Alain Kaloyeros

Alain E. Kaloyeros
1st President and Chief Executive Officer of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute
In office January 13, 2015 – October 11, 2016
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Bahgat G. Sammakia
Personal details
Born	Beirut, Lebanon
Residence	Slingerlands, New York
Alma mater	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, PhD, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, 1987
Profession	Nanoscale engineering

Alain E. Kaloyeros (born 1956, Beirut) is an American physicist and the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York.

Kaloyeros was born in Beirut to a Lebanese mother and Greek father. His family is Greek Orthodox Christian. He attended Lebanese University and left Lebanon in 1980 for graduate school in Florida at the University of Miami, and he transferred to The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Kaloyeros graduated from The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with a doctorate in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics in 1987.

Kaloyeros was a professor in The University at Albany's physics department from 1988 until 2009 when the nanotechnology research center was spun-off from the department into a separate SUNY college. He is Professor of Nanoscience at the SUNY Poly Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at University at Albany, SUNY.

In January 2015, he was appointed Founding President of SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). He also is a Professor of Nanoscience at SUNY Poly. In 2014, Kaloyeros earned $495,000 as President.

He is Executive Director of the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, the Interconnect Focus Center – New York, the Energy/Environment Technologies Applications Center, and the New York State Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology.

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