Advisory Council for Physics Department
Adam Drobot
UT-Austin alumnus; B.A. in Engineering and Applied Physics from Cornell University; Ph.D in Physics from UT-Austin with a specialization in plasma physics. Adam is currently an independent investor, consultant, and Chairman of the Board of OpenTechWorks, Inc. He previously served as Managing Director of 2M Companies as Chief Technology Officer and President of Advanced Techology Solutions at Telcordia Techologies. He also managed the Advanced Technology Group and was Senior Vice President for Science and Technology at SAIC. He is currently on the Board of the Telecommunications Industry Assn and a member of the FCC Technical Advisory Council. Adam's special interests are multidisciplinary computational-based tools to support complex products.
Josiah Hoskins
UT-alumna, PhD in Chemical Engineering with a BS and MS in Chemistry at UGA. Throughout his career integrating software and physical processes have always been keys to his success. As a researcher he wrote AI code for seismic-guided reservoir mapping at Schlumberger. Later as Director of Research at Rockwell Automation he and his team invented and developed object-oriented controls software for manufacturing. Since 2010 Josiah has been working on accessibility within the Design Division at IBM. He has worked on many projects such as an AI enhanced accessibility web browser plugin and an iOS Mobile Accessibility Checker. Recently he is team lead for the IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker (available on the Chrome and Firefox stores).
Elizabeth J. Keig
UT-Austin alumna, B.A. in computer sciences and J.D. from UT Law School. Member of the College of Natural Sciences Advisory Council. Deputy General Counsel for Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.
Jeff Kodosky
UT-Austin alumnus, physics/computer sciences. Member of the College of Natural Sciences Advisory Council. Major donor to the Physics Department and the College. Co-founder of National Instruments.
Brian Kushner (Member Emeritus)
PhD in Applied Physics, Cornell University. Member of the College of Natural Sciences Advisory Council. Senior Managing Director of FIT Consulting.
Sheridan Mitchell Lorenz
UT-Austin alumna; BA in French/Russian; post-graduate studies: Architecture/Geography. Initiated philantrhopic programs in education, youth employment and low-income housing in Galveston. Advisory Board member of the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M, and the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, Austin.
Dan Riley
UT-Austin alumnus, law degree; member of the College of Sciences Natural Sciences Advisory Council; retired Senior Partner in the Washington office of a prominent national law firm.
Rick Sivan
UT-Austin alumnus with a B.S. in Physics and a Ph.D in solid state Physics. Rick has served as VP of Research & Development and as Executive Director of IC Technology at International Rectifier, a world leader in power management technology. He has also served as Director of Technology at ATDF (Sematech subsidiary) and has held several top-level positions at Motorola both in Austin, TX and in Herzelia, Israel. He is interested in community service, has served on the Board of Directors of SafePlace in Austin and on the Departmental Visiting Committees for the Dept of Physics and ECE.
