhD

Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Case School of Medicine

Pushpa Pandiyan, PhD

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
School of Dental Medicine

Faculty Strategy Group (Social Sciences, Humanities, Performing Arts)

Timothy Beal, PhD

Florence Harkness Professor of Religion
Department of Religious Studies, Director H Lab
College of Arts and Sciences

Peter Shulman, PhD

Associate Professor of History
Department of History

Cassi Pittman Claytor, PhD

Associate Professor; Acting Co-Director of African & African American Studies Minor
Department of Sociology

John Paul Stevens, PhD

Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Weatherhead School of Management

Daniel Goldmark, PhD

Head of Popular Music Studies
Director of Center of Popular Music Studies
Professor, Department of Music
Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and International Affairs
College of Arts and Sciences

David Vegh, MFA

Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences

Betsy Bolman, PhD

Elsie B. Smith Professor in the Liberal Arts
Professor and Chair of Art History
Department of Art History and Art

Max Mehlman, JD

Distinguished University Professor
Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law
Director, Law-Medicine Center
School of Law