Staff Directory

Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships  (TIP/OAD)

Phone: (703) 292-7009 | Website

Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships list
Assistant Director
Erwin Gianchandani
(703) 292-7009 E 12445 egiancha@nsf.gov
Deputy Assistant Director
Graciela L. Narcho
(703) 292-4825 E 12449 gnarcho@nsf.gov
Directorate Operations Officer
Dawn R. Patterson
E 12451 dpatters@nsf.gov
Administrative Support Assistant
Alexis J. Anderson
(703) 292-8062 E 12400A ajanders@nsf.gov
Staff Associate for Technology Policy and Strategy
Tess DeBlanc-Knowles
(703) 292-4647 N/A tdeblanc@nsf.gov
Staff Associate for Business Systems
Joan H. Goetzinger
(703) 292-8188 W 5235 jgoetzin@nsf.gov
Staff Associate for Budget Strategy
Mary C. Konjevoda
(703) 292-7146 E 14346 mkonjevo@nsf.gov
Staff Associate for Evaluation and Assessment
Yuen Lau
E 14463 ylau@nsf.gov
Program Director
Alexander MacGillivray
N/A amacgill@nsf.gov
Communications Specialist
Kelly Mccormack Monterroso
E 14479 kmonterr@nsf.gov
Staff Associate for Strategic Engagements
Kerstin J. Mukerji
(703) 292-8050 E 14483 kmukerji@nsf.gov
Staff Associate for Data & Analytics
Grace W. Yuan
(703) 292-5099 E 14461 gyuan@nsf.gov
Expert
Daniel L. Goroff
N/A dgoroff@nsf.gov
Expert
David Tennenhouse
(703) 292-7417 N/A dtennenh@nsf.gov
AAAS Fellow
Lakshmi Balachandra
(703) 292-4603 E 14345A lbalacha@nsf.gov
Expert
Jeffrey D. Alstott
N/A jalstott@nsf.gov
Senior Advisor
Chaitanya K. Baru
(703) 292-4596 E 12414 cbaru@nsf.gov
Expert
Munesh Makhija
(703) 292-8648 E 12466A mmakhija@nsf.gov
Senior Advisor
Allen D Walker
(703) 292-2291 E 12436 alwalker@nsf.gov
Expert
Dipanjan Nag
(703) 292-7016 OFFSITE dnag@nsf.gov
Expert
Patricia A Finsterbusch
(703) 292-4778 OFFSITE pfinster@nsf.gov

Innovation and Technology Ecosystems  (TIP/ITE)

External Website

Innovation and Technology Ecosystems list
Acting Division Director
Thyagarajan Nandagopal
E 12455 tnandago@nsf.gov

Convergence Accelerator Section  (CA)



Convergence Accelerator Section list
Section Head
Douglas Maughan
(703) 292-2497 E 12457 dmaughan@nsf.gov
Program Director
Aurali E. Dade
E 12434 adade@nsf.gov
Program Director
Pradeep P. Fulay
(703) 292-2445 OFFSITE pfulay@nsf.gov
Senior Advisor
Jemin George
(703) 292-2251 W 18176 jgeorge@nsf.gov
Program Director
Linda Molnar
(703) 292-8316 E 12453 lmolnar@nsf.gov
Program Director
Ibrahim Mohedas
(703) 292-2286 E 14344 imohedas@nsf.gov
Outreach & Communications Specialist
Shelby L. Smith
(703) 292-2647 W 12446 slsmith@nsf.gov
Program Manager
Michael Pozmantier
(703) 292-4475 E 12447 mpozmant@nsf.gov
Program Director
Michael Reksulak
E 12412 mreksula@nsf.gov
AAAS Fellow
Alexander Loewi
(703) 292-4762 W 17184B aloewi@nsf.gov

Innovation Programs Section  (IP)



Innovation Programs Section list
Program Director
Geoffrey Brown
(703) 292-4979 E 12466A gebrown@nsf.gov
Entrepreneurial Lead
Daniel S. Goetzel
(703) 292-5304 E 14475 dgoetzel@nsf.gov
Program Director
Nini Maung-Gaona
(703) 292-4697 OFFSITE nmaungga@nsf.gov
Lead Program Director
Dmitri Perkins
(703) 292-7463 E 12466B dperkins@nsf.gov
Program Director
Rebecca Shearman
(703) 292-7403 OFFSITE rshearma@nsf.gov
AAAS Fellow
Korie Grayson
(703) 292-8885 E 12452D kgrayson@nsf.gov

Operations  (TIP/ITE)



Operations list
Operations Manager
Tatiana Makarow
(703) 292-8566 E 14451 tamakar@nsf.gov

Translational Impacts  (TIP/TI)

External Website

Translational Impacts list
Division Director
Barry W. Johnson
(703) 292-4965 E 14486 bwjohnso@nsf.gov
Operations Manager
LISA Marik
(703) 292-4379 E 7432 lismarik@nsf.gov
Program Director
Mara Elizabeth Schindelholz
(703) 292-4506 OFFSITE marschin@nsf.gov

Startups and Small Businesses  (TIP/TI)

