INSTITUTE for ADVANCED DISCOVERY & INNOVATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTE (Photo: Cliff McBride)

From left: (Back row standing) Victor Poirier, D. Yogi Goswami, Michael Fountain, Dennis Killinger, Richard Berman, Charles Stanish, Paul Sanberg, Richard Gitlin, Steven Sasson, John Swanson, David Eddy, Donald Keck, Shyam Mohapatra, Charles Lockwood, Dean Martin, Peter Bridenbaugh (Front row seated) James Wynne, Vivian Pinn, Lyle Schwartz, Richard Knapp

The Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation is an initiative of the University of South Florida (USF) designed to bring together a community of internationally distinguished scholars, industry leaders, scientists, inventors and innovators to share their expertise with USF students, faculty and the wider community.

Established in 2014 with five founding members, today the Institute has grown to include more than two dozen faculty. These renowned individuals include members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine; the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; recipients of the National Medal of Technology & Innovation; inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame; Fellows of prestigious organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and National Academy of Inventors, among others.

Institute faculty engage with the university and the community in all areas of innovation: sharing insights with USF faculty; mentoring USF students; collaborating on research; participating in university and community projects; and providing guidance on contemporary issues.

Through their extensive combined experience, pioneering research and innovations, and senior leadership at national and international levels, Institute faculty provide a transformative resource for the university and the community at large.

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RICHARD BERMAN PETER BRIDENBAUGH ROBERT H. BYRNE

Richard Berman is the associate vice presi- Peter Bridenbaugh is a professor in the Institute Robert H. Byrne is a Distinguished dent of strategic initiatives for the University and was an executive vice president of Alcoa University Professor in the College of of South Florida (USF) Research & Innovation, until his retirement in 1998. After receiving Marine Science at USF and a professor visiting social entrepreneurship professor in a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineer- in the Institute. He holds a B.S. degree in the Muma College of Business, and a profes- ing and a master’s degree in metallurgy from physics from the University of Chicago, an sor in the Institute. A recognized global leader and a Ph.D. in materials M.S. in physics from DePaul University, an in health care education and management, science from the Massachusetts Institute of M.A. in chemistry from Boston University, he has consulted for the Commissioner of Technology (MIT), he joined Alcoa in 1968. At the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Alcoa, he served as the executive vice president and a Ph.D. in oceanography from the the U.S. Department of Health and Human and chief technical officer of Alcoa Laboratories, University of Rhode Island. He has made Services, McKinsey & Company, and the gov- leading all of the R&D, engineering, and health important contributions in the field of ernment of Rwanda. He has served as New and safety operations. In 1994, he was assigned marine physical chemistry—specifi- York State Commissioner of Housing and direct responsibility for Alcoa’s automotive cally, investigating the speciation of Economic Development and trustee of the market operations as well, where he was trace metals in seawater, developing State University of , as well as on instrumental in expanding the use of alumi- new procedures for characterizing the the Commission on Advancement of Racial num in automobiles and integrating Alcoa’s carbon dioxide (CO2) system in aque- and Ethnic Equality of the American Council technical and commercial initiatives in the ous environments, and designing new on Education, the Division III President’s automotive market. Bridenbaugh has shared instrumentation for measuring nutri- Council of NCAA, ProPAC, and the New York his technical expertise by serving on various ents, trace elements, and CO2 system State’s Commissioner’s Advisory Council corporate and advisory boards, acting as the constituents in freshwater and seawa- on Higher Education. He was advisor to the double subject editor—corrosion and nonfer- Joint Special Representative of the African rous metals—for the Encyclopedia of Materials: ter. His field research has included more Union—United Nations Mission in Darfur Science and Technology, and serving on the than 560 days at sea in the Atlantic, (UNAMID)—the then-largest peacekeep- advisory committee for writing the history of Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, and ing operation in the world. As a leader in Corning, Inc. He has chaired national confer- the Gulf of Mexico. He holds 15 U.S. and the field of education, he has served in sev- ences for the Federation of Materials Societies foreign patents and is one of the four eral capacities, most notably as the tenth and the Industrial Research Institute (IRI). co-founders of Ocean Optics, Inc. He has president of Manhattanville College and He is a member of the National Academy of written more than 220 peer-reviewed as the Interim Dean of the Patel College Engineering; Sigma Xi; the American Institute of publications, serving as first or second of Global Sustainability at USF. Previously, Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers; author on two-thirds of these. He has he was the executive vice president of NYU the American Society for Metals (ASM); The also served as a reviewer and editor for Medical Center and professor of health Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS); various agencies and academic jour- care management at the NYU School of the Materials Research Society; and IRI. He is nals, including more than two decades Medicine. He is a member of the National also the recipient of various honors, includ- Academy of Medicine and has served on the ing the National Materials Advancement as an associate editor for the journal boards of EmblemHealth, Seeds of Peace, Award, Federation of Materials Societies; Hoyt Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. He and the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Lecture, American Foundryman’s Society; is a fellow of the American Geophysical Democracy and Development in Abuja, Fellow, ASM International; Zae Jeffries Lecture, Union, the American Association for the Nigeria. He received his B.B.A., M.B.A., and ASM; Leadership Award, TMS; Alpha Sigma Mu Advancement of Science, and the National M.P.H. from the University of Michigan in Lecture, ASM-TMS; Andrew Carnegie Lecture, Academy of Inventors. Ann Arbor and holds honorary doctorates ASM; Distinguished Lecture on Materials from Manhattanville College and New York and Society, ASM-TMS; and ASM Honorary Medical College. Membership. • 2 • INSTITUTE FACULTY

