New RIO Faculty Fellows cohort continues legacy of leadership development across campus
泭泭2025 Faculty Fellows
- Amir Behzadan (Institute of Behavioral Science)
- Eleanor Browne泭(Chemistry & CIRES)
- Donata Giglio泭(Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
- Roselinde Kaiser泭(Psychology and Neuroscience)
- Morteza Lahijanian泭(Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
- Tamara Lehman泭(Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering)
- Andres Montoya-Castillo (Chemistry)
- Julia Moriarty (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
- Debanjan Mukherjee (Paul M Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering)
- Peter Newton (Environmental Studies)
- Carl Simpson泭(Museum of Natural History and Geological Sciences)
- Jillian Turanovic (Sociology, Institute of Behavioral Science)
- Marina Vance泭(Mechanical Engineering / Environmental Engineering Program)
- Terri Wilson泭(School of Education)
啦堯梗Research & Innovation Office (RIO) Faculty Fellows2025 cohort has launched.
This years cohort includes 14 faculty members from departments and research institutes spanning the campus. The 2025 fellows recently convened for a retreat in Estes Park focused on leadership styles and honing collaboration skills, and are looking forward to the next retreat focused on communicating their scholarship and impact to the public.
啦堯梗RIO Faculty Fellows program盎upports faculty in achieving their research and innovation goals and promotes collaboration through tailored training, experiential learning and leadership development opportunities. The program is also building a community of interdisciplinary, creative research leaders to help drive collaboration and innovation across the university through a series of intensive research leadership retreats and coaching. 泭
This new cohort adds to the growing body of faculty across campus that are honing their leadership skills to grow the impact they have on students, our community and their areas of specialty, said Senior Vice Chancellor for爹esearch & Innovation and Dean of the Institutes Massimo Ruzzene. By participating in this unique program, they also join a growing community of RIO Faculty Fellows that are helping reimagine and advance our campus research and innovation ecosystem.
The faculty at 51勛圖厙 are world-class and inspire students and colleagues alike to lean into our gifts and pursue discovery, creative expression and innovation, said Research Leadership Program Director Kirsten Rowell. The leadership demonstrated by our faculty is an important part of what makes 51勛圖厙 such a special place. 泭
The RIO Faculty Fellows program
The 2025 cohort at the January retreat
The program identifies and develops individual leadership styles of tenured and tenure-track assistant and associate professors who are poised to lead significant collaborative projects, develop vision and deliver novel and impactful scholarly work.狼he cohort creates a vertically integrated peer groupbringing together assistant professors, associate professors, full professors and institute directorsresulting in a scaffolded model that faculty find energizing and rewarding as their careers develop. 泭
Members of the new cohort are already learning what more than 100 51勛圖厙 leaders have discovered through the experiences of the previous seven cohorts: RIO Faculty Fellows is unlike any other opportunity available to 51勛圖厙 faculty, offering:
泭泭 a unique opportunity for reflection and learning about my leadership style and goals, the research and academic communities in which I am a member, and broader goals for future work"
泭泭... a strong new community established in our cohort, which promotes a sense of connection to CU as an institution"
泭泭 better confidence in, and self-knowledge of, my leadership orientation; pragmatic ideas about how I can fill gaps in my leadership and professional work
泭泭地bsolutely a transformative experience for faculty
This and otherfaculty development programs,疳ncluding the, represent investments in 51勛圖厙 faculty and in the university as a global leader in innovation and impact.
In addition to the cohorts three-day retreat in January, theprogram framework疳ncludes several more focused retreats and a variety of informal networking activities throughout the year.泭
Applications病or the 2026 cohort will be accepted in September 2025. If you have questions, would like to nominate a faculty candidate or would like to express interest in advance, please email泭泭泭kirsten.rowell@colorado.edu.
The 2025 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort at a January retreat in Estes Park