SUNY trustees appoint Kaloyeros as founding president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute

ALBANY — Alain Kaloyeros said he is “privileged and humbled” to be the first to lead the faculty, staff, and students of SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly).
The State University of New York (SUNY) board of trustees has appointed Kaloyeros as the founding president of SUNY Poly.

 

“SUNY Polytechnic Institute is a revolutionary discovery and education model with two coequal campuses in Utica and Albany, and a key component of Governor Cuomo’s vision for high-tech innovation, job creation, and economic development in New York state,” Kaloyeros contended in a news release.

The State University system formed SUNY Poly through the merger of the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany and the SUNY Institute of Technology in Marcy.

 

Kaloyeros earned his Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1987.

A year later, Gov. Mario Cuomo recruited Kaloyeros under the SUNY Graduate Research Initiative.

 

Since then, Kaloyeros has been “actively” involved in the development and implementation of New York’s high-tech strategy to become a “global leader” in the nanotechnology-driven economy of the 21st century, SUNY Poly said.

“Dr. Alain Kaloyeros has led SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering since its inception, helping to make this first-of-its-kind institution a global model and position New York State as a leader in the nanotechnology-driven economy of the 21st century,” H. Carl McCall, chairman of the SUNY board of trustees, said in the release. “It is only fitting that Dr. Kaloyeros be the one to build that model and bring it to scale through the continued development and expansion of SUNY Polytechnic Institute.”

 

SUNY describes the establishment of the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Poly as a “critical cornerstone of New York’s high-technology strategy.”

The system views CNSE as a “global” resource that enables “pioneering” research and development, technology deployment, education, and commercialization for the international nanoelectronics industry.

 

SUNY originally founded CNSE in April 2004 in response to the rapid changes and evolving needs in the educational and research landscapes that the emergence of nanotechnology generated.

Under Kaloyeros’ leadership, CNSE has generated more than $20 billion in public and private investments.

 

The funding includes about $1.75 billion from New York state and more than $19 billion from the federal government and international nanoelectronics industry, according to the SUNY Poly website.

SUNY Poly also co-founded and manages operations at the Computer Chip Commercialization Center (QUAD-C) and is the lead developer of the Marcy Nanocenter site, both in Marcy.