HARRY P. CAIN II WILLIAM CAVANAUGH III SELIM CHACOUR

Harry P. Cain II is a professor in the William Cavanaugh III is a professor emer- Selim Chacour is a professor emeritus in Institute and was the executive vice pres- itus in the Institute and was the chairman the Institute and was the principal founder ident of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield and CEO of Progress Energy until his of American Hydro Corporation, which, Association (BCBSA) until his retirement retirement in 2004. After completing his under his leadership, became an indus- in 2000. He holds a B.A. in political sci- B.S. in mechanical engineering at Tulane try leader in hydro turbine upgrades. ence from Stanford University, an M.A. in University in 1961, he joined the U.S. In his industry, he is hailed for various political science from the University of Navy and became a nuclear submarine improvements to the design of turbine Washington, and a Ph.D. in social pol- officer. Upon his honorable discharge, he components and for completely rev- icy from Brandeis University. He began began his long and productive career in olutionizing runner design by creating his career in government service in the the utility industry, holding key execu- computer design programs that obviated (then) Department of Health, Education, tive positions at Arkansas Power & Light, the need for physical model testing, the and Welfare, becoming assistant director Louisiana Power & Light, and Mississippi previous standard. This work had a great of the National Institute of Mental Health, Power & Light. His success in guiding impact on hydro plants already in exis- then director of the policy office for the these companies led to his taking over tence, allowing them to upgrade their Assistant Secretary for Health, and then Carolina Power & Light, where he served facilities and improve performance. His director of the Bureau of Health Planning as president and COO and later as CEO and turbine runner designs have been used in and Resource Development, where he chairman, leading the company to finan- such iconic structures as the Aswan High was responsible for the implementa- cial success and new levels of efficiency Dam in Egypt and the Hoover Dam in the tion of the National Health Planning and in its operations and power generation. . Additionally, his designs Resources Development Act of 1973. He In 2000, he negotiated the purchase of have generated concrete improvements later moved on to Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Florida Progress Corporation, merging it in efficiency, resulting in gains in power where he served in various leadership with CP&L to become Progress Energy, generation and reductions in costs and positions, including administering the a Fortune 500 energy company serv- environmental impact. Lauded as a vision- Blue Cross Medicare prime contract and ing over three million customers. After ary, he was elected as a member of the the Blue Cross Blue Shield components his retirement from Progress Energy, he National Academy of Engineering “for pio- of the Federal Employees Health Benefits became chairman of the World Association neering three-dimensional finite element Program. Post retirement, he taught at for Nuclear Operations, where he over- computations in mechanical and hydrau- the College of William and Mary in the saw the institution of a mandatory peer lic design, leadership in hydro turbine Graduate School of Business and in their review process for member organizations, research and development, and business adult education program. He also con- among other initiatives. He was elected stewardship,” highlighting his status as sulted with the Blues on health care as a member of the National Academy of an innovator and as a business leader. reform from 2008-13. He was elected as Engineering in 2001 for “contributions to He is also the recipient of the National a member of the National Academy of excellence in the generation of electricity Hydropower Association’s Henwood Medicine in 1997 for excellence in health from nuclear power by establishing and Award, the industry’s highest honor, and services, education, and research. He is achieving exemplary levels of perfor- holds eight U.S. patents for his work. In the author of numerous papers on health mance.” He has received the William S. Lee 2015, he became a Fellow of the National planning, insurance, Medicare, and related Award for Industry Leadership from the Academy of Inventors. health policy topics and has frequently Nuclear Energy Institute and the Walter been called to testify before Congress on H. Zinn Award from the American Nuclear a wide array of public health issues. Society.

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DAVID M. EDDY MICHAEL W. FOUNTAIN RICHARD D. GITLIN

David M. Eddy is a professor in the Institute Since 2002, Michael W. Fountain has served Richard D. Gitlin retired from USF in 2019 and is and a physician, mathematician, and health as the founding director of USF’s Center for currently a Distinguished University Professor, care analyst who has done seminal work in Entrepreneurship, which has been ranked Emeritus and a Professor in the Institute. mathematical modeling of diseases, clinical by Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Previously, he was a Distinguished University Professor, State of Florida 21st Century World practice guidelines, and evidence-based Magazine as one of the top 25 graduate Class Scholar, the Agere Systems Endowed medicine. In summarizing his career, the entrepreneurship educational programs in Chair in at USF. He National Academy of Medicine (of which the United States for the past 10 consec- utive years. He is a professor in industrial has more than 50 years of leadership in the he is a member) emphasized his innova- and management systems engineering, communications industry and in academia, tive thinking and practices, noting that psychiatry and behavioral medicine, and with a record of significant research contri- “more than 25 years ago, Eddy wrote the pharmacy; the John and Beverley Grant butions that have been sustained and prolific seminal paper on the role of guidelines in over several decades. At USF his research Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship in the has had two major themes: (1) the inter- medical decision-making, the first Markov Muma College of Business; and a profes- section of communications with medicine model applied to clinical problems, and the sor in the Institute. He holds more than 60 to advance minimally invasive surgery and original criteria for coverage decisions; he U.S. and foreign patents, which are used in other cyber-physical health care systems was the first to use and publish the term over 150 healthcare and consumer products such as a vectorcardiogram that provides 24/7 ‘evidence-based’.” He was a professor at worldwide. He has served as an entrepre- diagnostic quality cardiac care information Stanford University and the J. Alexander neur-in-residence at the Ewing Marion in a compact personal device that can indi- McMahon Professor at Duke University Kauffman Foundation. He is a Fellow of the cate and potentially predict cardiac events, before he left academia to become an National Academy of Inventors and a found- and (2) creating foundational technologies independent researcher and entrepreneur. ing member of its USF chapter. He is also to ensure ultra-reliability, low latency, and He founded Archimedes Inc., a health care a Justin Logernecker Fellow of the United other advanced technologies for the emerg- modeling company, and was chief med- States Association for Small Business and ing 5G wireless and IoT wireless networks, ical officer until he retired in 2013. The Entrepreneurship. He has focused the past as well as the future 6G wireless networks. author of five books and more than 100 35 years on creating, financing, growing, Before joining the USF faculty in 2007, Gitlin first-authored papers, including a series of and harvesting biotechnology, medical was at Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies for 28 in the Journal of the American Medical device, and life sciences companies. He has 32 years, where he was the co-inventor of founded or co-founded 12 new ventures, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and a pioneer Association, his writings span from techni- three of which became publicly traded in the application of advanced spatial signal cal mathematical theories to broad health companies. He has served in a variety of processing (now known as MIMO) in wireless policy topics. He has received national- corporate leadership roles, including chief systems. At his retirement, he was senior vice and international-level awards in applied scientific officer, chief executive officer, president for communications and network- mathematics, health technology assess- president, and chairman of the board of ing research. He also served as CTO for a Silicon ment, health care quality, environmental directors. He currently serves on the Boards Valley startup. He is a member of the National sciences, and outcomes research, as well as of Directors of Global Safety Management Academy of Engineering, the Academy of awards from five national and international and UVentures and on the Scientific Advisory Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida organizations for lifetime achievement. In Boards of Nuvessl and Dermazone Solutions. (ASEMFL), a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical 2012, he was ranked the 13th most innova- He is the author of numerous peer reviewed and Electronics Engineers, a Bell Laboratories Fellow, a Charter Fellow of the National tive person in health care by “Health Future articles on micro- and nano-drug delivery Academy of Inventors, co-recipient of the 100.” In 2015, he became a Fellow of the systems and entrepreneurship theory and Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award and the National Academy of Inventors and in 2019 practice. He received his Honors B.S. from S.O. Rice Prize, and a member of the Florida Samford University, his M.S. and Ph.D. from he received a President’s Fellow Medallion Inventors Hall of Fame. He has co-authored Auburn University, and his M.B.A. from Bristol from the University of South Florida. a graduate text on digital communications, University. published more than 150 papers, and holds 68 U.S. patents. • 4 • INSTITUTE FACULTY

