President Suresh Garimella, University of Arizona - December 3

President of the University of Arizona

University Distinguished Professor

 

Suresh Garimella serves as President of the University of Arizona and Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He previously served as president of the University of Vermont (UVM) from 2019 to 2024 and, at Purdue University, as the Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships.

 

Throughout his career, Garimella has emphasized the importance of access, affordability, and excellence in the student learning experience, and engagement with community. As a researcher, Garimella has made seminal contributions to the field of electronics thermal management and energy efficiency at micro and nano scales, and in sustainable energy systems technology and policy. He chairs the research board of Sandia National Laboratories and previously served as a member of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, and as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. Department of State.

 

Garimella is an elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.