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Research Associates

The RENCI Research Associates Program gives faculty at the three RENCI founding institutions-Duke, North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-the chance to enhance their research efforts through collaboration with RENCI.

Research Associates have access to RENCI infrastructure to support research leading to breakthrough discoveries. They also have opportunities to collaborate with RENCI staff and other RENCI Research Associates across multiple disciplines and campuses. In turn, the Research Associates help RENCI by becoming early adopters and users of advanced technologies and by assisting the Institute in creating and deploying better tools for discovery, collaboration and education.

Research Associates are appointed for one academic year, with the option to extend the relationship to subsequent years.

2006 - 2007 RENCI Research Associates

John Blondin
professor, physics, NC State
Rachael Brady
adjunct associate professor, computer science; founding director, Visualization Technology Group, Duke
Christopher R. Browning
Frank Porter Graham Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
Cathy Davidson
interim director and professor of interdisciplinary studies, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute; Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English, Duke
William Kaufmann
professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Timothy Lenoir
professor and Kimberly Jenkins Chair for New Technologies and Society, Duke
Rick Leuttich
professor and director, Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Terry Magnuson
professor and director, Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dinesh Manocha
distinguished professor, computer science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Craig Mattocks
research associate, Carolina Environmental Program, UNC-Chapel Hill
Frank Mueller
associate professor, computer science, NC State
Mladen Vouk
department head, computer science; associate vice provost for information technology, NC State
Kirk Wilhelmsen
associate professor, genetics and neurology, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine