THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH INNOVATION
NORTHEASTERN NAI CHAPTER BOARDS
Executive Committee
Jennifer Boyle-Lynch
Executive Director, CRI
Randy Erb
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & NAI Faculty Chair
Advisory Board
Honorary Members-Internal
David Luzzi
Senior Vice Provost for Research and Vice President of the Innovation Campus
Deirdre Sanders
Principal
Kenneth Blank
Vice Provost for Research and Senior Advisor
Leonard Polizzotto
Executive in Residence, D’Amore-McKim Business School
Innovation Board
Mansoor Amiji
Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yunume Fitchorova
Affiliated Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering & Senior Research Scientist, Kostas Research Institute
Yiannis Levendis
Distinguished Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Steve Lustig
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Sanjeev Mukerjee
Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Sarah Ostadabbas
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering & Director of the Women in Engineering Program
Aarti Sathyanarayana
Assistant Professor, Computer Sciences and Health Sciences
Srinivas Sridhar
Director of Nanomedicine Innovation Center and Nanomedicine Academy and Distinguished University Professor of Physics
Program Manager
PJ Dupuis
Assistant Director of Marketing and Programs
Executive Committee
Jennifer Boyle-Lynch
Executive Director, CRI
Randy Erb
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Advisory Board
Honorary Members-Internal
David Luzzi
Senior Vice Provost for Research and Vice President of the Innovation Campus
Kenneth Blank
Vice Provost for Research and Senior Advisor
Len Polizzotto
Executive in Residence
Deirdre Saunders
Principal
Innovation Board
Mansoor Amiji
Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yunume Fitchorova
Affiliated Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering & Senior Research Scientist, Kostas Research Institute
Yiannis Levendis
Distinguished Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Steve Lustig
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Sanjeev Mukerjee
Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Sarah Ostadabbas
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering & Director of the Women in Engineering Program
Aarti Sathyanarayana
Assistant Professor, Computer Sciences and Health Sciences
Srinivas Sridhar
Director of Nanomedicine Innovation Center and Nanomedicine Academy and Distinguished University Professor of Physics
Program Manager
PJ Dupuis
Assistant Director of Marketing and Programs
Membership list will be updated annually in September.
Jennifer Boyle-Lynch
Jennifer is the Executive Director of Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation where she is responsible for formulating the vision and executing the mission of the CRI. By merging her extensive experience in business and academia with a passion for generating real-world solutions, Jennifer facilitates the movement of Northeastern’s use-inspired research from lab to living room. Overseeing CRI programs that educate faculty, accelerate technological development, and spur venture creation, Jennifer stresses operational excellence and the cultivation of enduring relationships between industry leaders and the Northeastern community that catalyze local and global impact.
Prior to becoming Executive Director, Jennifer served as the CRI’s Director of Finance and Operations. Before joining Northeastern in 2010, she worked in the field of Sponsored Research as the International Project Coordinator at Harvard School of Public Health. Her entrepreneurial spirit found expression in Nu-Print, the company she founded and presided over for 14 years before venturing into higher education.
In 2017, Jennifer was the recipient of Northeastern’s prestigious “Outstanding Service Award,” in recognition of her compelling leadership and dedication to innovation.
PJ is the Assistant Director of Marketing and Programs for Northeastern’s CRI. She promotes the visibility and enhances the reputation of Northeastern’s technology transfer of researchers and entrepreneurs via cross-platform marketing and events. Marketing efforts educate and inspire the research community engaging CRI’s suite of patent, commercialization and venture services.
PJ has an extensive background in marketing and program management supporting higher education, health and wealth benefits, and the financial industry. She holds a Masters in Education from American International College and a Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University.
Ken Blank, Ph.D.
Ken Blank is a demonstrated innovative and effective leader in building high impact, sustainable use-inspired research programs.. He has a proven ability to engage industry, mission oriented government agencies, and universities in productive collaboration. These key alliances increase funded research to support the development of new emerging technologies and contribute to successful technology commercialization, and workforce-related programs. Blank has held senior research leadership positions at nationally recognized research institutions successfully increasing metrics in research revenue and technology commercialization.. He serves on the Board of Directors of The University City Science Center (Philadelphia, PA) and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (Newark, NJ) and is a Fellow of The National Academy of Inventors and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Ken Blank, Ph.D.
Ken Blank is a demonstrated innovative and effective leader in building high impact, sustainable use-inspired research programs.. He has a proven ability to engage industry, mission oriented government agencies, and universities in productive collaboration. These key alliances increase funded research to support the development of new emerging technologies and contribute to successful technology commercialization, and workforce-related programs. Blank has held senior research leadership positions at nationally recognized research institutions successfully increasing metrics in research revenue and technology commercialization.. He serves on the Board of Directors of The University City Science Center (Philadelphia, PA) and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (Newark, NJ) and is a Fellow of The National Academy of Inventors and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.