Dr. Erwin Gianchandani

Erwin Gianchandani is the assistant director for the NSF’s newly established directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP). He previously served as the senior advisor for Translation, Innovation and Partnerships, helping to develop plans for TIP, and as the deputy assistant director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), twice serving as acting assistant director. Before joining NSF in 2012, Gianchandani was the inaugural director of the Computing Community Consortium, where he led the identification and pursuit of high-impact research directions such as health information technology and sustainable computing. Gianchandani holds a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia. In 2021, Gianchandani received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, awarded to members of the Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service for sustained extraordinary accomplishment.