OUR TEAM
DEVIANT. PROMETHEAN. EMPATHETIC.
"We share a common interest in prospering life on earth, exploring the unknown here and throughout the universe, and creating some economic value while we do it. We also share a propensity towards non-conformity, working too hard, being absolutely crude, and never failing to be the first to show up when help is needed. They say that nothing good was ever built without irresponsible exuberance. We are the definition of irresponsible exuberance and that is probably why we have built a lab so good in such a short amount of time."
Dr. Ryan Coles
Chief Scientist & PI
UConn Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Dedication. Bravura. Nonconformity.
Marvin Maldonado
Managing Director & Co-PI
Organization & Firm Performance
Peter Goggins
Commercialization Director & Co-PI
Organization & Community Ecology
Ubair Javaid
Technology Director & Co-PI
A.I. & Organizational Behavior
Sebastian Schepis
Co-PI
A.I. & Organizational Behavior
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Cutting Edge. Insightful. Engaging.
Oleksandr Akymenko
Adjunct Professor, Ukrainian Catholic University
Beth Embry
Assistant Professor, Kansas
Steven Hyde
Assistant Professor, Boise State
Arielle Newman
Assistant Professor, Syracuse
Ximing Yin
Assistant Professor, BiT
SENIOR SCIENTISTS
Disruptive. Curious. Innovative.
Darian Nwankwo, PhD
A.I. & Organizational Behavior
Jake Winter
A.I. & Organizational Behavior
Massyl Mallem
A.I. & Organizational Behavior
Felis La Fleur
Organization & Community Ecology
Ross O'Brien
Organization & Community Ecology
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Michele Xiao Hong Chen
Organization & Firm Performance
DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Fresh. Driven. Productive.
Peter Polhill
Cornell University
Grady Raines
Cornell University
Lukas Schnabel
University of Connecticut
AREA DIRECTORS, ADMINISTRATION & ASSISTANT RESEARCHERS
Ambitious. Talented. Tenacious.
AREA DIRECTORS
Zaid Al-Attar
MENA Research Director
Shlash Al-Oun
MENA Commercialization Director
Dr. Baya Chase
MENA Education Director
Rogelio Acosta-Paz
Latin America Research Director
Harold Villanueva
Latin America Commercialization Director
Dara Koval
Eastern Europe Research Director
Volodymyr Romaniak
Eastern Europe Commercialization Director
Bruno Xin Jin
Far East Commercialization Director
ADMINISTRATION
Kathy Goggins
Finance & Compliance Management
Nicholas Janus
Deputy Director, Commercialization
Joaquin Uribe
Executive RA
ASSISTANT RESEARCHERS
Taha Barakat
Organizational Design & Firm Performance
Phillip Ayotte
Organizational Design & Firm Performance
Gianna Rivera
A.I. & Organizational Behavior
Ryan Rosario
Organization & Community Ecology; Student Director of Policy Applications
Shreekar (Greg) Viswanatha
Science & Technology Commercialization
Ming Liang
A.I. & Organizational Behavior
JOIN THE CORPS
WE ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
We are especially interested in college graduates with deep expertise in statistical analysis, machine learning, computer science, and management. Especially attractive candidates will also speak two or more languages.