Dr. Alec Gallimore

Biography

Alec D. Gallimore is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Duke University and the Alfred J. Hooks E ’68 Distinguished Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Pratt School of Engineering. He has over 30 years of experience in academia and previously served as the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he held several leadership roles, including associate dean for academic affairs and research graduate education. He is a pioneer in the field of advanced spacecraft propulsion and founded the laboratory at the University of Michigan developing plasma drive systems aimed at future human missions to Mars. Gallimore is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Honorary Fellow designation from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Ernst Stuhlinger Medal from the Electric Rocket Society. He has authored over 360 scholarly publications and served as an advisor to 44 Ph.D. students and 14 master's students. Gallimore earned a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University, focusing on aerospace engineering and plasma physics.

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