Meet the Team | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Professional staff in Research Facilities support investigators across the WPI campus along with industry partners within the Commonwealth and beyond, partnering in areas of life and biology sciences, photonics, materials characterization, metal processing, and healthcare technologies. WPI’s technologies and labs harness the collective experience of facility directors and technical experts, who are among the best and brightest in their fields. They serve as facilitators, consultants, and collaborators available to support researchers every step of the way, including designing experiments, analyzing data, preparing manuscripts and grant submissions, and much more.

Susanna Perkins

Executive Director Research Facilities, Vice Provost for Research

Email: sperkins@wpi.edu

Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6577

Susanna Perkins is the Executive Director of Research Facilities focused on implementing process standards and measurements in support of existing service centers and creating a platform for future growth.

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Mitra Anand

Director of Innovation- WPI Makerspaces and Innovation Studio, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Email: mvanand@wpi.edu

Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6780

Andrew Butler

Director LSBC & Interim Director EHS, Life Sciences & Bioengineering Center

Email: abutler@wpi.edu

Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6634

James Eakin

Associate Director-LEAP, Vice Provost for Research

Email: jeakin@wpi.edu

Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6298

Boquan Li

Manager, Materials Characterization Lab, Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Email: boquanli@wpi.edu

Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6025

Tony Rogers

Lab Manager II, Manufacturing Engineering

Email: arogers@wpi.edu

Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4120

Ge Zhu

Practice Point Operations & Technology Manager, Practice Point

Email: gzhu@wpi.edu

Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6600

Ge joined PracticePoint after working in the defense & medical device industry, where he worked as a senior engineer in the applied optics division at Physical Sciences Inc. in Andover, MA. He also held mechanical engineering positions at the Mass General Hospital Research Institute and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Additionally, Ge is a veteran of the US Air Force.

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