Our Team

T. M. Murali

Director, Principal Investigator

Professor, Computer Science Associate Department Head for Research, Computer Science Virginia Tech

Leslie Thornton-O’Brien

Project Manager

NSF COMPASS Center Virginia Tech

Anthony Atala

Co-Principal Investigator Executive Committee Co-lead, Replicate Thrust

G. Link Professor and Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine W. Boyce Professor and Chair, Urology Wake Forest University

Ana Bento

Co-Investigator

Assistant Professor, Department of Public and Ecosystem Health Cornell University

Colin Bishop

Co-Investigator

Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Wake Forest University

Julie Gerdes

Co-Principal Investigator Co-lead, Empower Thrust

Assistant Professor of Technical and Professional Writing and Rhetoric

Laura Goodman

Co-Investigator

Infectious Disease Epidemiology Concentration Chief, Cornell Public Health Assistant Professor, Department of Public and Ecosystem Health Cornell University

James Henderson

Co-Investigator

Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation University of Michigan

Anuj Karpatne

Co-Investigator Co-lead, Jump Thrust

Associate Professor, Computer Science Virginia Tech

Kylene Kehn-Hall

Co-Investigator

Director, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Virginia Tech

Adam Lauring

Co-Principal Investigator Executive Committee Co-lead, Jump Thrust

Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts University of Michigan

Lisa M. Lee

Co-Investigator Co-lead, Empower Thrust

Interim Senior Associate Vice President, Research and Innovation Director, Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance Virginia Tech

Linsey Marr

Co-Principal Investigator Co-lead, Persist Thrust

Charles P. Lunsford Professor and University Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Virginia Tech

X. J. Meng

Co-Investigator Executive Committee

University Distinguished Professor, Molecular Virology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Professor, Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine Virginia Tech

Sean Murphy

Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Wake Forest University

Colin Parrish

Co-Investigator

John M. Olin Professor of Virology, Baker Institute for Animal Health Cornell University

Padma Rajagopalan

Co-Investigator Executive Committee Co-lead, Replicate Thrust

Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor, Chemical Engineering Virginia Tech

Naren Ramakrishnan

Co-Investigator Executive Committee Co-lead, Persist Thrust

Director, Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, Thomas L. Phillips Professor, Computer Science Virginia Tech

Patricia (Patty) Raun

Co-Investigator Executive Committee Co-lead, Empower Thrust

Director, Virginia Tech Center for Communicating Science Alumni Distinguished Professor of Performance and Voice, School of Performing Arts Virginia Tech