I-Corps Leadership

Hub Leadership

The NSF I-Corps Hub: Desert and Pacific Region is led by Arizona State University in partnership with the University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, the University of California, San Diego, the University of Hawai‘i, the University of Idaho, Boise State University, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and San Diego State University.

Ji Mi Choi Arizona State University

Director, NSF I-Corps Hub: Desert and Pacific Region, Hub Lead Instructor

Nancy Gonzales Arizona State University

Principal Investigator; Executive Vice President and University Provost

Zachary Holman Arizona State University

Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor and Director of Faculty Entrepreneurship, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Taylor Silverstein Arizona State University

Hub Coordinator
Coordinator, NSF I-Corps Hub: Desert and Pacific Region

David Hahn University of Arizona

Principal Investigator; Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona

Jason Wilder Northern Arizona University

Principal Investigator; Vice President for Research; Dean, College of Environment, Forestry and Natural Sciences

Albert Pisano University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator; Dean, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering

Hala Madanat San Diego State University

Vice President for Research and Innovation

Vassilis Syrmos University of Hawaiʻi

Principal Investigator; Vice President for Research and Innovation

Nancy Glenn Boise State University

Principal Investigator; Vice President of Research and Economic Development

Christopher Nomura University of Idaho

Principal Investigator; Vice President for Research and Economic Development

Rama Venkat University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Principal Investigator; Dean, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

Rachel Erbe Arizona State University

Hub Assistant, NSF I-Corps Hub: Desert and Pacific Region

Doug Hockstad University of Arizona

Project Director; Associate Vice President, TechLaunch Arizona

Cristy Salanga Northern Arizona University

Project Director; Patent Manager

Dennis Abremski University of California, San Diego

Project Director; Executive Director, Institute for Global Entrepreneur, Jacobs School of Engineering

Laura Buffard San Diego State University

Project Director; Associate Vice President, Innovation

Stanley Maloy San Diego State University

Project Director; Associate Vice President of Research & Innovation, Biology, Graduate & Research Affairs

Jim Deane University of Hawai'i

Interim Director, Office of Innovation and Commercialization, Chief Innovation Officer, UH Ventures

Brett Adkins Boise State University

Project Director; Director, Office of Technology Transfer

Arch Harner University of Idaho

Project Director; Assistant Vice President, Research Administration

Leith Martin University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Executive Director, Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Mark Van Dyke University of Arizona

Hub Research Lead; Associate Dean, Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Andrew Koppisch Northern Arizona University

Vice President for Research; Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Sujit Dey University of Idaho

Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering

Debasis Bhattacharya University of Hawaiʻi

Assistant Professor, Applied Business and Information Technology (ABIT), UH, Maui College

Caroline Fry University of Hawaiʻi

Assistant Professor

Shawn Benner Boise State University

Interim Dean, College of Innovation and Design; Professor, Department of Geosciences

Matthew Swenson University of Idaho

Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Program Director, Assistant Professor

Brendan O’Toole University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

John York University of California, San Diego

Lecturer and Lead Instructor, UCSD, Rady School of Management and Jacobs School of Engineering

Tommy Martindale SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY

Director of Technology Transfer

Tolulope Perrin-Stowe San Diego State University

Business Development and Licensing Associate

Cathy Pucher San Diego State University

Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Initiatives

Tian Chen University of Hawaiʻi

Assistant Professor

Rick Ritter Boise State University

Lab Director, New Ventures Lab, Inc.; Adjunct Lecturer

George Tanner University of Idaho

Idaho Entrepreneur Director; Instructor, Entrepreneurship

Samuel Ward University of California, San Diego

Director of Translational Research, School of Medicine

Dalee Yoon University of Hawaiʻi

Assistant Professor

Kent Neupert Boise State University

Professor, Department of Management

Marc Chopin University of Idaho

Professor, Economics

Yong Li University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Professor, Lee Professor of Entrepreneurship; Research Director for Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Bruce Burgess University of Arizona

Director, Venture Development

Joyce Tiglao University of California, San Diego

Program Manager, Institute for the Global Entrepreneur

Cara Van Sant Boise State University

Director, Venture College

John Crepeau University of Idaho

Professor, College of Engineering