Our Team

Executive Committee

Alex
Szalay

Director of IDIES

Charles
Meneveau

Associate Director, West

Steven
Salzberg

Associate Director, East

Sayeed
Choudhury

Associate Director, Research Data Management

Jaime
Combariza

Associate Director for Computer Infrastructure, MARCC

Ani
Thakar

Associate Director of Operations

Gerard
Lemson

AT-LARGE MEMBER
IDIES Director of Science

René
Vidal

At-large Member, MINDS

Tinglong
Dai

At-large Member, CBS

Nilanjan
Chatterjee

At-large Member, BSPH

Tara
Engel

AT-LARGE MEMBER
IDIES ADMIN

IDIES Team

First NameLast NameTitleArea of Expertise
YingDaiSoftware Engineer
AdityaDevarakonda​Associate Research ScientistMachine Learning
LaszloDobos​Associate Research ScientistMachine Learning, Emerging Technologies
KyleEdwardsLAN Administrator IIHardware Maintenance, Operating Systems (Windows & Linux), Fixed Asset Management
MargaretEminizer ​Assistant Research Scientist
TaraEngelIDIES AdminFinance, Administration, IDIES proposal submissions, strategic planning
LenaleeFultonFinancial AnalystMARCC, Fixed Asset Procurement & Managment
SahilHamal​Software DeveloperSoftware developer; UI designer
LiamHarringtonUndergraduate Student Asst.
LanceJosephSr. Systems Administrator​Database Administration, Hardware Design & Maintenance, Infrastructure Network, Operating Systems (Windows & Linux), Real Time Monitoring, Storage Architecture, Emerging Technologies
Jai-WonKim​Research ScientistMetadata modelling, genomics data modelling, use case development, long tail system specification and UI development, development of Resource Access Controls
GerardLemsonResearch ScientistAssociate Director for SciServer, cosmology simulation lead, use cases for cosmology, numerical laboratory development for cosmology, development of Job Management Subsystem, developer collaboration layer.
DmitryMedvedev​Sr. Software DeveloperApplications programming, Web Services, Emerging Technologies
ArikMitschang​Associate Research ScientistDistributed Systems, Big Data, Cloud Technologies, Applications Programming, Web Services, Emerging Technologies
BrianMohrSr. Systems EngineerHardware Design & Maintenance, Infrastructure Network & Systems, Operating Systems (Linux), Automation programming, Storage Architecture, Project Management, Emerging Technologies
VictorPaulSoftware EngineerDatabase administration, Data Management
JasonPostlethwaitLan Administrator IIIHardware Maintenance, Hardware Procurement
JordanRaddickInstructional DesignerWebsite Content Developement and Managment, Educational Outreach
JeffreyRoskes​Assistant Research Scientist
CarolineSwartzCommunications SpecialistWebmaster, Communications Materials, Project Management
AlexSzalayProfessor, DIrector of IDIES
ManuTaghizadeh PoppSr. Software ProgrammerApplications programming, Web Services
AniThakarLead Research ScientistData Managment, Project Management
JanVandenberg​IT ArchitectHardware Design & Maintenance, Infrastructure Network & Services, Operating Systems (Linux & Windows), Automation programming, Real Time Monitoring, Storage Architecture, Emerging Technologies
SueWernerSr. Programmer Analyst​Database Programming & Administration
RichardWiltonAssociate Research ScientistDevelopment of genomic data models, databases, data loading and capacity planning. Also requirements and use cases for the genomics collaborative project.

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