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Greg Copenhaver, PhD

Director of the Institute for Convergent Science and Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Convergent Science

GCopenhaver@bio.unc.edu

Greg Copenhaver, PhD, is the Director of the Institute for Convergent Science and Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Convergent Science. He serves as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the C … Read more




Sam Seyedin, MBA, PMP, CRA

Associate Director, Institute for Convergent Science

sseyedin@unc.edu

Sam Seyedin is the Associate Director of the Institute for Convergent Science. He brings extensive experience in business as well as translation of multidisciplinary technologies and innovations in bo … Read more



Portrait of Hailey Brighton, PhD

Hailey Brighton, PhD

Associate Director for Grants and Programs

hbrighto@unc.edu

Hailey Brighton, PhD, is the Associate Director of Grants and Programs at the Institute for Convergent Sciences. Brighton works to advance UNC’s applied and translational research pipeline and promote … Read more




Jeff Speakman, PhD

AGILE Laboratory Manager, Institute for Convergent Science

rspeakman@unc.edu

In 2022 Jeff joined the Institute for Convergent Science (ICS), where he serves as laboratory manager of the ICS AGILE Laboratory. In this role, he oversees the day-to-day operation of the lab, includ … Read more



Portrait of Kyle Glochick

Kyle Glochick

Finance and Administrative Coordinator

Kyle.Glochick@unc.edu

Kyle Glochick joined the Institute for Convergent Science team as the Administrative and Financial coordinator in 2022. His previous position was as the Administrative Coordinator for the UNC BeAM mak … Read more