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Consortium Member Directory

ORAU actively works with its member universities to connect their expertise with government and private sector organizations and to create meaningful partnerships for innovation in scientific research and education.

Members are listed (by state) below. You may also view an alphabetical list of all members and their councilors.

Alabama

    • Location: Normal, Alabama
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1989
    • Member Councilor: Lloyd T. Walker
    • Website: Alabama A&M University
    • Location: Auburn, Alabama
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Steven Taylor
    • Website: Auburn University
    • Location: Tuskegee, Alabama
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1953
    • Member Councilor: Vijaya Kumar Rangari
    • Website: Tuskegee University
    • Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Cosima Boswell-Koller
    • Website: University of Alabama
    • Location: Mobile, Alabama
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1990
    • Member Councilor: Lynne U. Chronister
    • Website: University of South Alabama

ArizonaBack to top

    • Location: Tempe, Arizona
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2017
    • Member Councilor: Lara Ferry
    • Website: Arizona State University
    • Location: Tucson, Arizona
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2023
    • Member Councilor: Arthur Maccabe
    • Website: University of Arizona

ArkansasBack to top

    • Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2004
    • Member Councilor: Travis D. Marsico
    • Website: Arkansas State University
    • Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1948
    • Member Councilor: Margaret McCabe
    • Website: University of Arkansas

ColoradoBack to top

    • Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2013
    • Member Councilor: Cassandra Moseley
    • Website: Colorado State University

ConnecticutBack to top

    • Location: New Haven, Connecticut
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2017
    • Member Councilor: Pamela Caudill
    • Website: Yale University

DelawareBack to top

    • Location: Newark, Delaware
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1980
    • Member Councilor: Miguel Garcia-Diaz
    • Website: University of Delaware

FloridaBack to top

    • Location: Tallahassee, Florida
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2021
    • Member Councilor: Charles Weatherford
    • Website: Florida A&M University
    • Location: Boca Raton, Florida
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2002
    • Member Councilor: Gregg Fields
    • Website: Florida Atlantic University
    • Location: Tallahassee, Florida
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1951
    • Member Councilor: Michael Shatruk
    • Website: Florida State University
    • Location: Gainesville, Florida
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1948
    • Member Councilor: David P. Norton
    • Website: University of Florida
    • Location: Coral Gables, Florida
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1956
    • Member Councilor: Fabrice Manns
    • Website: University of Miami
    • Location: Tampa, Florida
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1990
    • Member Councilor: Keith Anderson
    • Website: University of South Florida

GeorgiaBack to top

    • Location: Augusta, Georgia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2004
    • Member Councilor: Michael Diamond
    • Website: Augusta University
    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: Atlanta University joined the ORAU Consortium in 1980. In 1988, it joined with Clark College to form the new Clark Atlanta University.
    • Member Councilor: Frances Williams
    • Website: Clark Atlanta University
    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Robert E. Nobles
    • Website: Emory University
    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Jennifer Glass
    • Website: Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1990
    • Member Councilor: Timothy L. Denning
    • Website: Georgia State University
    • Location: Macon, Georgia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2019
    • Member Councilor: Wayne Glasgow
    • Website: Mercer University
    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2018
    • Member Councilor: Margaret Farrow
    • Website: Spelman College
    • Location: Athens, Georgia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1948
    • Member Councilor: Christopher S. King
    • Website: University of Georgia
    • Location: Carrollton, Georgia
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2022
    • Member Councilor: Brian Mosier
    • Website: University of West Georgia

IdahoBack to top

    • Location: Pocatello, Idaho
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Martin Blair
    • Website: Idaho State University

IllinoisBack to top

IndianaBack to top

    • Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2012
    • Member Councilor: Jennifer Freeman
    • Website: Purdue University
    • Location: South Bend, Indiana
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1992
    • Member Councilor: Jeff Rhoads
    • Website: University of Notre Dame

IowaBack to top

    • Location: Des Moines, Iowa
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2022
    • Member Councilor: Pravin Mishra
    • Website: Des Moines University
    • Location: Ames, Iowa
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2019
    • Member Councilor: Surya Mallapragada
    • Website: Iowa State University

KansasBack to top

    • Location: Wichita, Kansas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2021
    • Member Councilor: Coleen Pugh
    • Website: Wichita State University

