Georgia Tech is home to more than 2,500 faculty members who conduct research in hundreds of different areas. Most of our faculty members have established roIes in one or more of the eleven Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs), bringing them together from different disciplines to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech.
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Andrés J. García
Executive Director
Email Andrés J. García | Website
Institute for Data Engineering
and Science
David Sherrill
Interim Executive Director
Email David Sherrill | Website
Strategic Energy Institute
Christine Conwell
Interim Executive Director
Email Christine Conwell | Website
Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Thomas Kurfess
Executive Director
Email Thomas Kurfess | Website
Institute for Matter and Systems
Eric Vogel
Executive Director
Email Eric Vogel | Website
Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society
Audra Davidson
Research Communications Program Manager
Email Audra Davidson | Website
Institute for People
and Technology
Michael Best
Executive Director
Email Michael Best | Website
Renewable Bioproducts Institute
Carson Meredith
Executive Director
Email Carson Meredith | Website
Institute for Robotics and
Intelligent Machines
Gregory Sawicki
Interim Executive Director
Email Gregory Sawicki | Website
Space Research Institute
W. Jud Ready
Executive Director
Email W. Jud Ready | Website
Brook Byers Institute for
Sustainable Systems
Beril Toktay
Executive Director
Email Beril Toktay | Website
Research News
Communications and News
Media Contact
Shelley Wunder-Smith
Director, Research Communications
Email Shelley Wunder-Smith | Website
