
Centers and Core Facilities
Contact the Frontier Center
Anant Agarwal
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University
agarwal.334@osu.edu
Ardeshir Contractor
Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research, The Ohio State University
contractor.15@osu.edu
Abhishek Gupta
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
gupta.706@osu.edu
Dinesh Kabra
Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
dkabra@iitb.ac.in
Saurabh Lodha
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
slodha@ee.iitb.ac.in
Program Manager
Joanna Gardner
Research Development Manager
Joanna leads pre-award proposal development, post-award program management, and seed grant administration for IMR faculty, while coordinating international research partnerships and events supporting the institute’s mission.
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Administrative Staff
Mike Huson
Communications and Public Relations Manager
Mike leads communications for IMR, using written and visual storytelling to highlight the impact of Ohio State’s materials and manufacturing research, partnerships, events, funding and infrastructure, while also managing IMR websites and social media.
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Frontier Center Resources
Frontier Center Researcher Directory
- Access the directory here
- Request access and add your information by emailing “directory” to frontier-center@osu.edu
Mailing List
- Subscribe by emailing "mailing list" to frontier-center@osu.edu
General Inquiries
- Contact Joanna Gardner: gardner.306@osu.edu