KentuckyBack to top

    • Location: Berea, Kentucky
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 1996
    • Member Councilor: Mary Robert Garrett
    • Website: Berea College
    • Location: Lexington, Kentucky
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Ilhem Messaoudi
    • Website: University of Kentucky
    • Location: Louisville, Kentucky
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1948
    • Member Councilor: Kevin H. Gardner
    • Website: University of Louisville
    • Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Ranjit Koodali
    • Website: Western Kentucky University

LouisianaBack to top

    • Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Robert Twilley
    • Website: Louisiana State University
    • Location: New Orleans, Louisana
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Michael Cunningham
    • Website: Tulane University

MarylandBack to top

    • Location: Baltimore, Maryland
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2006
    • Member Councilor: Collin Leslie Broholm
    • Website: Johns Hopkins University
    • Location: College Park, Maryland
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1951
    • Member Councilor: Gregory Ball
    • Website: University of Maryland

MassachusettsBack to top

    • Location: Medford, Massachusetts
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2024
    • Member Councilor: Bernard Arulanandam
    • Website: Tufts University

MichiganBack to top

    • Location: East Lansing, Michigan
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Douglas A. Gage
    • Website: Michigan State University
    • Location: Rochester, Michigan
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2017
    • Member Councilor: David A. Stone
    • Website: Oakland University
    • Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1994
    • Member Councilor: Arthur Lupia
    • Website: University of Michigan
    • Location: Detroit, Michigan
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2004
    • Member Councilor: Timothy Stemmler
    • Website: Wayne State University

MississippiBack to top

    • Location: Jackson, Mississippi
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1994
    • Member Councilor: Joseph A. Whittaker
    • Website: Jackson State University
    • Location: Starkville, Mississippi
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1949
    • Member Councilor: Julie Jordan
    • Website: Mississippi State University
    • Location: Oxford, Mississippi
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1948
    • Member Councilor: John Higginbotham
    • Website: University of Mississippi

MissouriBack to top

    • Location: Columbia, Missouri
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1981
    • Member Councilor: Thomas E. Spencer
    • Website: University of Missouri

NevadaBack to top

    • Location: Reno, Nevada
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1997
    • Member Councilor: Mridul Gautam
    • Website: University of Nevada, Reno

New JerseyBack to top

    • Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2007
    • Member Councilor: Michael E. Zwick
    • Website: Rutgers University

New MexicoBack to top

    • Location: Crownpoint, New Mexico
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2023
    • Member Councilor: Tomacita Grey
    • Website: Navajo Technical University
    • Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1994
    • Member Councilor: Ellen Fisher
    • Website: University of New Mexico

New YorkBack to top

    • Location: New York City, New York
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2014
    • Member Councilor: Ranajeet Ghose
    • Website: City College of New York
    • Location: New York, New York
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2020
    • Member Councilor: Helen Kim
    • Website: Columbia University
    • Location: Syracuse, New York
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2012
    • Member Councilor: Duncan Brown
    • Website: Syracuse University
    • Location: Albany, New York
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2018
    • Member Councilor: Satyendra Kumar
    • Website: University at Albany

North CarolinaBack to top

    • Location: Boone, North Carolina
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2010
    • Member Councilor: Christine Ogilvie Hendren
    • Website: Appalachian State University
    • Location: Durham, North Carolina
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Keith Hurka-Owen
    • Website: Duke University
    • Location: Greenville, North Carolina
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Jefferson Shinpaugh
    • Website: East Carolina University
    • Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2003
    • Member Councilor: Diane Bowles
    • Website: Johnson C. Smith University
    • Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Bradley T. Jones
    • Website: Wake Forest University
    • Location: Cullowhee, North Carolina
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2024
    • Member Councilor: John Hildreth
    • Website: Western Carolina University

OhioBack to top

    • Location: Columbus, Ohio
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2003
    • Member Councilor: Deborah Welsheimer Hernandez
    • Website: Ohio State University
    • Location: Athens, Ohio
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2016
    • Member Councilor: Eric R. Muth
    • Website: Ohio University
    • Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2005
    • Member Councilor: Patrick A. Limbach
    • Website: University of Cincinnati
    • Location: Toledo, Ohio
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2016
    • Member Councilor: Frank J. Calzonetti
    • Website: University of Toledo

OklahomaBack to top

    • Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1980
    • Member Councilor: Ronald A. Van Den Bussche
    • Website: Oklahoma State University
    • Location: Norman, Oklahoma
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1949
    • Member Councilor: Zahed Siddique
    • Website: University of Oklahoma
    • Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Brenton McLaury
    • Website: University of Tulsa

