People
The leadership, specialists, and administration of PARCC.
PARCC Staff
Jaime Combariza
Executive Director
Kenneth Chaney
Associate Director of AI and Service Technology
Jamie Schnaitter
HPC Systems Engineer
PARCC Faculty Committee
Li‐San Wang, PhD
PARCC Council Chair
Peter C. Nowell, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Co‑Director, Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center; Associate Dean for Computing, Perelman School of Medicine
Aleksandra Vojvodic, PhD
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Director, Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS)
Junhyong Kim, PhD
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology; Professor of Computer and Information Science (secondary); Chair, Department of Biology
Zachary Ives, PhD
Adani President’s Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Science; Department Chair, Computer and Information Science
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI
Mary Alice Bennett University Professor (Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor); Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Penn Nursing
Jacob R. Gardner, PhD
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, Penn Engineering
Paris Perdikaris, PhD
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (primary) and Computer and Information Science
Weijie Su, PhD
Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Wharton; Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Informatics, and Mathematics (courtesy); Co‑Director, Penn Research in Machine Learning (PRiML)
PARCCitects (Building Betty @ PARCC)
Project Faculty Advisors
Rene Vidal
Rachleff University Professor, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science
Provost’s Center and Office of the Vice Provost for Research
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marta Bartholomew | Director of Research Programs and Communications |
| Dawn Bonnell, PhD | Senior Vice Provost for Research; Henry Robinson Towne Professor of Engineering and Applied Science |
| Mike Borda | Associate Vice Provost for Research |
| Matt Lane | Associate Provost for Finance and Administration |
| Monesa Williams | Executive Assistant to the SVPR |
School of Arts and Sciences
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Christine Brisson | Senior Director of Computing |
| Corinn Harrell | Vice Dean of Finance and Administration |
| Kyle Jermaine Small | Director of Cloud, HPC, and Web Services |
| Andrea Mazzucchi | Director of Cloud, HPC, and Web Services |
| Lokke Highstein | HPC Systems Architect |
Perelman School of Medicine and HUP
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Meredith Fetters | Associate CIO of Research Information Systems |
| Chris Masotti | Vice Dean of Finance and Operations |
| Paul Williams | Vice President of Information Systems Infrastructure Technology |
| Rikki Godshall | Information Technology Director |
School of Engineering and Applied Science
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Matthews | Vice Dean of Finance and Administration |
| Kris Varhus | Chief Information Officer |
| Daniel Widyono | Information Technology Director, Server Infrastructure Services |
| Jamie Schnaitter | Systems Administrator |
Information Systems & Computing
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dawn Augustino | PARCC Program Manager |
| John O’Brien | Network Architect |
| Garrick Hamlin | Information Technology Architect |
| Keith Duvall | Information Technology Technical Director |
| Donna Jacobs | Information Technology Senior Director |
| Greg Hartley | Senior Information Technology Manager |
| David Cohen | Information Technology Senior Leader |
| Dave Tarampi | Software Asset Manager |
| Rick Kahley | Director, Information Technology & Contracting |