Phone: (703) 292-8050 | Fax: (703) 292-9057

Startups and Small Businesses list
Section Head
Carol A. Bessel
(703) 292-4906 E 14485 cbessel@nsf.gov
Program Director
Henry Ahn
(703) 292-7069 E 14471 hahn@nsf.gov
Program Director
Peter S. Atherton
(703) 292-8772 OFFSITE PATHERTO@nsf.gov
Program Director
Anna S. Brady-Estevez
(703) 292-7077 E 14465 abrady@nsf.gov
Program Director
Edward Chinchoy
OFFSITE echincho@nsf.gov
Program Director
Parvathi Chundi
(703) 292-5198 OFFSITE pchundi@nsf.gov
Program Director
Rajesh V. Mehta
(703) 292-2174 OFFSITE rmehta@nsf.gov
Program Director
Elizabeth Mirowski
(703) 292-2936 OFFSITE emirowsk@nsf.gov
Program Director
Alastair Monk
(703) 292-4392 OFFSITE amonk@nsf.gov
Program Director
Erik Pierstorff
(703) 292-2165 E 14469 epiersto@nsf.gov
Program Director and Policy Liaison
Benaiah D. Schrag
(703) 292-8323 E 14481 bschrag@nsf.gov
Expert
Stephen F. Hahn
(703) 292-7873 N/A shahn@nsf.gov
Expert
Lydia V. McClure Kyohere
N/A lvmcclur@nsf.gov
Expert
Stacyann Russell
N/A strussel@nsf.gov
Expert
Farzin Samadani
N/A fsamadan@nsf.gov

Innovation Corps  (TIP/TI)



Innovation Corps list
Program Director
Ruth M. Shuman
(703) 292-2160 E 14334 rshuman@nsf.gov
Expert
Lynore Abbott
N/A labbott@nsf.gov

Partnerships for Innovation  (TIP/TI)



Partnerships for Innovation list
Program Director
Samir M. Iqbal
(703) 292-7529 E 14467 smiqbal@nsf.gov
Program Director
Debora Rodrigues
(703) 292-4767 W 14135 derodrig@nsf.gov
Program Director
Jesus V. Soriano Molla
(703) 292-7795 E 14338 jsoriano@nsf.gov

Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems  (TIP/TI)



Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems list
Program Director
Peter S. Atherton
(703) 292-8772 OFFSITE PATHERTO@nsf.gov

Operations for Translational Impacts  (TIP/TI)



Operations for Translational Impacts list
Program Analyst
Kevin A. Brogan
(703) 292-8472 E 14339B kbrogan@nsf.gov
Program Analyst
Kenya D. Lara
(703) 292-7964 E 10466A klara@nsf.gov
Administrative Manager
Gregory L. Misiorek
(703) 292-5352 E 14473 gmisiore@nsf.gov
Program Analyst
Tanner Rankin
(703) 292-4902 E 14456C trankin@nsf.gov

TIP Contract Support  (TIP/OAD)



TIP Contract Support list
Contractor
Lipi Acharya
(703) 292-2435 N/A lacharya@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Yared Adamu
N/A yadamu@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Sarah Akhtar
N/A sakhtar@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Selah Applin
N/A sapplin@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Hammad Aslam
(703) 292-8734 E 14472E haslam@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Laura Biggerstaff
N/A lbiggers@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Ngoc Cao
N/A ngocao@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Rachana Chamkur
N/A rchamkur@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
John Chukwumah
(703) 292-8526 E 14462B jchukwum@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Edward Crockett
N/A ecrocket@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Angela Drumm
N/A adrumm@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Jennifer Edwards
(703) 292-2661 N/A jenedwar@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Fatema Faizullabhoy
N/A ffaizull@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Nahom Fisseha
E14462D nfisseha@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Lawrence Gabourel
(703) 292-7043 14484A lgaboure@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Santosh Guniganti
N/A sgunigan@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Stephanie Harcum
(703) 292-7476 E 14472C sharcum@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Matthew Hoagberg
N/A mahoagbe@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Kyauna Jones
N/A kyjones@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Amanda Kauterman
(703) 292-4737 E 14462C akauterm@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Cladoris Kemp
E 14484B clkemp@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Wanda Mickens
(703) 292-4759 E 14339D wmickens@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Jenny Moon
N/A jenmoon@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Jessica Nkanka
N/A jnkanka@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Mahesh Padigala
N/A mpadigal@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Kathy Park
(703) 292-2544 E 14462A kpark@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Ayush Pudasaini
N/A apudasai@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Jamelle Redman
N/A jredman@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Cherise Richardson
(703) 292-4418 E 14484A crichard@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Yolanda Saunders
N/A ysaunder@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Kate Shapiro
N/A kshapiro@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Senthilkumar Thiyagarajan
N/A sthiyaga@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Paul Trumble
N/A ptrumble@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Chidimma Ugorji
N/A cugorji@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Kathryn Weatherly
N/A katweath@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Teresa Westfall
(703) 292-2999 N/A twestfal@associates.nsf.gov
Contractor
Asaduz Zaman
(703) 292-8259 E 12462B azaman@associates.nsf.gov