Miguel Garcia-Diaz, PhD

Interim VP for Research / Operations Manager, SUNY Research Foundation
Miguel Garcia-Diaz is the interim Vice President for Research and the Operations Manager for the SUNY Research Foundation. He received a BS in Biochemistry and a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Universidad Autonoma in Madrid, Spain. Following completion of a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, in 2007 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Renaissance School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacological Sciences, where he is currently a Professor. Prior to his appointment as interim VPR, he served in various roles, including as Graduate Program Director for the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology PhD program, as an Associate Dean in Stony Brook’s Graduate School, and as interim Associate Vice President for Research.