May 1, 2025
In Spring 2025, 67 academic and research faculty members were promoted to the highest rank. We are honored to celebrate their accomplishments and contributions to the Georgia Tech community.
Academic Faculty
Faculty members newly awarded tenure are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Promoted to Professor
- Paul T. Alonso – School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
- Aditi Das – School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
- Munmun De Choudhury – School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing*
- Jennifer Blanchard Glass – School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences
- Marta Hatzell – George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- James H. Hays – School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing*
- Margaret Kosal - School of International Affairs, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
- Gabriel A. Kwong – School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Henry Storms La Pierre - School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
- Alexander Gerd Lerch – School of Music, College of Design
- Mark D. Losego – School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
- Matthew Todd McDowell – George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Martin P. Mourigal – School of Physics, College of Sciences
- Pardis Pishdad – School of Building Construction, College of Design
- B. Aditya Prakash – School of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Computing
- Amit Prasad – School of History and Sociology, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
- A. Fatih Sarioglu – School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
- Joseph K. Scott – School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering
- John Matthew Smith – School of History and Sociology, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
- Jake D. Soper – School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
- Simon N. Sponberg – School of Physics, College of Sciences
- Lauren Krista Stewart – School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Wenting Sun – School of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- Molei Tao – School of Mathematics, College of Sciences
- W. Hong Yeo – George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Promoted to Principal Lecturer
- Jacqueline Louise Garner – Scheller College of Business
Promoted to Principal Extension Professional
- Donna M. Ennis – Enterprise Innovation Institute
- Juli Golemi – Enterprise Innovation Institute
- Damon C. Nix – Enterprise Innovation Institute
- Wendy White – Enterprise Innovation Institute
Promoted to Principal Academic Professional
- Brandy Ball Blake – H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering
- Christy Michelle O'Mahony – School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
- Balakrishna S. Pai – Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Christopher M. Stanzione – School of Psychology, College of Sciences
- Jana Stone – Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
Promoted to Librarian/Archivist IV
- Alison E. Valk – Georgia Tech Library
Research Faculty
Promoted to Principal Research Scientist
- Curtis Free – CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)
- Kishor Kumar Gupta – School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
- Anthony J. Giarrusso – Geoinformation Systems, Architecture Centers, GTRI
- Kinsey R. Herrin – George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Creston D. Herold – CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)
- Akihiro Hayashi – School of Computer Science, College of Computing
- Trevor Mackenzie Lewis – CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)
- John Taylor Matthews – ICL, ICSD (GTRI)
- William Stuart Michelson – ATASL, ESL (GTRI)
- Anton S. Petrov – School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
- Jun Shirako – School of Computer Science, College of Computing
- Hongyi Zhou – School of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences
Promoted to Principal Research Engineer
- Shaun David Anderson – ATASL, SISD (GTRI)
- Paula Gomez – CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)
- François Guillot – George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Theodore Grosch – SEAL, SISD (GTRI)
- Chad Kerr – ESL, ESD (GTRI)
- Joshua Kovitz – ACL, SISD (GTRI)
- Nelson E. Lourenco – SEAL, SISD (GTRI)
- Álvaro L. Marenco – SEAL, SISD (GTRI)
- Scott Leon McLennan – CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)
- Michael Zachary Miller – ACL, SISD (GTRI)
- David John Oostdyk – SEAL, SISD (GTRI)
- Jeffrey David Pitcher – ICL, ICSD (GTRI)
- Andrew J. Stark – EOSL, ESD (GTRI)
- Xiaojuan Song – ATASL, SISD (GTRI)
- Francisco Valdés – CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)
- Raymond Warner – ATASL, SISD (GTRI)
- Samantha Ann Zaydman – ESL, ESD (GTRI)
Promoted to Principal Research Associate
- Phu Chieu Le – Research Support, Operations Division (GTRI)
- Dusty Meaders – CIPHR, ICSD (GTRI)
Promoted to Principal Extension Professional
- Donna M. Ennis – Enterprise Innovation Institute
- Juli Golemi – Enterprise Innovation Institute
- Damon C. Nix – Enterprise Innovation Institute
- Wendy White – Enterprise Innovation Institute
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