Tandon Leadership Team

Meet the team that makes NYU Tandon a world-class engineering school

Jelena Kovačević became Dean of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering in August 2018. Kovačević is the first woman to head the school since its founding in 1854 as the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute.

It is an honor to be named dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, I am excited to be joining Tandon on a journey to create a vision for its future, one steeped in history that has created the foundation of this great school and beacon of opportunity and innovation in Brooklyn. I want the school to become a top-tier research institution that has the “students first” philosophy and educates them to be global citizens of the world, a school that makes an impact on society through our entrepreneurial culture and innovative programs in an inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard and we are governed by respect for each other and joy of doing.”

— Dean Jelena Kovačević
Email: jelenak@nyu.edu

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Office of the Dean

Rosemary Ampuero

Associate Dean of Student Life & Services

Jean Alex Berthoumieux

Director, Budget and Finance

Pat Bowers

Vice Dean, Finance and Administration

Linda Ng Boyle

Vice Dean for Research; Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering

Sean Burns

Associate Dean of Development

Valerie Cabral

Director Alumni Relations

Shivani Dhir

Assistant Dean, Digital Learning

Elizabeth Ensweiler

Assistant Dean, Admissions; Chief Inclusivity Officer

Margaret Gibson

Senior Director for Human Resources

Yona Jean-Pierre

Senior Director, Digital Learning and Teaching Innovation

Nicole Johnson

Assistant Dean for Opportunity Programs, Academic Affairs; Chief Inclusivity Officer; Adjunct Faculty

Vikram Kapila

Director, Ph.D. Hub; Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Maey Khaled

Senior Director, Campus Planning and Technical Services

Sayar Lonial

Associate Dean, Communications and Public Affairs; Interim-Executive Director, NYC Media Lab

Ahmed Nassef

Director, Operations & Administration

Nina Nguyen

Director, Projects & Programs

Melinda Parham

Assistant Dean for First-year Students & Academic Initiatives, Academic Affairs; Chief Inclusivity Officer

Maurizio Porfiri

Institute Professor; Director of CUSP

Lauren Ptak

Chief Marketing Officer

Elisa Riedo

Herman F. Mark Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor of Physics at NYU’s College of Arts and Science; Director, Faculty Development