Tandon Leadership Team
Meet the team that makes NYU Tandon a world-class engineering school

Juan de Pablo
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Executive Vice President for Global Science and Technology at NYU
and
Executive Dean of the Tandon School of Engineering
and
Executive Dean of the Tandon School of Engineering
Bio
Dr. de Pablo is the inaugural Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Executive Vice President for Global Science and Technology at NYU and the Executive Dean of NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. In these roles, he leads cross-university, multidisciplinary, and globally focused initiatives aimed at accelerating NYU's science and technology enterprise to address humanity's most pressing challenges. A renowned leader in materials science, his research focuses on the thermophysical properties of soft materials and molecular engineering, and he is the author or co-author of well over 700 publications and a textbook on Molecular Engineering Thermodynamics. He also holds more than 25 patents.
Awards and Honors
Office of the Dean
Eray Aydil
Senior Vice Dean, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Alstadt Lord Mark Professor
Rosemary Ampuero
Associate Dean of Student Life & Services
Alyshea Austern
Executive Director of Faculty Affairs Administration
Linda Ng Boyle
Vice Dean for Research; Professor of Civil, Urban, and Environmental Engineering
Sean Burns
Senior Executive Director of Development, Science and Technology
Elizabeth Ensweiler
Associate Dean, Admissions; Chief Inclusivity Officer
Nicole Johnson
Assistant Dean for Opportunity Programs, Academic Affairs; Chief Inclusivity Officer; Adjunct Faculty
Ya-Ting Liu
Chief of Staff and Director of Strategy
Sayar Lonial
Vice Dean, External Affairs & Public Relations
Kristy MacPhail
Chief Business Officer
Melinda Parham
Assistant Dean for First-year Students & Academic Initiatives, Academic Affairs; Chief Inclusivity Officer
Lauren Ptak
Chief Marketing Officer
Sara-Lee Ramsawak
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Academics & Global Engagement
Elisa Riedo
Herman F. Mark Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor of Physics at NYU’s College of Arts and Science; Director, Faculty Development
Paul Torrens
Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs; Professor
Peter Voltz
Vice Dean for Academics; Associate Professor
Jolie Woodson
Assistant Dean of Student Life & Services
Alesha Gooden
Director of Initiatives & Administration, Office of the Dean
Department Chairs
John Di Bartolo
Applied Physics Department Chair; Industry Professor
Andreas H. Hielscher
Biomedical Engineering Department Chair; Professor
LaShanda Korley
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Chair; Professor
Maurizio Porfiri
Civil, Urban, and Environmental Engineering Department Interim Chair; Institute Professor; Director of Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP); Director of the Urban Institute
Martín Farach-Colton
Computer Science and Engineering Department Chair; Leonard J. Shustek Professor of Computer Science
Ramesh Karri
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chair; Professor of ECE
Nizar Touzi
Finance and Risk Engineering Department Chair; Professor
Katsuo Kurabayashi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Chair
R. Luke DuBois
Technology, Culture and Society Department Co-Chair; Director of Research, Integrated Design and Media; Professor
Jean Gallagher
Technology, Culture and Society Department Co-Chair; Professor
Oded Nov
Technology Management and Innovation Department Chair; Morton L. Topfer Professor of Technology Management
Center Directors
Tandon Board
Scott Rechler
Chair, NYU Tandon Board; CEO and Chairman, RXR
Amy P. Batallones
Managing Director, Blackstone
Marianna Bonanome
CEO, Dainamiq
Kevin Chan
Managing Partner, SEAVI Advent Private Equity
Steven M. Cohen
Trustee, NYU
Anthony Concolino
Cloud Technology, Risk & Cybersecurity Executive
Juan de Pablo
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Executive Vice President for Global Science and Technology, New York University; Executive Dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Courtney Flood
Principal and Founder of Fulhame
John Frankel
Founding Partner, ff Venture Capital
Manish Ghayalod
Global Chief Technology Officer, TCW;Group Managing Director
Charles Hinkaty
Retired CEO, Del Laboratories, Inc.; Trustee Emeritus, NYU
Tal Kerret
President, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Mark Leslie
Managing Director, Leslie Ventures; Trustee, NYU
Alexander Lurye
Partner and Chief Risk Officer, Balyasny Asset Management, LP
Stan Polovets
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO The Genesis Prize Foundation
Dasha Ray Rettew
President and Senior Executive Advisor, Reservoir Advisors, Inc.; Trustee, NYU
Ravinder Sajwan
CEO, Renew Group Private Limited
Len Shustek
Co-Founder, Computer History Museum
Joseph S. Steinberg
Chairman, Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. Life; Trustee, NYU
Chandrika Tandon
Former Chair & Current Member, NYU Tandon Board; Chair, NYU President’s Global Council; Chair, Tandon Capital Associates
Ranjan Tandon
Founder and Managing Member, Libra Advisors and Tandon Family Office
Daniel Tisch
Managing Member, Towerview, LLC
Phil Venables
Strategic Security Advisor, Google; Partner, Ballistic Ventures; Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus
Presidential Fellows
Nicholas Donofrio
Presidential Fellow
Ivan Frisch
NYU School of Engineering Presidential Fellow (deceased)
Ralph Gomory
NYU Tandon School of Engineering Presidential Fellow
David Goodman
Professor Emeritus
Martin Hellman
NYU Tandon School of Engineering Presidential Fellow
Sir Jim McDonald
NYU School of Engineering Presidential Fellow and Professor; Principal/Vice Chancellor
Dante Youla
NYU School of Engineering Presidential Fellow and Professor Emeritus (deceased)