Ganesh Balakrishnan Named New Director at New Mexico EPSCoR

NM EPSCoR has announced the appoint-ment of Ganesh Balakrishnan as new Director, effective March 1. Ganesh Balakrishnan succeeds Dr. Bill Michener, who will retire this year.

Ganesh "Gunny" Balakrishnan brings over ten years of experience to NM EPSCoR, serving as PI on fifteen large grants in addition to numerous Co-PI appointments. He will continue to teach in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UNM and will be actively involved in research at the Center for High Technology Materials, working on semiconductor materials and devices. Prior to the EPSCoR directorship, he was the Program Chair for the Optical Science and Engineering Program and the Associate Department Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.