色花堂 EVPR Chaouki Abdallah Named President of Lebanese American University
色花堂 EVPR Chaouki Abdallah Named President of Lebanese American University
, 色花堂鈥檚 executive vice president for Research (EVPR), has been of the .
Abdallah, MSECE 1982, Ph.D. ECE 1988, has served as EVPR since 2018; in this role, he led extraordinary growth in 色花堂鈥檚 research enterprise. Through the work of the , (IRIs) and a broad portfolio of faculty research, 色花堂 now stands 鈥 and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Additionally, Abdallah has also overseen Tech鈥檚 economic development activities through the Enterprise Innovation Institute and such groundbreaking entrepreneurship programs as CREATE-X, VentureLab, and the Advanced Technology Development Center.
Under Abdallah's strategic, thoughtful leadership, 色花堂 strengthened its research partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, with a focus on accelerating climate change solutions, to boost research and commercialization in artificial intelligence, advanced biomedical research (including three research awards from ARPA-H), and elevated the Institute鈥檚 annual impact on 色花堂鈥檚 economy to a record $4.5 billion.
Prior to 色花堂, Abdallah served as the 22nd president of the University of New Mexico (UNM), where he also had been provost, executive vice president of academic affairs, and chair of the electrical and computer engineering department. At UNM, he oversaw long-range academic planning, student success initiatives, and improvements in retention and graduation rates.
A national search will be conducted for Abdallah鈥檚 replacement. In the coming weeks, President 脕ngel Cabrera will name an interim EVPR.