D. YOGI GOSWAMI DONALD KECK DENNIS K. KILLINGER

D. Yogi Goswami is Distinguished University Donald Keck is a professor in the Institute Dennis K. Killinger is a USF Distinguished Professor, director of the Clean Energy and was the vice president and executive University Professor Emeritus in the director of research at Corning, Inc. He has a Department of Physics, past Director of the Research Center at USF, and a professor in B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in physics from Michigan Lidar Remote Sensing Laboratory, and pro- the Institute. His research focuses on solar State University (MSU). After graduating from fessor in the Institute. Prior to joining USF in energy fundamentals and applications, MSU, he took a position at Corning in 1968 1987, he was a research physicist for 10 years energy storage, thermodynamics, indoor working with Robert Maurer. Working col- at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He is currently CTO air quality (IAQ) and HVAC. He is editor-in- laboratively with Maurer and Peter Schultz of SenOptics LLC, working on laser commu- over the next two years, he made seminal nication and lidar for vehicles. He is a Fellow chief of Solar Energy and Progress in Solar contributions to fiber optics. Inventing a of National Academy of Inventors, Optical Energy and author/editor of 22 books and series of material and processing concepts, Society of America, American Association for 407 refereed papers. He also holds 27 U.S. they were able to improve the transpar- the Advancement of Science, and SPIE, the patents, some of which have been com- ency of fused silica and doped fused silica International Society for Optics and Photonics, mercialized around the world. He is a glasses by nearly 100 orders of magnitude. and has several hundred publications and National Academy of Inventors Charter This enabled optical communications and eight patents (ranging from laser detection established rather than cop- of glaucoma of the retina, laser fluorescence Fellow and a 2016 inductee of the Florida per wire as the key communication conduit. measurements of ocean and drinking water Inventors Hall of Fame. He is also a Fellow Their work, in reality, enabled the Internet. purity, to laser telecommunication using of AAAS, ASME International, ASHRAE, the More than 4 billion kilometers of optical fiber reflected lidar beams from clouds). Killinger International Solar Energy Society (ISES), based on their inventions encircle the planet. earned a B.A. from the University of Iowa, and the American Solar Energy Society Keck is recognized as a pioneer in optical fiber M.S. from DePauw University, and his Ph.D. communications for this work. Continuing at in physics from the University of Michigan. (ASES), as well as a member of the Pan Corning, he became vice president and exec- Killinger was an early pioneer in the devel- American Academy of Engineering. He has utive director of research, retiring in 2002. opment of new high-resolution tunable received the ISES’ Farrington Daniels Award, He then helped established the Infotonics lasers and their use in laser radar/Lidar and ASME’s Energy medal, ASME’s Technology Center in Canandaigua, New laser remote sensing of the atmosphere. His John Yellott Award for Solar Energy, the ASES’ York. He holds 38 patents and has authored group is responsible for some of the major Charles Greely Abbott award, and more than more than 150 papers on optical fibers advances in this field, including the first laser and related topics. Keck is a member of the remote sensing of atmospheric methane, 50 additional awards from various scien- National Academy of Engineering and Fellow CO emissions from automobiles, NO, HCl, tific and engineering professional societies. of the National Academy of Inventors. He was hydrazine from rocket exhaust, ammonia Most recently he received the Joan Hodges awarded the National Medal of Technology by gas emissions from farm fertilizers, precision Queneau Palladium medal of the American President Clinton; inducted into the National measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere, the Association of Engineering Societies and the Inventors Hall of Fame; and received the John detection of parts-per-trillion trace plas- Tyndall Award from The Optical Society (OSA) tics (BPA) and organics leached into drinking National Audubon Society for Engineering and IEEE/Photonics Society; U.S. Department water, and remote laser-induced-breakdown Achievements for Environmental of Commerce American Innovator Award; SPIE spectroscopy of explosives. Killinger’s lidar Conservation. He has served as a governor of Technology Achievement Award; and Laurin technique to measure CO2 in the atmosphere ASME-International (2003-2006), president Publishing’s Distinction in Photonics Award. is now used by NASA and NOAA for global of the ISES (2004-2005), senior vice presi- He received an honorary doctorate from measurements of this important greenhouse dent of ASME (2000-2003), and president Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is an hon- gas. His group also established at USF the first orary member of OSA, and a fellow of the IEEE. vehicle traffic laser radar testing laboratory of the International Association for Solar He served as editor of the IEEE/OSA Journal of in Florida, and developed and commercial- Energy Education (2000-2002). Lightwave Technology and has generously ized the HITRAN-PC© software program used donated his time to the OSA community. world-wide for spectroscopic analysis of lidar and laser beam transmission through the atmosphere. • 5 • INSTITUTE FACULTY

