Alain E. Kaloyeros

Alain E. Kaloyeros
1st President and Chief Executive Officer of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute
In office
January 13, 2015 – October 11, 2016
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Bahgat G. Sammakia
Personal details
Born Beirut, Lebanon[1]
Residence Slingerlands, New York[2]
Alma mater University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, PhD, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, 1987[3][4][5]
Profession Nanoscale engineering

Alain E. Kaloyeros (born 1956, Beirut)[2] is an American physicist and the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York.[6][7]

Early life and education

Kaloyeros was born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and Greek father.[1] His family is Greek Orthodox Christian.[8][1] He attended Lebanese University and left Lebanon in 1980 for graduate school in Florida at the University of Miami, and he transferred to The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.[2][8] Kaloyeros graduated from The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with a doctorate in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics in 1987.[3][4][5][9][10]

Career

Kaloyeros was a professor in The University at Albany's physics department from 1988 until 2009 when the nanotechnology research center was spun-off from the department into a separate SUNY college.[1][5][11][8] He is Professor of Nanoscience at the SUNY Poly Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at University at Albany, SUNY.[3][12]

In January 2015, he was appointed Founding President of SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly).[1][13] He also is a Professor of Nanoscience at SUNY Poly.[1] In 2014, Kaloyeros earned $495,000 as President.[5][14]

He is Executive Director of the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, the Interconnect Focus Center – New York, the Energy/Environment Technologies Applications Center, and the New York State Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology.[15][16]

He is currently suspended without pay from all positions within SUNY.

Since 2006, he has been listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering.[3]

Legal issues

In September 2016, Kaloyeros was charged with felony bid rigging.[17][4] He was then suspended from his job as SUNY Polytechnic Institute's President.[18][19][20] His lawyer said Kaloyeros is innocent.[21]

Personal life

Kaloyeros is married to Paula Kaloyeros. They met while he was a graduate student in Illinois in the late 1980s.[9][8] He lives in Slingerlands, New York, a suburb of Albany.[22][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roth, Amy Neff (22 September 2016). "Who is Alain Kaloyeros?". uticaod.com. Observer-Dispatch. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Grondahl, Paul (29 September 2010). "ALAIN KALOYEROS: Nano czar studies paranoia, crazy bosses". timesunion.com. Times Union. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Alain E. Kaloyeros - University at Albany-SUNY". albany.edu. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Yee, Vivian (23 September 2016). "Physicist in Albany Corruption Case Was a Geek With Big Goals". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Klopott, Freeman (19 October 2015). "Dr. Nano's $43 Billion Empire Buffeted as Bharara Investigates". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Alain E. Kaloyeros". www.sunycnse.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-23. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  7. ↑ "New bill would limit Kaloyeros' pay". lohud.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Odato, James M. (9 July 2012). "'It's about achievement'". timesunion.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  9. 1 2 Finn, Robin (26 July 2002). "Behind a Research Center, a Geek With Great Cars". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Rulison, Larry (9 November 2011). "A round of applause for CEG". sfgate.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Rulison, Larry (22 September 2016). "Kaloyeros' rise to power in the Capital Region high-tech economy". timesunion.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Richard Pérez-Peña (19 July 2002). "Albany No Longer a Secret In High-Tech Chip World". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Susanne Craig (26 October 2015). "Despite Risks, Cuomo Bets on Solar Power to Lift Buffalo". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "SeeThroughNY". Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  15. ↑ "Researchers - Alain Kaloyeros". rpi.edu. Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  16. ↑ James C. McKinley, Jr. (16 November 2003). "Hope for the Upstate Economy in the Next Wave of Computer Chips". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "Complaint charges SUNY Poly's Kaloyeros, developer Nicolla with bid-rigging". timesunion.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  18. ↑ "SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros suspended from job, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces - Albany Business Review". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  19. ↑ Bump, Bethany (22 September 2016). "SUNY suspends Kaloyeros without pay, appoints system administrators to lead SUNY Poly". timesunion.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  20. ↑ Zamudio-Suaréz, Fernanda (22 September 2016). "SUNY Polytechnic President, Charged With Felony Bid-Rigging, Is Suspended Without Pay – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education". chronicle.com. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  21. ↑ The Associated Press (22 September 2016). "The Latest: Kaloyeros' Lawyer Says Client Will Be Exonerated". abcnews.go.com. New York. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  22. ↑ Moriarty, Rick (22 September 2016). "Heads of SUNY Poly and Albany construction company charged with bid rigging". syracuse.com. The Post-Standard. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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