COMPASS Center

NSF COMPASS Center Team

Leadership

Director
Principal Investigator

Professor, Computer Science
Associate Department Head for Research, Computer Science
Virginia Tech

Project Manager

NSF COMPASS Center
Virginia Tech

Investigators

Co-Principal Investigator
Executive Committee
Co-lead, Replicate Thrust

G. Link Professor and Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
W. Boyce Professor and Chair, Urology
Wake Forest University 

Co-Investigator


Assistant Professor,
Department of Public and Ecosystem Health
Cornell University

Co-Investigator


Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest University

Co-Principal Investigator
Co-lead, Empower Thrust

Assistant Professor of Technical and Professional Writing and Rhetoric 
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator

Infectious Disease Epidemiology Concentration Chief, Cornell Public Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Public and Ecosystem Health 
Cornell University

Co-Investigator

Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
University of Michigan

Evaluator

Research Scientist, 
Department of Engineering Education 
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator
Co-lead, Jump Thrust

Associate Professor, Computer Science
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator

Director, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Virginia Tech

Co-Principal Investigator
Executive Committee
Co-lead, Jump Thrust

Professor, Internal Medicine,
University of Michigan Medical School
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts 
University of Michigan 

Co-Investigator
Co-lead, Empower Thrust

Interim Senior Associate Vice President, Research and Innovation 
Director,
Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance
Virginia Tech

Co-Principal Investigator
Co-lead, Persist Thrust

Charles P. Lunsford Professor and
University Distinguished Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator
Executive Committee

University Distinguished Professor, Molecular Virology, 
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine,
Professor, Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest University 

Co-Investigator

John M. Olin Professor of Virology, 
Baker Institute for Animal Health
Cornell University

Co-Investigator
Executive Committee
Co-lead, Replicate Thrust

Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor,
Chemical Engineering
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator
Executive Committee
Co-lead, Persist Thrust

Director, Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics,
Thomas L. Phillips Professor,
Computer Science 
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Cancer Biology 
Meharry Medical College

Co-Investigator
Executive Committee
Co-lead, Empower Thrust

Director, Virginia Tech Center for Communicating Science
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Performance and Voice,
School of Performing Arts
Virginia Tech

Co-Investigator

Professor, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology 
Meharry Medical College

Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest University 

Co-Investigator

Director, Michigan Pathogen Biorepository
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
University of Michigan

Co-Investigator
Executive Committee

Associate Department Chair, Graduate Programs
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Michigan

Co-Investigator

Assistant Professor, Information Science Cornell University