RICHARD M. KNAPP FRED LEONBERGER STEPHEN B. LIGGETT

Richard M. Knapp is a professor in the Fred Leonberger is a professor in the Institute Stephen B. Liggett is associate vice pres- Institute and served as Senior Advisor to and the Principal of EOvation Advisors, his ident for research at USF Health, vice technology and business advisory firm. He the President of the Association of American dean for research at the Morsani College Medical Colleges (AAMC) until December is a widely known photonics industry leader. The LiNbO3 integrated-optic modulator of Medicine, professor of internal med- 2009, having stepped down as Executive technology he and his colleagues pioneered icine and molecular pharmacology Vice President of the organization in 2008. has been used pervasively for over 20 years and physiology and a professor in the During his long and distinguished career, for multi-Gb/s data encoding for the fiber Institute. He discovered and character- he has been active in all health policy mat- optic Internet “super highways”, and for ized receptor polymorphisms. He was the ters in the context of providing hospital and CATV/rf signal transmission and fiber optic medical services in which medical education gyroscopes. He has served as a co-founder first to discover polymorphisms of the can be provided and research can flourish. and/or Board member/advisor for ten pho- G-protein coupled receptor superfam- For many years he served as chairman of the tonics companies and the MIT Center for ily, to which more than 50% of all drugs Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding, Integrated Photonic Systems. Previously, are targeted. This discovery moved the the major coalition supporting increased he served as SVP/CTO of JDS Uniphase (JDSU, field of pharmacogenomics from one that now Lumentum), a leading optical compo- appropriations for the National Institutes of concentrated on metabolizing enzymes nents supplier, where he was responsible Health. He is past chairman of the National for strategic technology and was closely to one that includes target proteins for Association for Biomedical Research and has involved in the M&A and IP activities of the determining drug responsiveness. He also held the offices of secretary and treasurer corporation. He held a similar position at developed biotechnical companies related in the Federation of Associations of Schools Uniphase prior to its merger with JDS Fitel. to personalized medicine based on these of the Health Professions. He served on the He joined Uniphase upon its acquisition discoveries. His fundamental studies in Board of Trustees of the Inova Health System of UTP, an optical modulator company he in Fairfax County, Virginia from 1983-2005 co-founded and served as General Manger. humans and genetically altered mice and was chairman from 1999-2003. He Prior to UTP, he was a research manager at have led to new advances in the areas of served as a member of the Board of Directors the United Technologies Research Center; heart failure, hypertension, and obstruc- of West Virginia University Hospitals East in his group did pioneering work in optical tive lung diseases. He holds 17 U.S. patents Martinsburg and Charles Town, West Virginia modulators and fiber Bragg gratings. He was and has more than 250 publications. He initially with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, first as (2009-2016). Before becoming executive is a fellow of the American College of a staff member and later as a group leader. vice president of the AAMC, he was senior He has over 160 archival publications/con- Chest Physicians, the National Academy vice president, director of the Department of ference presentations and 17 patents on of Inventors, American Association for the Teaching Hospitals, director of the Division photonic devices and their applications. He Advancement of Science, and the American of Teaching Hospitals, and director of a is a member of the National Academy of Institute for Medical and Biomedical teaching hospital project. Previously, he Engineering, a Fellow of IEEE and OSA, and Engineering as well as the recipient of the served as an instructor in the University of has been awarded the IEEE Photonics Award, Frontiers in Pharmacology Award from Iowa’s graduate program in hospital and the OSA Richardson Medal, and numerous health administration. He was awarded other industry awards. He has served as Case Western Reserve University and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Marietta President of the IEEE Photonics Society, Excellence in Science Award from Thomas College, Marietta, Ohio in 1963 and received chairman of several IEEE/OSA conferences Jefferson University. and associate editor of two photonics jour- his Ph.D. degree in 1968 from the University nals. He received the B.S.E. degree from the of Iowa graduate program in hospital and University of Michigan, and the S.M., E.E., health administration. He is a member of and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts the National Academy of Medicine. Institute of Technology, all in electrical engi- neering.

