{"405231":{"#nid":"405231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gerber Named New Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology announced May 14 the hiring of Dr. Andrew Gerber as the new director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute and senior vice president of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGerber comes to the Institute from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory where he has served as associate head of the Air and Missile Defense Technology Division responsible for programs in air and ballistic missile defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAndy\u2019s leadership, management, and communication skills are impressive,\u201d said Steve Cross, executive vice president for research at Georgia Tech and interim director of GTRI. \u201cThis is something we made a high priority in the position description and this search. I look forward to working very closely with him.\u0026nbsp; It also seems fitting Andy is the new director, given his formal education as a physicist, since GTRI has its roots in the School of Physics and many of the early directors were physics professors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGerber emerged as the top candidate from a national search that generated 48 candidates who were screened by a 15-member search committee composed of GTRI and Georgia Tech staff. Gerber will begin his duties at GTRI on Aug. 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am truly honored and tremendously excited to have the opportunity to help shape what I believe is a very bright future for GTRI and Georgia Tech,\u201d Gerber said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cBoth are clearly on the rise, and I look forward to working with the entire GTRI and Georgia Tech community to perform the highest quality research for our government and industry sponsors, and to continue to build strong bonds between GTRI, Georgia Tech and the local Atlanta community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGerber joined the Lincoln Laboratory as a staff member in 1988. In 1991, he took an assignment at the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands, where he was responsible for space surveillance programs and later served as leader of the ALTAIR radar. He returned to Lincoln Laboratory in 1996 as assistant leader of the Air Defense Techniques Group, where he helped build the Laboratory\u0027s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1997, he became an Intergovernmental Personnel Act appointee with the Navy\u0027s Program Executive Office for Theater Surface Combatants. His efforts were focused on development and implementation of a plan for the next generation of radars for the Surface Navy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn September 2001, he once again returned to the Laboratory as assistant head of the Sensor Systems Division and became head of the Sensor Systems Division in 2002. In 2004, he took up his current position as associate head of the Air and Missile Defense Technology Division. He holds an AB degree in chemistry from Duke University and MS, MPhil, and PhD degrees in applied physics from Yale University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute solves complex problems through innovative and customer-focused research and education. Established in 1934, GTRI is Georgia Tech\u2019s non-profit applied research arm with more than 1,900 staff, 15 locations, eight laboratories and annual contract awards exceeding $360 million. Learn more at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGerber comes to the Institute from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Gerber comes to the Institute from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-05-14 09:26:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:17","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405241":{"id":"405241","type":"image","title":"Andrew Gerber","body":null,"created":"1449254135","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:35","changed":"1475895127","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:07","alt":"Andrew Gerber","file":{"fid":"76076","name":"andrewgerber.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/andrewgerber.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/andrewgerber.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":664717,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/andrewgerber.jpg?itok=U4e6PfaI"}}},"media_ids":["405241"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"126311","name":"andy gerber"},{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}