TIGER TEAMS

About the Tiger Teams Initiative

In anticipation of significant increases in funding for federal agencies, including NIH, NSF, DOE, and DOD, Stony Brook University established a number of “Tiger Teams” to help prepare faculty in advance of new funding opportunity announcements. The initial ten Tiger Teams focused on areas identified in the USICA bill, which would create a new directorate in the National Science Foundation. These Tiger Teams, each consisting of approximately four to six faculty, mapped our existing strengths to expected topics for new funding. Although much of the teams’ focus was on asset mapping and center-scale funding opportunities, the insights gained will benefit individual investigators and can also provide a roadmap for future investments in strategic areas. In total, ten teams were formed, led by 1-2 [co] leads and a total membership of 57 faculty. Staff from the Office of Proposal Development provided administrative support throughout the process.

TIGER TEAM NAMES & MEMBERSHIP

Advanced Communications Technology and Immersive Technology

Petar Djuric, Electrical & Computer Engineering* Meg Schedel, Music Samir Das, Computer Science Aruna Balasubramanian, Computer Science OPD Rep: Karrie Gash

Advanced Energy, Industrial Efficiency Technologies Including Batteries, and Advanced Nuclear Technologies

Amy Marschilok, Chemistry* Jason Trelewicz, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering* Stanislaus Wong, Chemistry Karena Chapman, Chemistry Fang Luo, Electrical & Computer Engineering Peng Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dimitris Assanis, Mechanical Engineering Gang He, Technology & Society Ali Khosronejad, Civil Engineering Kamazima Lwiza, SOMAS OPD Rep: Donna Scala

Advanced Materials Science, Including Composites and 2D Materials

Dilip Gersappe, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering* John Parise, Geosciences Surita Bhatia, Chemistry Anatoly Frenkel, Materials Science Matt Dawber, Physics & Astronomy OPD Rep: Mandy Frantz

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Autonomy, and Related Advances

Steven Skiena, Computer Science* Tahsin Kurc, Biomedical Informatics Susan Brennan, Psychology Heather Lynch, Ecology & Evolution Dimitris Samaras, Computer Science OPD Rep: Julianna Carbone

Biotechnology, Medical Technology, Genomics, and Synthetic Biology

Yi-Xian Qin, Biomedical Engineering* Clint Rubin, Biomedical Engineering Maya Shelly, Neurology & Behavior Richard Lin, Physiology and Biophysics Eszter Boros, Chemistry Sandeep Mallipattu, Medicine OPD Rep: Sheri Clark

Climate Change and Natural and Anthropogenic Disaster Prevention/Mitigation

Liliana Davalos, Ecology & Evolution* Sara Hamideh, SOMAS Matt Eisaman, Electrical & Computer Engineering Ali Farhadzadeh, Civil Engineering Edmund (Kar) Chang, SOMAS OPD Rep: Sheri Clark

Data Storage, Data Management, Distributed Ledger Technologies, and Cybersecurity, Biometrics

Erez Zadok, Computer Science* Fusheng Wang, Biomedical Informatics Nick Nikiforakis, Computer Science Michalis Polychronakis, Computer Science OPD Rep: Julianna Carbone

High-Performance Computing, Semiconductors, Advanced Computer Hardware/Software

Yuefan Deng, Applied Mathematics & Statistics* Milutin Stanacevic, Electrical & Computer Engineering Emre Salman, Electrical & Computer Engineering Michael Ferdman, Computer Science OPD Rep: Mandy Frant

Quantum Information Science & Technology

Tzu-Chieh Wei, CN Yang Institute Theoretical Physics* Leon Shterengas, Electrical & Computer Engineering* Dmitri Kharzeev, Physics & Astronomy Eden Figueroa, Physics & Astronomy Himanshu Gupta, Computer Science CR Ramakrishnan, Computer Science OPD Rep: Donna Scala

Robotics, Automation, and Advanced Manufacturing

Jeff Ge, Mechanical Engineering* Alex Orlov, Materials Science* Nilanjan Chakraborty, Mechanical Engineering Anurag Purwar, Mechanical Engineering Shanshan Yao, Mechanical Engineering Barney Grubbs, Chemistry Miriam Rafailovich, Materials Science Imin Kao, Mechanical Engineering OPD Rep: Karrie Gash