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CHARLES J. LOCKWOOD DEAN F. MARTIN SHYAM S. MOHAPATRA

Dr. Charles J. Lockwood is Senior Vice President for Dean F. Martin is Distinguished University Shyam S. Mohapatra is Distinguished USF Health, Dean of the Morsani College of Medicine and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Public Professor Emeritus at USF, where he has Professor, Distinguished USF Health Professor Health at the University of South Florida. He serves as been a member of the faculty since 1964, and Director of the Division of Translational an Executive Vice President at Tampa General Hospital. Previously he was Dean at The Ohio State University and a professor in the Institute. Previously, Medicine at the University of South Florida College of Medicine and chaired Ob/Gyn depart- he was a member of the faculty of the Department of Internal Medicine. He also ments at Yale and New York University, serving as the University of Illinois as instructor and directs the USF Center for Research and interim director of the latter’s NCI-designated Cancer Center. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown assistant professor of inorganic chem- Education in Nanobioengineering. He serves University, magna cum laude with special distinction istry. He and his wife, Barbara B. Martin, as a research career scientist at the James A. in the field of developmental biology, received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in share research interests concerned with Haley VA Hospital in Tampa and has led the Healthcare Management from the Harvard School of the coordination chemistry of natural water VA colorectal cancer cellgenomics consor- Public Health. Lockwood served his Ob/Gyn residency at Pennsylvania Hospital, a Maternal-Fetal Medicine systems, including problems of red tide and tium since 2017. Since 2014, he has served fellowship at Yale and a post-doctoral research fel- aquatic weeds. The Martins were editors of as Associate Dean of Graduate Programs at lowship at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in NYC. His the Florida Scientist from 1984-2010. He is the USF College of Pharmacy and estab- research has been funded by over two decades of federal and foundation support. He has published the author or co-author of over 450 publica- lished a highly innovative Master of Science over 300 peer-reviewed publications (Google H-index tions, including six books. He received his B.A. program in pharmaceutical nanotechnol- of 79; 22,313 citations), 280 editorials, chapters and invited reviews, co-authored 5 monographs and from Grinnell College and his Ph.D. from the ogy with additional concentrations in Drug co-edited 6 textbooks, 3 with multiple editions. He has Pennsylvania State University. In 1958-59, Discovery and Development and Biomedical multiple patents and is credited with the leading the he was a National Science Foundation post- engineering. His research has brought USF research team that discovered fetal fibronectin as a predictor of impending preterm birth and discovering doctoral fellow at University College London. over $30 million in extramural funds, and the role of stromal cell tissue factor expression in reg- He later received a Career Development he has published over 200 papers and ulating endometrial hemostasis and menstruation. Lockwood has also served on multiple journal editorial Award from the Division of General Medical holds over 40 U.S. and foreign patents. He boards and is the long-standing Editor-in-Chief of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, to is recognized for his many inventions in the Contemporary OB/GYN where his editorials have won study the chemistry and chemical envi- field of nanoscale biomedical diagnostics six national publication awards. He has chaired and/or served on numerous NIH and FDA review panels, been ronment of algal toxins. In 1970-71, he and therapeutics in cancers, asthma, viral an examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics was a visiting professor of physiology and infections, and traumatic brain injury. In and Gynecology, chaired multiple American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) commit- pharmacology at Duke University Medical cancers, his inventions and co-inventions tees, and serves as a medical school accreditation Center. He is the recipient of the Grinnell have led to several technology platforms reviewer for LCME. As a clinician he has been annu- ally listed on national and regional Best doctor lists College Alumni Award (1971), Florida and products for innovative anti-cancer since 1995. He has also served as president of the Award, the Civic Service Award of the drug discovery, drug development, and per- Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI) and the Florida Section, and the F. J. Zimmermann sonalized cancer treatment. His research American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society and currently serves on the National Board of the March Award in Environmental Science from the has spawned inventions that have spun of Dimes and the Foundation Board of the Society for Central Wisconsin Section, sponsored by out companies. He co-founded Transgenex Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). He is a member of the Sigma Xi and Alpha Omega Alpha research and Zimpro Inc. He is also a Lifetime Member and Nanobiotech Inc, a USF spin-out company medical honor societies, respectively, been named Fellow of the American Association for the that focuses on commercializing nanoscale to national and regional “Best Doctors” lists annu- Advancement of Science and the National innovations. He is a Charter Fellow of the ally since 1995, and has received multiple research awards including the SRI’s Distinguished Scientist Academy of Inventors. Dean and Barbara National Academy of Inventors; a fellow of Award, the NICHD Frontiers in Reproduction Beacon Martin were the co-recipients of the 1994 the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma Award and the SMFM Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a recipient of the U.S. FDA Advisory Committee Medal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, & Immunology; American Association Service Award and ACOG’s Public Service Award for its highest award. He has been active in of Medical and Biological Engineers; and his “enduring commitment to women’s health.” He the American Chemical Society, and he has American Association of Advancement of has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the U.S. National held several positions in the Aquatic Plant Science; and is an inaugural inductees of Academy of Medicine. He maintains an active research Management Society. the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. lab at USF and is a professor in the Institute.

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“ Being a member VIVIAN W. PINN VICTOR POIRIER of the Institute for Vivian W. Pinn is a professor in the Institute Victor Poirier is a professor in the Institute and was the inaugural full-time Director of and former CEO and president of two pub- the Office of Research on Women’s Health lic companies, Thermedics and Thermo Advanced Discovery at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Cardiosystems both of which were traded and Associate Director of NIH from 1991 on the American Stock Exchange. He was and Innovation has until her retirement in 2011. She has since also chief Technology Advisor of Thoratec been named as a Senior Scientist Emerita Corp. He is internationally recognized as a at the NIH Fogarty International Center. pioneer for the design, development and proven to be a very Prior to NIH, she was Professor and Chair of commercialization of first- and second-gen- Pathology at Howard University College of eration implantable left-ventricular assist systems for treating heart failure. He is a Medicine–the third woman in the US to serve positive experience founding fellow of the American Institute as a Pathology Chair. She previously held for Medical and Biological Engineering and teaching appointments at Harvard Medical the International Academy of Artificial Organ for me. I was given the School and Tufts University. She has pre- Pioneers of the International Center for sented her perceptions of women’s health Medical Technologies, a Fellow of the National and sex/gender research, health disparities, Academy of Inventors, and a member of the privilege of working with as well as challenges in biomedical careers National Academy of Engineering. He is the to national and international audiences, recipient of the Mediterranean Institute of and has numerous scientific publications Cardiology Award (France), the Himet Award, exceptional individuals or book chapters. She is a Fellow of the the Barney Clark Award from the American American Academy of Arts and Sciences Society for Artificial Internal Organs, was and was elected a member of the National elected by his peers as the national “Engineer who provided their Academy of Medicine in 1995. A graduate of the Year” (Design News, 1992), and received and former trustee of Wellesley College, she an honorary doctorate of Engineering from significant knowledge earned her M.D. in 1967 from the University the University of South Florida. He was hon- of Virginia School of Medicine. She has held ored twice as a Distinguished Engineering many professional leadership positions, and Alumnus of Northeastern University as well and experience in their currently serves on the Board of Trustees/ as the Hastings Lecturer at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Advisors of Thomas Jefferson University Institute of Health as well as receiving many and Tufts University School of Medicine. other awards. To document Mr. Poirier’s roles as advisors and She has received 17 Honorary Degrees of accomplishments, the National Library of Science, Law and Medicine. She was the first Medicine in Washington DC created a docu- mentors to the student African American woman elected to Modern mentary video of his lifelong experience as a Healthcare’s Hall of Fame and is also a recip- pioneer in the development of artificial heart ient of the New York Academy of Medicine technology. A permanent record of this video body and faculty. Medal for Distinguished Contributions in was deposited at the Smithsonian Institute Health Policy. Lectures in women’s health Archives, the National Library of Medicine named for her have been established at the and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of NIH, the National Women’s Health Congress, American History. He holds 21 US patents and and the NMA. Her oral history is included in has published over 110 papers in refereed —Victor Poirier the National Library of Medicine’s exhibit journals. He is currently exploring ways to on women physicians, Changing the Face teach innovation and innovative thinking of Medicine; in the University of Virginia’s practices and was lead author on a publica- project Explorations in Black Leadership; and tion exploring that topic. in The HistoryMakers collection which is now housed in the Library of Congress. ” • 8 • INSTITUTE FACULTY

