People

Leadership

Michael Colaresi
Michael Colaresi
Assistant Director of the CRC
Associate Vice Provost for Data Science
William S. Dietrich II Professor of Political Science
mcolaresi@pitt.edu
Barr von Oehsen
Vice Chancellor for Research Computing
Director, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
vonoehsen@pitt.edu
Kim F. Wong, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Research Computing
Research Associate Professor/Consultant
kimwong@pitt.edu
Adam Hobaugh
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Deputy CIO, Pitt Information Technology
Co-Director, Center for Research Computing
adam.hobaugh@pitt.edu
Lou Passarello
Director, Pitt IT Operations
lou.passarello@pitt.edu

Research-Facing

Leonardo Bernasconi, PhD
Research Assistant Professor/Consultant
leonardo.bernasconi@pitt.edu
Nickolas Comeau
Research Computing Specialist
nlc60@pitt.edu
Fangping Mu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor/Consultant
fangping@pitt.edu
Daniel J. Perrefort, PhD
DevOps and Software Engineering Lead
Research Assistant Professor
djperrefort@pitt.edu
Chengnian (Cheng) Xiao
Engineering HPC Consultant
chx33@pitt.edu

Support Staff

Brian Connelly
Coordinator of Outreach and Communications

bgc14@pitt.edu

Systems-Facing

Raul Valles
Facilities Coordinator
rrv3@pitt.edu
Joe Bia
Senior Network Engineer
jnb38@pitt.edu
Troy Caro
Systems Engineer
troy.caro@pitt.edu
Jeff Raymond
Systems Engineer
jar7@pitt.edu
Scott Weinman
Senior IT Security Analyst
Pitt IT Security
sdw37@pitt.edu

Advisory Committee

Robert K. Cunningham
Advisory Committee Chair
Vice Chancellor for Research Infrastructure
robertkcunningham@pitt.edu
Rachel Bezanson
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Dietrick School of Arts and Science
rachel.bezanson@pitt.edu
Lillian Chong
Professor, Chemistry
Dietrick School of Arts and Science
ltchong@pitt.edu
Jishnu Das
Assistant Professor, Immunology
School Medicine
jishnu@pitt.edu
Adriana Kovashka
Associate Professor, Computer Science
School of Computing and Information
kovashka@cs.pitt.edu
Alison Langmead
Clinical Professor and Director, Visual Media Workshop,
History of Art and Architecture
Dietrick School of Arts and Science
adlangmead@pitt.edu
Adrian V. Lee
Director, Institute for Precision Medicine
Paul Leu
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Swanson School of Engineering
pleu@pitt.edu
Giannis Mpourmpakis
Associate Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Swanson School of Engineering
gmpourmp@pitt.edu
Hatice U. Osmanbeyoglu
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics
School Medicine
osmanbeyogluhu@pitt.edu
Hyun Jung (HJ) Park
Assistant Professor, Human Genetics and Biostatistics
School of Public Health
hyp15@pitt.edu
Junmei Wang
Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy
juw79@pitt.edu