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Spring 2025 Research Faculty Promotions

06.09.2025

TRI salutes its researchers who have recently achieved level advancement.

This list was compiled by Georgia Tech's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty.

 

Promoted to Principal Research Scientist

Curtis Free – CIPHER, ICSD

Creston D. Herold – CIPHER, ICSD

Trevor Mackenzie Lewis – CIPHER, ICSD

John Taylor Matthews – ICL, ICSD

William Stuart Michelson – ASL

 

Promoted to Principal Research Engineer

Shaun David Anderson – ATAS, SISD

Paula Gomez – CIPHER, ICSD

Theodore Grosch – SEAL, SISD

Chad Kerr – ESL, ESD

Joshua Kovitz – ACL, SISD

Nelson E. Lourenco – SEAL, SISD

Álvaro L. Marenco – SEAL, SISD

Scott Leon McLennan – CIPHER, ICSD

Michael Zachary Miller – ACL, SISD

David John Oostdyk – SEAL, SISD

Jeffrey David Pitcher – ICL, ICSD

Xiaojuan Song – ATAS, SISD

Andrew J. Stark – EOSL, ESD

Francisco Valdés – CIPHER, ICSD

Raymond Warner – ATAS, SISD

Samantha Ann Zaydman – ESL, ESD

 

Promoted to Principal Research Associate

Phu Chieu Le – Research Support, Operations Division

Dusty Meaders – CIPHER, ICSD

 

Promoted to Senior Research Scientist

Adrienna Bingham -- GTRI-ACL

Kennon Douglas Bittick -- GTRI-CIPHER

Karl Austin Burkhardt - GTRI-ACL

Michael Christopher Clark -- GTRI-EOSL

Christopher Heist -- GTRI-ATAS

Andy Hsiao -- GTRI-CIPHER

Peter E. Madruga -- GTRI-ICL

Michael Patrick Nawrocki -- GTRI-CIPHER

Courtney Bortle Reid -- GTRI-ICL

Stephanie Cheng Richter - GTRI-ATAS

Thomas Shields -- GTRI-CIPHER

Brian Kennedy Smith -- GTRI-HAC

Holly Nicole Tinkey -- GTRI-CIPHER

Katherine Young - GTRI-CIPHER

 

Promoted to Senior Research Associate

Otis L. Chennault -- GTRI-RS

Megan M. Lee -- GTRI-ELSYS

Andrew James Ragland -- GTRI-ASL

Angela Thomas Short --GTRI-CIPHER

Jennifer Marie Zuniga -- GTRI-CIPHER

 

Promoted to Senior Research Engineer

Tyler M. Addison - GTRI-ASL

Andrew J. Braun - GTRI-ASL

Steven Andre Cantrell -- GTRI-ICL

Brandon Thell Carroll -- GTRI-SEAL

Cade Cashen -- GTRI-SEAL

Mike Childers - GTRI-ELSYS

Jefferson D. Clayton - GTRI-SEAL

Jay Christopher Danner - GTRI-CIPHER

James Brandon Dee - GTRI-ACL

Kellen H. Denny - GTRI-ACL

Sergio Esquivel - GTRI-CIPHER

Daniel Alexander Grant - GTRI-ELSYS

Lee Anthony Griffin - GTRI-SEAL

Andrew D. Hall - GTRI-ASL

Charles Michael Harris - GTRI-ELSYS

Ian Harrison - GTRI-ATAS

Christopher Thomas Howard - GTRI-ACL

Soradhmuny Christopher Lanh - GTRI-ICL

Samuel Lewis Litchfield - GTRI-CIPHER

Erich Wolfgang Lohrmann - GTRI-SEAL

Peter Lane McMenamin - GTRI-SEAL

Christopher Austin O'Connell - GTRI-ICL

Travis B. Rennich - GTRI-ACL

Sarah Kathryn Kashin Robison - GTRI-ELSYS

Devon Hendrik Storey Rogers - GTRI-SEAL

Laura M. Romanchik - GTRI-ASL

Aprameya Satish - GTRI-ATAS

Sarah Scheithauer - GTRI-ELSYS

Nicholas S. Servies - GTRI-SEAL

Desh Sharma - GTRI-ELSYS

Travis W. Turner - GTRI-ATAS

Laban Paul Zscheile - GTRI-CIPHER

 