PAUL R. SANBERG SUDEEP SARKAR STEVEN J. SASSON

The founder of the Institute and its current Sudeep Sarkar is Professor and Chair of Steven J. Sasson is a professor in the director, Paul R. Sanberg is a pioneering sci- Computer Science and Engineering, Associate Institute and was a project manager in entist, researcher, educator, and international Vice President for Special Programs at USF, the Intellectual Property Transactions leader who has made outstanding contribu- and a professor in the Institute. He has more tions to science and advanced recognition for than 25 years of experience conducting and group at before retiring in 2009. the translation of academic innovation to benefit He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in society. He is Senior Vice President for Research, directing fundamental and applied research in Innovation & Knowledge Enterprise; Distinguished computer vision, image processing, and pat- electrical engineering from Rensselaer University Professor of Neuroscience, Biomedical tern recognition. He developed a new imaging Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y. He Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, device that can be used to collect data about joined Eastman Kodak Company as an and Business; Distinguished Health Professor; the physical characteristics of human skin in and Executive Director, Center of Excellence terms of its color, texture, and elasticity, which electrical engineer in 1973 and began for Aging and Brain Repair at the University of is critical in diagnosing diseases such as mel- working in the Kodak Apparatus Division South Florida (USF). He is also the President of anoma. He is also a pioneering leader in the applied research laboratory. He engaged the National Academy of Inventors. Sanberg area of gait biometrics, a field that analyzes was one of the original pioneers in the discov- in a number of early digital imaging and catalogs the unique characteristics of the ery and use of adult stem cells to repair the projects. Among these was the design ways in which individuals walk. This devel- brain and nervous system. He helped lead the and construction of the first digital still opment for identity detection has potential team who found that stem cells could be safely and playback system in 1975. He and ethically obtained from human umbili- uses in security and threat assessment, as cal cord blood, and developed procedures for well as environmentally-aware electronic continued to work throughout the 1980s intravenous delivery that could penetrate the devices and smart rooms. He is also a leader in the emerging field of digital photogra- blood-brain barrier. His research also revealed in the development of recognition systems phy, receiving over 10 key digital imaging brain areas damaged by stroke or neurological to translate videos of sign language into patents. In 1989, he led the develop- disease were able to be regenerated—a discovery text to facilitate communication between reversing centuries of scientific understanding. hearing-impaired and hearing individuals. ment of the first prototype megapixel He is a highly cited author, and his more than He holds eight U.S. patents, one licensed electronic utilizing DCT 675 articles and 14 books have received more than 33,200 citations. He has published 164 U.S. technology, and has published high-impact compression that stored images to flash and foreign patents, a number of which have journal and conference papers. He received his memory cards. In the 1990s he devel- been licensed, and developed many pharma- M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineer- oped one of the first photographic quality ing, on a University Presidential Fellowship, ceutical and cellular therapeutics based on his thermal printing systems, derivatives of research. He holds numerous awards for his work, from The Ohio State University. He is the including being named Fellow of the American recipient of the National Science Foundation which are still in use in self-service imag- Association for the Advancement of Science; CAREER award in 1994, the USF Teaching ing kiosks around the world today. He Biomedical Engineering Society; American Incentive Program Award for Undergraduate has received numerous recognitions for Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; Teaching Excellence in 1997, the Outstanding Royal Societies of Biology, Chemistry, Public his work, including his 2011 induction in Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1998, and Health, and Medicine; The RSA (Royal Society the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2009 the Theodore and Venette Askounes-Ashford for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Economist Magazine Consumer Products Commerce); American Psychological Association; Distinguished Scholar Award in 2004. He is a International Behavioral Neuroscience Society; Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, Innovation Award, selection as an AAAS- New York Academy of Sciences; and American American Association for the Advancement Lemelson Invention Ambassador, and the Society for Neural Therapy and Repair, among of Science, American Institute of Medical and U.S. National Medal of Technology and others. In 2018 he received the Bryden Alumni Biological Engineers, Institute of Electrical Innovation, which he received in 2009 Award for Outstanding Achievement from York and Electronics Engineers, and International from President Obama. University, was selected as Fulbright Specialist Association for Pattern Recognition and a to Australia (and appointed Wilsmore Professor, charter member and member of the Board University of Melbourne), and received the of Directors of the National Academy of Community Champion Award from TiE Tampa Bay. (Please see Page 16 for more.) Inventors.