OregonBack to top

    • Location: Portland, Oregon
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2019
    • Member Councilor: Rick Tankersley
    • Website: Portland State University

PennsylvaniaBack to top

    • Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2006
    • Member Councilor: David J. Quinn
    • Website: Carnegie Mellon University
    • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2024
    • Member Councilor: Aleister Saunders
    • Website: Drexel University
    • Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2015
    • Member Councilor: Anand Jagota
    • Website: Lehigh University
    • Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2022
    • Member Councilor: John Olszowka
    • Website: Mercyhurst University
    • Location: State College, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2006
    • Member Councilor: Michelle Hutnik
    • Website: Penn State University
    • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2014
    • Member Councilor: Josh Gladden
    • Website: Temple University
    • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2013
    • Member Councilor: Ronald Kander
    • Website: Thomas Jefferson University
    • Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1994
    • Member Councilor: Rob A. Rutenbar
    • Website: University of Pittsburgh
    • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2017
    • Member Councilor: Amanda M. Grannas
    • Website: Villanova University

South CarolinaBack to top

    • Location: Clemson, South Carolina
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1952
    • Member Councilor: Tanju Karanfil
    • Website: Clemson University
    • Location: Charleston, South Carolina
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 1996
    • Member Councilor: Laura Penny
    • Website: College of Charleston
    • Location: Columbia, South Carolina
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1950
    • Member Councilor: Julius Fridriksson
    • Website: University of South Carolina

South DakotaBack to top

    • Location: Vermillion, South Dakota
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2024
    • Member Councilor: Daniel Engebretson
    • Website: University of South Dakota

TennesseeBack to top

    • Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1990
    • Member Councilor: Nicholas E. Hagemeier
    • Website: East Tennessee State University
    • Location: Harrogate, Tennessee
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Robert Stubblefield
    • Website: Lincoln Memorial University
    • Location: Maryville, Tennessee
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 1990
    • Member Councilor: Irene Guerinot
    • Website: Maryville College
    • Location: Nashville, Tennessee
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1955
    • Member Councilor: Anil Shanker
    • Website: Meharry Medical College
    • Location: Nashville, Tennessee
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Quincy Quick
    • Website: Tennessee State University
    • Location: Memphis, Tennessee
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1971
    • Member Councilor: Jasbir Dhaliwal
    • Website: University of Memphis
    • Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Jill Passano
    • Website: University of Tennessee
    • Location: Nashville, Tennessee
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Sharon M. Weiss
    • Website: Vanderbilt University

TexasBack to top

    • Location: Houston, Texas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1949
    • Member Councilor: Ramamoorthy Ramesh
    • Website: Rice University
    • Location: College Station, Texas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1950
    • Member Councilor: Jack Baldauf
    • Website: Texas A&M University
    • Location: Fort Worth, Texas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1962
    • Member Councilor: Floyd L. Wormley
    • Website: Texas Christian University
    • Location: Lubbock, TX
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2011
    • Member Councilor: Joseph A. Heppert
    • Website: Texas Tech University
    • Location: Houston, Texas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1976
    • Member Councilor: Claudia Neuhauser
    • Website: University of Houston
    • Location: Denton, Texas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1955
    • Member Councilor: Pamela Padilla
    • Website: University of North Texas
    • Location: Austin, Texas
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Daniel T. Jaffe
    • Website: University of Texas at Austin

UtahBack to top

    • Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2013
    • Member Councilor: Darryl P. Butt
    • Website: University of Utah
    • Location: Logan, Utah
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 2012
    • Member Councilor: Lisa M. Berreau
    • Website: Utah State University

VirginiaBack to top

    • Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1966
    • Member Councilor: Dennis M. Manos
    • Website: College of William and Mary
    • Location: Fairfax, Virginia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1993
    • Member Councilor: Rebekah Hersch
    • Website: George Mason University
    • Location: Arlington, Virginia
    • ORAU Associate Member since: 2022
    • Member Councilor: Rita Wong
    • Website: Marymount University
    • Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Kimberly Mayer
    • Website: University of Virginia
    • Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1949
    • Member Councilor: Janet B. Webster
    • Website: Virginia Tech

Washington, D.C.Back to top

    • Location: Washington, D.C.
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1946 (Charter Member)
    • Member Councilor: Ralph Albano
    • Website: Catholic University of America
    • Location: Washington, D.C.
    • ORAU Sponsoring Institution since: 1990
    • Member Councilor: Anthony K. Wutoh
    • Website: Howard University

WisconsinBack to top