Who We Are

The staff of the NSF I-Corps Hub: Great Lakes Region are dedicated to the education of academic researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship.

The staff of the NSF I-Corps Hub: Great Lakes Region are dedicated to the education of academic researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship.

After completing a Regional I-Corps program, our Tech Scouts can coach and guide you to the next stage of your startup or project.

Name	Position	University	Email
Amiya Turner	Program Manager	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Christopher Eakin	Marketing Manager	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Cristina Jarbou	Business Administrator	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Dale Kolnitys	Data Manager	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Daniela Koniczek	Tech Scout Lead	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Emily Demko	Hub Assistant Director	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Jonathan Fay	Executive Hub Director	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Melissa Lee	Research Administration	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Mngyan Liu	Dean Co-PI	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Rathindra (Babu) DasGupta	Federal Grant Expert	University of Michigan	[email protected]
Carla Pavone	Lead Instructor	Great Lakes I-Corps Hub	[email protected]
Vineet Kamat	Faculty Lead	University of Michigan	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
David Strukel	Program Manager	University of Akron	[email protected]
Fred Carter	Instructor	University of Akron	[email protected]
Kelly Bialek	Program Director	University of Akron	[email protected]
Suzanne Bausch	Dean, Co-PI	University of Akron	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Avi Mayerhoff	Program Director	University of Illinois Chicago	[email protected]
Tom Royston	Co-PI	University of Illinois Chicago	[email protected]
Vikas Berry	Faculty Lead	University of Illinois Chicago	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Jed Taylor	Hub Director	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	[email protected]
Ji Kim	Federal Grant Specialist	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	[email protected]
Joe Bradley	Research Lead	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	[email protected]
Mark Karasek	Faculty Lead	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	[email protected]
Morgan Malm	Tech Scout	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	[email protected]
Rashid Bashir	Dean, Co-PI	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	[email protected]
Riya Gupta	Program Manager	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Crystal Camargo	Assistant Program Director	University of Chicago	[email protected]
Ellen Zatkowski	Program Director	University of Chicago	[email protected]
Jonathan Paul	Faculty Lead	University of Chicago	[email protected]
Steven Kaplan	Faculty Lead	University of Chicago	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Gregg Barcus	Instructor	University of Iowa	[email protected]
Kurt Heiar	Instructor	University of Iowa	[email protected]
Lynn Allendorf	Program Director	University of Iowa	[email protected]
Ned Bowden	Faculty Lead	University of Iowa	[email protected]
Sarah Vigmostad	Faculty Lead	University of Iowa	[email protected]
Shannon Henderson	Program Manager	University of Iowa	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Kris Johansen	Program Director, Tech Scout	Iowa State University	[email protected]
Sree Nilakanta	Faculty Lead	Iowa State University	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Adrienne Minerick	Faculty Lead	Michigan Technological University	[email protected]
Lisa Casper	Program Manager	Michigan Technological University	[email protected]
Mary Raber	Program Director	Michigan Technological University	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Christine Karslake	Program Director	Missouri University of Science & Technology	[email protected]
Sajal Das	Faculty Lead	Missouri University of Science & Technology	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Allison Hubel	Faculty Lead	University of Minnesota	[email protected]
Ally McDonald	Marketing Manager	University of Minnesota	[email protected]
Andrew Alleyne	Dean, Co-PI	University of Minnesota	[email protected]
Ashley Mahoney	Program Director, Hub Director	University of Minnesota	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Andrew Zimbroff	Faculty Lead	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	[email protected]
Daniel Schactman	Co-PI	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	[email protected]
Joy Eakin	Program Director	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	[email protected]
Mark Riley	Co-PI	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	[email protected]
Nick Alder	Tech Scout	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Caroline Crisafulli	Program Director, Tech Scout	The Ohio State University	[email protected]
Ayanna Howard	Co-PI	The Ohio State University	[email protected]
Jonathan Song	Faculty Lead	The Ohio State University	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Matthew Lynall	Hub Director, Faculty Lead	Purdue University	[email protected]
Dan DeLaurentis	Co-PI	Purdue University	[email protected]
Amy Ross	Program Manager	Purdue University	[email protected]
T Hingba	Tech Scout	Purdue University	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Norm Rapino	Program Director, Tech Scout	University of Toledo	[email protected]
Matthew Franchetti	Faculty Lead	University of Toledo	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Bonnie Bachman	Program Director	University of Wisconsin-Madison	[email protected]
Dan van der Weide	Faculty Lead	University of Wisconsin-Madison	[email protected]
Fadhel Alrabiah	Program Manager	University of Wisconsin-Madison	[email protected]
Ian Robertson	Co-PI, Dean	University of Wisconsin-Madison	[email protected]
Jennifer Gagne	Instructor	University of Wisconsin-Madison	[email protected]
Ron Kelley	Instructor	University of Wisconsin-Madison	[email protected]
Suman Banerjee	Faculty Lead	University of Wisconsin-Madison	[email protected]

Name	Position	University	Email
Ilya Avdeev	Program Director, Faculty Lead	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	[email protected]
Loren Peterson	Tech Scout	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	[email protected]