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LYLE H. SCHWARTZ KRIS SINGH CHARLES STANISH

Lyle H. Schwartz is a professor in the Institute Kris Singh is a professor in the Institute and the Charles Stanish is executive direc- Founder, President and CEO of Holtec International, and retired director of the Air Force Office a multi-national company with its business foot- tor of the Institute for the Advanced of Scientific Research. He was formerly pro- print in 18 countries on five continents. He received Study of Culture and the Environment fessor of materials science and engineering his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, and M.S. in at USF and a professor in the Institute. at Northwestern University for 20 years Engineering Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering He earned his B.A. from Pennsylvania and director of Northwestern’s Materials from BIT Sindri (Ranchi University), India. He was State University and his Ph.D. from the Research Center for five of those years. elected to the National Academy of Engineering in University of Chicago. He has worked He then became director of the Materials 2013 for his seminal impact in the energy sector Science and Engineering Laboratory at of mechanical engineering. He received Edison extensively in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, Foundation’s “Thomas Alva Edison Award” in 2015 the National Institute of Standards and conducting archaeological research on for ecologically and environmentally impactful Technology (NIST), where he served for inventions. Rutgers University named him “South the prehistoric societies of the region. His more than 12 years. After NIST, he moved Jerseyan of the Year – 2016” for his significant theoretical work focuses on the roles that to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, beneficial impact on the South Jersey region. He trade, war, ritual, and labor organization is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of where, as director, he had responsibility for Inventors (2017) and the American Society of play in the evolution of human cooper- the entire basic research program of the Mechanical Engineers (1987) for numerous con- ation and complex societies. His primary Air Force. He has played a significant role tributions to heat exchange technologies; and books include The Evolution of Human in shaping government policies on many an inductee of the University City Science Center (Philadelphia) Walk of Fame. He is a registered Co-operation (2017), Ancient Titicaca: The materials issues. He was elected as a mem- Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania (since Evolution of Complex Society in Southern ber of the National Academy of Engineering 1974) and Michigan (since 1982), and a member Peru and Northern Bolivia (2003), Ritual for “leadership in materials research and of the American Nuclear Society (1979–present). and Pilgrimage in the Ancient Andes in coordinating industry and government A widely-published author in scientific journals (>70 technical papers, one textbook, and numerous collaboration in materials engineering.” (with B. Bauer, 2001) and Ancient Andean symposia volumes) and a prolific inventor (121 Political Economy (1992). He also works He is a recipient of the Presidential rank of patents), in recent years he has led Holtec in devel- Meritorious Executive of the government’s oping a “walk away safe” small modular reactor with a sustainable development group to Senior Executive Service, the Gold Medal to make nuclear energy an economical “green preserve global cultural heritage through power” alternative. An intrepid entrepreneur and Award of the Department of Commerce, a combination of micro-lending, direct a socially conscious industrialist, he built a $310 the National Materials Advancement Award million Technology Campus on the Delaware River community grants, and tourist infra- of the Federation of Materials Societies, in Camden, NJ to create much needed employ- structure development. He was a Senior and the Leadership Award of the Minerals, ment in one of America’s poorest cities. He is currently an Emeritus member of the University Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Research Metals, and Materials Society. His current of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees, where he Library, is an External Faculty member interests include government policy for R&D, served from 2009–2017, and a member of the of the Santa Fe Institute, Fellow of the particularly for materials R&D, materials sci- university’s Board of Overseers for the School of American Academy of Arts and Sciences ence education (STEM) at K-12 levels, and Engineering and Applied Science (2005–present). In addition, he serves on the board of the Nuclear and member of the National Academy enhanced public understanding of the roles Energy Institute (1998–present), and the Cooper of Sciences. and importance of technology in society. He Health System (2013–present). He is also a director is bringing his interests in K-12 education to of the Washington, DC-based Atlantic Council, and bear in the Tampa area as part of his com- member of the National Investment Council that advises the President of Ukraine. He chairs the KPS mitment to USF and the institute. Foundation (2001–present), a charitable Singh family foundation whose signature contribution to the advancement of science is the completion of the “Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology” at the University of Pennsylvania (2013). The KPS Foundation is also active in improving child literacy and public sanitation in India. • 10 • INSTITUTE FACULTY INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES

JOHN A. SWANSON JAMES WYNNE

John A. Swanson is the founder of ANSYS, Inc., James Wynne is a professor in the Institute the global innovator of simulation software and a senior member of the staff of IBM and technologies designed to optimize prod- Research Headquarters. After receiving uct development processes, and a professor his Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard in the Institute. He founded ANSYS, Inc. (then University in 1969, he joined IBM Research, Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc.) in 1970 to initially working at the Zurich Research develop, support and market the ANSYS Laboratory in Switzerland and moving to simulation software program, growing it the T. J. Watson Research Center in New York to the multi-solution successful organiza- in 1971. His research contributions have tion it is today. Prior to ANSYS, Inc., he was been in nonlinear optics of semiconductors employed at Westinghouse Astronuclear and insulators, nonlinear spectroscopy of Laboratory as Manager of the Stress Analysis atomic and molecular vapors, laser etch- Group. There he developed a series of spe- ing and fluorescence studies of human and cial purpose simulation codes and foresaw animal tissue, and cluster science. He and the need for an integrated general-purpose two IBM colleagues discovered excimer laser finite-element software code to do complex surgery in 1981, laying the foundation for engineering calculations. He holds a Ph.D. in LASIK and PRK, techniques for surgically Applied Mechanics from the University of correcting myopia, astigmatism, and hyper- Pittsburgh and a B.S. and M.S in Mechanical opia. For this discovery, he has received Engineering from Cornell University. He also many awards, including induction into the maintains numerous industry, national and National Inventors Hall of Fame, the National local accreditations and awards including Medal of Technology and Innovation, and the appointment as a Fellow Member and the Russ Prize of the National Academy of Pittsburgh Engineer of the Year by the Engineering (NAE). He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers NAE, Fellow of the National Academy of (ASME). He was named as the Entrepreneur Inventors (NAI), member of the USF Chapter of the Year in High Technology by the of the NAI, and a research collaborator with Entrepreneurial Services Group of Arthur USF faculty. He holds 13 U.S. patents. His Young and Venture Magazine. He has also current research encompasses the devel- been inducted into the Engineering Hall opment of novel applications of the excimer of Fame at the University of Pittsburgh. In laser, especially its use as a “smart scalpel” 2004 he was awarded the for removing necrotic lesions of the skin by the American Association of Engineering; while minimizing collateral damage to he is a member of the National Academy underlying and adjacent viable tissue. of Engineering. He currently consults and lectures on renewable energy, with a focus on photovoltaic applications.

