Alain Kaloyeros becomes school's president, CEO

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="615"] CNSE Senior Vice President and CEO Dr. Alain Kaloyeros speaks during a press conference announcing the NY HEALS initiative at Albany Medical Center on Monday Sept. 30, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. Leaders from academia, business, and the medical community announced the NY HEALS initiative that will "position New York as a leader in 21st century healthcare technologies." (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)[/caption]

Albany

In a virtual fait accompli, the  SUNY board of trustees named  Alain Kaloyeros the first-ever president of  SUNY Polytechnic Institute  on Tuesday.

The nearly three-decade accession by Kaloyeros from assistance physics professor to university president has mirrored — and fueled — the growth of the Capital Region's high-tech economy.

Kaloyeros was hired by the University at Albany in 1988 after earning his Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Illinois.

With his ability to attract private-sector dollars and match them with investments by the state, Kaloyeros transformed his research activities into the Albany NanoTech campus on Fuller Road and founded the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, home to the semiconductor research operations of companies like IBM, Intel and GlobalFoundries.

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