Meet Our Team
Advisory Board
Our advisory board is composed of academic, civil and industry visionaries with deep domain knowledge and a steadfast commitment to our mission of tech for the public good. Read their full bios.
Dado Banatao
Chair CITRIS Advisory Board
Managing Partner Tallwood Venture Capital
Simon J. Atkinson
Vice Chancellor for Research UC Davis
Liana Bailey-Crimmins
State Chief Information Officer and Director California Department of Technology
Jennifer Chayes
Dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society UC Berkeley
William Dean Donovan
Managing Director and Co-founder DiamondStream Partners
Stuart Feldman
Chief Scientist Schmidt Futures
Nickhil Jakatdar
CEO GenePath Diagnostics
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Dean of the College of Engineering UC Berkeley
John MacMillan
Vice Chancellor for Research UC Santa Cruz
Theresa A. Maldonado
Vice President for Research and Innovation UC Office of the President
George Pavlov
CEO Bayshore Global Management
David Rapaport
Head of Research and Collaboration Siemens Corporate Technology
George Rehm
Director iSono Health
S. Shankar Sastry
CITRIS Director Emeritus (2005-07) UC Berkeley
Matt Sonsini
Principal and Co-founder Academic Innovation Catalyst
Amy Tong
Secretary California Government Operations Agency
Gillian Wilson
Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development UC Merced
Katherine Yelick
Vice Chancellor for Research UC Berkeley
Weijie Yun
Founder and Managing Partner Tyche Partners
CITRIS Leadership
We have assembled a multicampus roster of groundbreaking researchers and thought leaders to helm the programs and initiatives that make CITRIS buzz with discovery. Learn more about our leaders.
Alexandre Bayen, Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Camille Crittenden, Executive Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Campuses
Saif Islam, Director, CITRIS at UC Davis
Erin Hestir, Director, CITRIS at UC Merced
Katia Obraczka, Director, CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz
Initiatives
Ricardo Sanfelice, Director, CITRIS Aviation
Michele Barbato, Director, CITRIS Climate
Carl Blumstein, Executive Director, CITRIS Climate
Nicholas Anderson, Co-director, CITRIS Health
James Marcin, Co-director, CITRIS Health
David Lindeman, Executive Director, CITRIS Health
Brandie Nonnecke, Director, CITRIS Policy Lab
Labs & Programs
Kristopher Pister, Director Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at CITRIS
Bill Flounders, Executive Director, Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at CITRIS
Ron Zakay, Interim Managing Director, CITRIS Foundry
Jill Finlayson, Managing Director, CITRIS Innovation Hub
Eric Paulos, Director, CITRIS Invention Lab
Operations
Tamara Bock, Senior Director of Development
Julie Shapiro, Director of Corporate Relations
Domenico Caramagno, Director of Facilities and Operations
Emily Hartman, Director of Events
Cheryl Martinez, Director of Communications
Tracy Turner, Director of Finance and Research Support
CITRIS Staff
Supported by a crew of dedicated and talented professionals, each an expert in their own field, CITRIS helps to shape the future of technology. Read more about our staff.
UC Berkeley
Gale Berkowitz, Associate Director, CITRIS Health
Dan Chapman, Senior Artist
Eunice Chung, Research Analyst, California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) and CITRIS Climate
Nicole-Marie Cotton, Program Manager, CITRIS Workforce Development Program
Angelica Gonzalez, Finance and Administration Manager
Daisy Hernandez, Events Coordinator
Jolie Lam, Surgical Robotics and Digital Health Program Manager, CITRIS Health
Phyllis Lin, Research Data Science Analyst, CITRIS Health
Scott McGrath, Academic Program Management Officer, CITRIS Health
Adriel Olmos, Multimedia Manager
Therese Peffer, Associate Director, California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) and CITRIS Climate
Ravnit Plaha, Development Manager
A-niesha Sapp, Events and Facilities Specialist
Kristin Waller, Digital Communications Manager
Jing Wu, Design and Content Strategist, California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) and CITRIS Climate
Annie Yeh, Administrative Coordinator
Peng Yin, Postdoctoral Fellow, CITRIS Workforce Development Program
UC Davis
Shavaun Diallo, Assistant Director of Operations
Tod Stoltz, Director of Business Development, UC Davis Health
UC Merced
Hanna Bartram, Managing Director
Eleanor King, Outreach and Education Coordinator
UC Santa Cruz
Becca Fenwick, Director, CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER)
Eric Guerrieri, Program Coordinator, CITRIS Aviation
Saara Korpela, Administrative and Program Assistant
Michael Matkin, Executive Director