Leadership & Staff
Hossein Alizadeh, Ph.D.
Technical Director
Email: halizade@bu.edu
Tel. (617) 353-0632
Thomas Bifano, Ph.D.
Center Director, Vice President and Associate Provost ad interim for Research
Email: tgb@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-8908
Meghan Foley
Assistant Director of Finance & Administration
Email: megfoley@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 358-4438
Danny Giancioppo
Communications Manager
Email: dannyvg@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-8656
Maria Harlow
Associate Director of Administration, ERC
Email: mharlow@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 358-1035
Brenda Hugot
Associate Director of Summer Programs & Outreach
Email: bhugot@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-1910
Nozomi Ito
Associate Director of Grants Administration
Email: nozomi@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-2442
Paul Mak
Laboratory Manager
Email: pmak@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-8869
Beth Mathisen
Assistant Director BIC, Grants, & Initiatives
Email: bethmath@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-8907
Cara Ellis McCarthy
Executive Director
Email: cellis@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 358-4257
Alexey Nikiforov, Ph.D.
Laboratory Manager
Email: alnik@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-9045
Kelly Peña
Multimedia Manager
Email: kmpena@bu.edu
Tel.: 617-358-4924
Sandra Rodegher, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Convergence and Workforce Planning
Email: srodeghe@bu.edu
Tel: (860) 608-4250
Arthur Shih, Ph.D.
Laboratory Manager
ajshih@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-8899
Lisa Tanrikulu
Administrative Coordinator, ERC
lisat@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 358-4080
Joe Walker
Manager of Operations & Technical Programs
josephw@bu.edu
Tel: (617) 353-8912