Nanovic Institute Group photo 2024.

People

The Nanovic Institute is led by the director, staff, faculty committee, and an advisory board. It is also affiliated with over 100 faculty fellows from across the university and a growing list of visiting scholars. It sponsors the scholarly and professional work of over 100 undergraduate and graduate students every year.

The institute collaborates frequently with other centers, institutes, and schools at Notre Dame, and serves to connect Notre Dame to other European universities, such as those in our Catholic Universities Partnership.

  1. Clemens Sedmak 2234 April2021 Web

    Clemens Sedmak

    Director and Professor of Social Ethics

  2. Rory Finnin, Professor of Ukrainian Studies

    Rory Finnin

    Visiting Professor of Ukrainian Studies

  3. Jacob Kildoo

    Jacob Kildoo

    Senior Research Program Manager

  4. Roy Kimmey

    Roy Kimmey

    Senior Program Manager, Student Research and Academic Affairs

  5. Rev. James Lies, C.S.C.

    Rev. James Lies, C.S.C.

    Senior Advisor for Faculty Fellow Affairs and Partnerships

  6. Hildegund Muller 2248 April2021 Web

    Hildegund Müller

    Senior Liaison for Research and Curricular Affairs, and Associate Professor of Classics

  7. Morgan Munsen, a woman with long brown hair is smiling outdoors. She is wearing a blue dress.

    Morgan Munsen

    Senior Research and Partnerships Program Manager

  8. Headshot of Grant Osborn, a man with neatly styled brown hair, blue eyes, and a slight smile. He wears a navy blue suit jacket, a light purple and white checkered dress shirt, and a textured golden yellow tie. A blurred background hints at a stone building with columns and greenery.

    Grant Osborn

    Executive Director

  9. Beka Prince in front of JNH

    Rebekah Prince

    Program Manager, Events and Operations

  10. Annie Seul (Photo by Peter Ringenberg/University of Notre Dame)

    Annie Seul

    Program Manager, Internal Grants and Academic Administration

  11. Melanie Webb 2255 April2021 Web

    Melanie Webb

    Associate Director

  12. A young woman with medium-length brown hair and a red dress, Sofia Buck, stands in front of the Parliament of Budapest.

    Sofia Buck

    Student Assistant

  13. Young woman with long, wavy brown hair, Morgan Engates, wearing a black top and a thin gold necklace, smiles broadly against a solid dark blue background.

    Morgan Engates

    Student Marketing Assistant

  14. A young woman with long, dark brown hair and blue eyes, Jane Porter, smiles in front of a Parisian building.

    Jane Porter

    Student Marketing Assistant

  15. Headshot of Salvatore Riolo, a person with short, curly dark hair, wearing thin-framed round glasses and a white and blue vertically striped shirt, smiling at the camera against a tan background and red chair.

    Salvatore Riolo

    Research Assistant

  16. A young woman with long brown hair, Darah Santos, smiles against a gray background. She wears a navy blazer and white collared shirt.

    Darah Santos

    Student Assistant

  17. A young man with neatly styled light brown hair smiles at the camera. He wears a navy blazer over a white dress shirt and a white pocket square. He stands against a backdrop of green foliage.

    Matthew Scherber

    Student Assistant

  18. A smiling graduate in a white dress and red stole, Mia Simmons, holds her mortarboard in front of a fountain.

    Mia Simmons

    Student Marketing Assistant

  19. Danica Szabo, a smiling woman with long brown hair, wearing a dark Notre Dame sweatshirt, stands in a field at sunset.

    Danica Szabo

    Student Assistant