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IMPACTING USF STUDENTS

IADI faculty impact USF students by teaching students in a unique course on innovative thinking; working with student entrepreneurs; and giving guest lectures on science, innovation, and invention.

» IADI faculty served as facilitators at the annual USF Undergraduate Research Day, which gave participating students the opportunity to present and discuss research with Donald Keck, Richard Knapp, Victor Poirier, Steve Sasson, Charles Stanish, John Swanson and Jim Wynne.

» Sudeep Sarkar and Richard Berman are instructors in the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) program at USF, which teaches university students and faculty how to identify and develop valuable product opportunities that can emerge from their academic research. They also help lead a separate NSF I-Corps program created specifically for students participating in the USF Student Innovation Incubator (SII). IADI faculty have served as panelists for final presentations.

» IADI faculty participate as lecturers and panelists in a course called “Creativity & Innovation,” which offers an innovative mixture of theory, project-based learning, and mentorship opportunities with IADI members. A description of the original class and first-person interviews with the instructors, students, and master innovators were documented in a University Beat feature by Mark Schreiner of WUSF, the local National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate.

» Harry Cain II has mentored USF student teams competing in the annual Florida Blue Healthcare Pitch Competition, using his public health background to help steer the team. This pitch competition was initially started by Michael Fountain while he was Director of the USF Center for Entrepreneurship.

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IMPACTING USF FACULTY & LEADERSHIP

IADI faculty impact USF faculty and leadership by working to create new programs and institutes; acting as entrepreneurial advisors for faculty; serving as committee members on university initiatives; and presenting keynote addresses and lectures.

» Charles Stanish gave the 2019 keynote address for the Annual Luncheon of the USF Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, inspiring the USF faculty honored there to explore the world in their pursuit of life-changing research.

» Victor Poirier serves as business mentor on an NSF-funded grant project, PFI:AIR - TT: Point of Care Biosensor for Quantification of Biomarkers in Bodily Fluids Based on Surface Acoustic Waves, conducted by Venkat Bhethanabotla, professor and director of USF’s materials science and engineering program. This project was recognized personally by Former U.S. Senator from Florida Bill Nelson.

» Lyle Schwartz also worked with Dr. Bhethanabotla, to bring together the numerous faculty members who currently reside in six different departments to create a materials science institute at USF to allow scientists and engineers who share similar interests to better achieve common research goals and enhance educational opportunities for materials science students.

» IADI faculty provided valuable guidance as a key stakeholder group in the development of USF’s Research Strategic Plan.

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IMPACTING COMMUNITY

IADI faculty impact the greater USF community and the nation by engaging in community partnerships; serving as ambassadors for USF at local and national events; and publishing academic papers and conducting media interviews to stimulate the national dialogue on improving our nation’s innovation capacity.

» Lyle Schwartz and Richard Berman are participating with an international group of universities initiating the HIBAR Research Alliance (HRA), collaborating to encourage more and better HIBAR research, which optimally combines the excellence of fundamental research with a practical intent to solve societal problems.

» Steve Sasson presented a keynote address at the 2019 annual meeting of the National Academy of Inventors in Houston, Texas.

» IADI faculty serve as ambassadors of USF and build its local and national reputation as an innovation university by regularly attending important events such as the National Academy of Inventors annual conference, the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame gala, and the Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) Summit.

» IADI faculty worked together to co-author “Thoughts on Improving Innovation: What Are the Characteristics of Innovation and How Do We Cultivate Them?”, an article on the thought processes shared by innovators, published in Technology and Innovation; Journal of the National Academy of Inventors. This article was a companion to the innovation course and is part of an important evolving conversation on the nature of creativity and innovation and the question of whether innovation is teachable.

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INSTITUTE DIRECTOR

As Senior Vice President for the University of South Florida, Paul R. Sanberg has system- wide oversight for research, innovation, knowledge enterprise, and economic development, including the USF Research Park, with a diverse team of 240 employees in the central research office and secondary oversight for approximately 1,000 research administrators across USF, responsible for the coordination of scholarly research, creative activities and related programs, student success in research and innovation, research policy development and administration, research infrastructure development, assurance and compliance administration, technology transfer, university-industry-government and public-private partnerships, and development and coordination of federal and state research initiatives. He also serves as President of the USF Research Foundation, and a member of the President’s executive leadership team. Under Dr. Sanberg’s leadership, USF has advanced to become a Top 50 U.S. research university, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF). USF currently ranks 25th among U.S. public universities and 42nd among all U.S. universities (public or private), with research spending of more than $568 million.

Sanberg is president of the National Academy of Inventors, founder of two professional scientific/academic societies, and founder or director of a number of companies involved in developing cell therapies for degenerative disorders. He was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce as a member of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee; served as an inaugural AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador; served on the selection committee of the USPTO Innovation Expo in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution; and is a member of the Advisory Board of the APLU Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity. He was a long-term member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH); has served as editor or on editorial boards for more than 30 scientific journals; served on numerous scientific advisory boards for health-related foundations and pharmaceutical companies; and has served as president of professional societies, including the American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, Cell Transplant Society, and International Behavioral Neuroscience Society.

He earned his B.S. (with honors) from York University (Canada), M.S. from the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from Australian National University, where he was awarded the Crawford Medal as a student, and later received the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award in Research. He is a Fellow of more than a dozen national and international societies, and his more than three dozen awards include the John P. McGovern Science and Society Award from Sigma Xi-The Scientific Research Honor Society, AIMBE Fellow Advocate Award; 2015 Medalist of the Florida Academy of Sciences, and Inductee in the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, among many others. (Please see Page 8 for more.) INSTITUTE MANAGER

Colleen Parker is program manager of the Institute for Advanced Discovery and Inno- vation at the University of South Florida. She leads strategic planning and initiatives for the institute. Originally from Oregon and New York, she joined USF in 2015, following nearly two decades in senior level positions in proprietary education and information technology solutions firms. She earned her B.A. in International Studies from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. In addition to her work at USF, she volunteers as President of the Seminole Heights Community Gardens.

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Published in March 2020