Jean King

Peterson Family Dean of Arts & Sciences
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

A widely respected neuroscientist, Jean King joined the WPI community as the Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences in 2017. In addition to her duties as dean, she is a professor in the Department of Biology and Biotechnology. Dr. King’s research uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify and monitor neuronal plasticity associated with addiction, ADHD, depression, fearfulness, anxiety, autism and neurological disorders (PD and TBI) in animal models with the hope of finding clues to help us understand these conditions in humans. Dr. King has published over 60 original scientific papers in highly respected international scientific journals, over 10 chapters in books and review articles in major neurophysiology journals, and is an editor of New York Academy of Sciences Publication-Roots of Mental Illness in Children. Prior to joining WPI, she was vice provost for biomedical research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School; a tenured professor of psychiatry, radiology, and neurology; and director of the university’s Center for Comparative Neuroimaging.

Terri Anne Camesano

Professor & Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor of Chemical Engineering

Elke Rundensteiner

Founding Director of Data Science Program, Professor of Computer Science
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Elke A. Rundensteiner is the founding Director of the interdisciplinary Data Science program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI); the first program in the country featuring a data science program with a designated Ph.D. degree. She is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at WPI. She is an internationally recognized expert in data management and analytics, having spent over 25 years of her career on the development of scalable big data software tools in support of science and engineering applications. She has authored well over 370 publications, numerous patents, and software systems released to public domain. She has been recipient of numerous honors, including WPI Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize, WPI Board of Trustees' Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship award, Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher, and the NSF Young Investigator award.