{"682159":{"#nid":"682159","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Honoring Faculty Promoted to the Highest Rank, Spring 2025","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Spring 2025,\u0026nbsp;67 academic and research faculty members\u0026nbsp;were promoted to the highest rank. We are honored to celebrate their accomplishments and contributions to the Georgia Tech community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EAcademic Faculty\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFaculty members newly awarded tenure are indicated with an asterisk (*).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EPromoted to Professor\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul T. Alonso\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAditi Das\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMunmun De Choudhury\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing*\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Blanchard Glass\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarta Hatzell\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames H. Hays\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing*\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret Kosal\u003C\/strong\u003E - School of International Affairs, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGabriel A. Kwong\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHenry Storms La Pierre\u003C\/strong\u003E - School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlexander Gerd Lerch\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Music, College of Design\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark D. Losego\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Todd McDowell\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMartin P. Mourigal\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Physics, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPardis Pishdad\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Building Construction, College of Design\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EB. Aditya Prakash\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Computing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAmit Prasad\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of History and Sociology, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. Fatih Sarioglu\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph K. Scott\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Matthew Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of History and Sociology, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJake D. Soper\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESimon N. Sponberg\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Physics, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELauren Krista Stewart\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWenting Sun\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMolei Tao\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Mathematics, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW. Hong Yeo\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EPromoted to Principal Lecturer\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJacqueline Louise Garner\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Scheller College of Business\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EPromoted to Principal Extension Professional\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDonna M. Ennis\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Enterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJuli Golemi\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Enterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDamon C. Nix\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Enterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWendy White\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Enterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EPromoted to Principal Academic Professional\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrandy Ball Blake\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristy Michelle O\u0027Mahony\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBalakrishna S. Pai\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher M. Stanzione\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Psychology, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJana Stone\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EPromoted to Librarian\/Archivist IV\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlison E. Valk\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Georgia Tech Library\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EResearch Faculty\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPromoted to Principal Research Scientist\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurtis Free\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKishor Kumar Gupta\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnthony J. Giarrusso\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Geoinformation Systems, Architecture Centers, GTRI\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKinsey R. Herrin\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECreston D. Herold\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAkihiro Hayashi\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Computer Science, College of Computing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETrevor Mackenzie Lewis\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Taylor Matthews\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ICL, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam Stuart Michelson\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ATASL, ESL (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnton S. Petrov\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJun Shirako\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Computer Science, College of Computing\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHongyi Zhou\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPromoted to Principal Research Engineer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShaun David Anderson\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ATASL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaula Gomez\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFran\u00e7ois Guillot\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETheodore Grosch\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 SEAL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChad Kerr\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ESL, ESD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoshua Kovitz\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ACL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENelson E. Lourenco\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 SEAL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u00c1lvaro L. Marenco\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 SEAL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EScott Leon McLennan\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Zachary Miller\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ACL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid John Oostdyk\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 SEAL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJeffrey David Pitcher\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ICL, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew J. Stark\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 EOSL, ESD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EXiaojuan Song\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ATASL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrancisco Vald\u00e9s\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERaymond Warner\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ATASL, SISD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESamantha Ann Zaydman\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 ESL, ESD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPromoted to Principal Research Associate\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhu Chieu Le\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 Research Support, Operations Division (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDusty Meaders\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2013 CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPromoted to Principal Extension Professional\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDonna M. 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