Andre Marshall. Photo courtesy GMU
George Mason University announced Friday it has hired Andre Marshall as its vice president for research, innovation and economic development and president of the university’s research foundation, effective July 1. He succeeds Deb Crawford, who left GMU to become vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Marshall currently serves as the program director for the National Science Foundation’s $38 million Innovation Corps Program. He is also the founder and director of the Fire Testing and Evaluation Center at the University of Maryland at College Park. At GMU, he will also join the Volgenau School of Engineering faculty.
