After 26 years as a professor, advisor, mentor, researcher and teacher, I am retiring from Georgia Tech. I have greatly enjoyed the 1000s of undergraduates I have taught and mentored, the 100+ graduate students whose PhD and MS committees I have served on, and especially the PhD, MS, and undergraduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers who have conducted research in my laboratory.
I will not be moving to another academic role at a research university.
I will not review journal papers.
I will not review grant proposals.
Why? Peer review is a bedrock of the scientific enterprise, and I’ve served as a journal editor and paper reviewer on 100s (1000?) of papers as well as served on over 40 grant review panels. BUT …. I was happy to do that because 1) it was part of my job a professor and 2) as an active researcher I believe review service is an obligation if one expects others to review your work as well! But now that I have left the academic research enterprise, neither #1 nor #2 apples to me anymore. This work is essential “for free”, and I am retiring to have more free time!
For anything related to my research leadership role at Georgia Tech, email croo@gatech.edu
As Professor Emeritus I will maintain access to my Georgia Tech email, but I don’t expect to read it on regular basis, and you should not expect a response! My personal email is rob@butera.org and I can be reached there for any professional or technical questions.