PSC Staff Directory

Executive Management

J. Barr von Oehsen, the new director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Barr von Oehsen, PhD.

Director

barr@psc.edu

David J. Moses, PhD.

Executive Director

dmoses@psc.edu

Phil Blood, PhD.

Scientific Director

blood@psc.edu

PSC Staff

Andrew Adams

Principal Information Security Officer

akadams@psc.edu

Erica Anderson

Business Administrator

erica3@psc.edu

Rich Angeletti

Senior Network Engineer

reno@psc.edu

Cheryl Begandy

External Relations Coordinator

begandy@psc.edu

Kathy Benninger

Manager Of Networking Research

benninge@psc.edu

David Betancur

Senior Software Engineer

dbetancur@psc.edu

Paola Buitrago

Director, Artificial Intelligence & Big Data

paola@psc.edu

Iván Cao-Berg

Research Software Specialist

icaoberg@psc.edu

Megan Carroll

Manager, Business Development and Partnerships

carrollm@psc.edu

Ken Chiacchia, PhD.

Senior Science Writer

chiacchi@psc.edu

Chris Csonka

Technical Writer

csonka@psc.edu

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Burt Cubbison

Software Engineer

cubbison@psc.edu

Stephen Cunningham

Senior Network Operations Engineer

cunningh@psc.edu

Stephen Deems

Assistant Director for Project Management

deems@psc.edu

Michelle Devlin

Senior Administrative Coordinator

mdevlin@psc.edu

Mitchell Dorrell, PhD.

Senior Computational Scientist

mwd@psc.edu

Diane Eshelman

Project Manager

diane@psc.edu

Shane Filus

Senior IT Security Engineer

filus@psc.edu

Martin Gesheff

Systems Automation Engineer

gesheff@psc.edu

Bryon Gill

Advanced Computing Systems Specialist

bgill@psc.edu

Roberto Gomez, PhD.

Senior Computational Science Consultant

gomez@psc.edu

Ken Goodwin

Director, Networking

goodwin@psc.edu

Ken Hackworth

Senior Manager, Allocations

hackworth@psc.edu

Ed Hanna

Director, Advanced Systems & Operations

ehanna@psc.edu

Brendan Honick

Data Curator and Metadata Librarian

bhonick@psc.edu

Greg Hood

Senior Computer Scientist

ghood@psc.edu

Lucille Jarzynka

Administrative Analyst

jarzynka@psc.edu

Brian Johanson

Senior HPC System Administrator

bjohanso@psc.edu

David Kapcin

Director of Finance and Administration

kapcin@psc.edu

Anjana Kar

Senior Storage Systems Specialist

kar@psc.edu

Mariah Kenney

Data Curator and Metadata Librarian (DCML)

kenneyml@psc.edu

Rozita Laghaei, PhD.

Research Scientist

rlagha@psc.edu

Michael Lambert, PhD.

Gigapop Manager

lambert@psc.edu

Xiao Liang, PhD.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

liangstein@psc.edu

Rob Light

Principal Systems Software Engineer Manager

light@psc.edu

Marcela Madrid, PhD.

Senior Computational Scientist

mmadrid@psc.edu

Tom Maiden

Tom Maiden

Manager of User Services

tmaiden@psc.edu

Hawa Na Aata

IT Security Engineer/Analyst

hnaaata@psc.edu

Ray Nardozzi

Senior Buyer and Facilities Manager

nardozzi@psc.edu

Deb Nigra

Senior Computational Science Consultant

nigra@psc.edu

T.J. Olesky

User Engagement Specialist

tjolesky@psc.edu

Liz Pantalone

Web Platform Developer

ecp@psc.edu

Clint Perrone

Senior Systems Specialist

perrone@psc.edu

Gesina Phillips

Senior Systems Software Engineer

gesina@psc.edu

Tod Pike

HPC Unix System Administrator

tpike@psc.edu

Juan Puerto

Principal Software Engineer, HuBMAP

jpuerto@psc.edu

Brandon Pusateri

Allocations Coordinator

brandonp@psc.edu

Chris Rapier

Senior Research Programmer

rapier@psc.edu

Alex Ropelewski

Director, Biomedical Applications

ropelews@psc.edu

Ryan Sablosky

Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer

sablosky@psc.edu

Sergiu Sanielevici, PhD.

Director, Support for Scientific Applications

sergiu@psc.edu

Robin Scibek

Director of Communications

flaus@psc.edu

Holly Shephard

Project Manager

hshephard@psc.edu

Derek Simmel

Senior Information Security Officer

dsimmel@psc.edu

Colleen Storm

Grant Writer

cstorm@psc.edu

Marissa Thompson

Web and Graphic Designer

marissa@psc.edu

Luke Tuite

Web Developer

ltuite96@psc.edu

Jackie Uranic

Data Curator and Metadata Librarian

juranic@psc.edu

Julian Uran

Machine Learning Research Engineer

julian@psc.edu

John Urbanic

Distinguished Service Professor at PSC
Parallel Computing Scientist

urbanic@psc.edu

Mei-Yu Wang, PhD.

Machine Learning Research Scientist

mwang7@psc.edu

Yang Wang, PhD.

Senior Computational Scientist

ywg@psc.edu

Bryan Webb

Systems and Facilities Administrator

webb@psc.edu

Joel Welling, PhD.

Senior Scientific Specialist

welling@psc.edu

Art Wetzel

Principal Computer Scientist

awetzel@psc.edu

Ed Wozniak

HPC System Administrator

wozniak@psc.edu

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Matt Yoder

Systems Software Engineer

mjyoder@psc.edu

Groups

Advanced Systems & Operations
Allocations
AI & Big Data
Biomedical Applications
Cybersecurity
Executive Management
External Relations & Outreach
Finance & Administration
Networking
Project Management
Support for Scientific Applications

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