{"667389":{"#nid":"667389","#data":{"type":"news","title":"BME Professor Krish Roy to Become Dean of Engineering at Vanderbilt","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Krishnendu-Roy\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKrishnendu \u201cKrish\u201d Roy\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, biomedical engineering professor and founding director of the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cellmanufacturingusa.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENSF Engineering Research Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, is leaving Georgia Tech to accept a leadership post at Vanderbilt University.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn a news story published today, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/\/Users\/ggrillo3\/Desktop\/April23\/To%20Be%20Determined\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EVanderbilt announced it has hired Roy\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E as its next Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt is hard to part ways with the place and people you love,\u201d said Roy, Regents\u2019 Professor and Robert A. Milton Endowed Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI am excited about the incredible opportunities at Vanderbilt, but at the same time, sad to leave my Georgia Tech and CMaT family behind,\u201d Roy added. \u201cI am profoundly grateful for all the support I have received over the years from the administrators, faculty, staff, and students at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA pioneer in the field of immunoengineering \u2013 particularly in the development and use of biomaterials and cellular engineering tools to solve biomedical problems \u2013 Roy came to Georgia Tech in 2013 from the University of Texas-Austin. He\u2019ll begin his new role at Vanderbilt on August 1.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERoy also is director of the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cellmanufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMarcus Center for Cell Characterization and Manufacturing (MC3M)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Center for Immunoengineering, and a researcher in two interdisciplinary research institutes at Georgia Tech \u2013 the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/bio\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, and the Institute for \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/nano\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EElectronics and Nanotechnology (IEN).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKrish Roy, director of NSF CMaT, is leaving Georgia Tech to become dean of engineering at Vanderbilt University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Krish Roy, director of NSF CMaT, is leaving Georgia Tech to become dean of engineering at Vanderbilt University."}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2023-04-17 17:42:40","changed_gmt":"2023-05-15 16:37:01","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670561":{"id":"670561","type":"image","title":"Krish Roy","body":"\u003Cp\u003EKrishnendu \u0022Krish\u0022 Roy\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1681736834","gmt_created":"2023-04-17 13:07:14","changed":"1681737025","gmt_changed":"2023-04-17 13:10:25","alt":"Krish Roy","file":{"fid":"253444","name":"Krish lab background.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/17\/Krish%20lab%20background.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/17\/Krish%20lab%20background.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3113751,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/04\/17\/Krish%20lab%20background.jpg?itok=F7q8lzRh"}}},"media_ids":["670561"],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}