Promoted to Senior Research Technologist

Courtney Necoyia Smith - GTRI-ELSYS

 

Promoted to Research Scientist II

Megan D. Birch - GTRI-EOSL

Savannah H. Crowley - GTRI-ASL

Logan Andrew Dolloff - GTRI-ASL

Noah J. Fitzpatrick - GTRI-ASL

Connor A. Frost - GTRI-ACL

Micah Elliot Halter - GTRI-ICL

James Matthew Hamilton - GTRI-SEAL

Deja Tyla Hansen - GTRI-PMO

Thomas K. Harris - GTRI-CIPHER

Bryan E. Mattes - GTRI-CIPHER

Andrew L. Pritchett - GTRI-CIPHER

James Ryan Rick - GTRI-EOSL

Kaleb Senator - GTRI-CIPHER

Elizabeth Margaret Shivers - GTRI-ICL

William Shue - GTRI-SEAL

Emily Elizabeth Strube - GTRI-EOSL

Joshua Tahimic - GTRI-CIPHER

Samuel J. Walden - GTRI-ICL

Matthew Ryan Ward - GTRI-ICL

 

Promoted to Research Associate II

Roshaun D. Brown - GTRI-RS

Anna M. DeKoning - GTRI-ACL

Teresa C. Johnson - GTRI-ELSYS

Gregory D. Kalogridis - GTRI-PMO

 

Promoted to Research Engineer II

Ai-Linh T. Alten - GTRI-EOSL

Margaret Louise Armstrong - GTRI-ACL

Jacob Daniel Ashmore - GTRI-CIPHER

Matthew A. Avny - GTRI-ELSYS

Matthew B. Bernstein - GTRI-ASL

Andrew Kenneth Chaney - GTRI-ASL

Hannah Chapman - GTRI-ELSYS

Rachel Erbrick - GTRI-ELSYS

Natalya Gage - GTRI-SEAL

Maia Gatlin - GTRI-ELSYS

Hannah Hopkins Hancock - GTRI-ELSYS

Joshua Taylor Hurt - GTRI-ATAS

Jessica Rebecca Isaf - GTRI-ATAS

Knezo - GTRI-ELSYS

James Landreth - GTRI-SEAL

Kevin Aaron Leon - GTRI-ATAS

Kyron Elijah Longwood - GTRI-ICL

Edward Mason - GTRI-SEAL

Samuel McWhorter - GTRI-ACL

Kenneth Cortlandt Montross - GTRI-ELSYS

Abhinav R. Navuluri - GTRI-ELSYS

Eldi Ndrio - GTRI-SEAL

Stephen Omorogbe - GTRI-RS

Bina D. Patel - GTRI-CIPHER

Ryan Peng - GTRI-CIPHER

Thoai T. Pham - GTRI-ELSYS

Daniel J. Polito - GTRI-ATAS

Aaron B. Powell - GTRI-SEAL

Christopher Purdy - GTRI-SEAL

Lucas James Rider - GTRI-ELSYS

Patrick Roberts - GTRI-SEAL

Joshua Rouse - GTRI-SEAL

Yisroel Yitzchak Schatz - GTRI-ELSYS

Jonathan Stai - GTRI-SEAL

Nicolas A. Steele - GTRI-CIPHER

Matthew Albert Stotter - GTRI-ELSYS

Thomas M. Turner - GTRI-ELSYS

Griffin J. Van Anne - GTRI-ATAS

Kristina Rene Wayne - GTRI-ACL

David Webb - GTRI-ELSYS

 

Promoted to Research Technologist II

Joshua M. Allison - GTRI-ELSYS

Kimberly S. Arslan - GTRI-HAC

Riley Solomon - GTRI-CIPHER

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