March 5 Career Stories with Chetna Chianese, Syracuse University

Dr. Chetna Chianese is the Senior Director of Research development at Syracuse University, serving as the lead for the central RD office since 2023. In this role, Dr. Chianese assists faculty across Syracuse University with the development of new research priorities and proposals. She provides research development leadership for the university-identified research priorities, facilitates multi-million-dollar and inter-school/college proposal submissions, and leads internal funding programs provided by the Office of Research.

Prior to her appointment, Chetna was the Associate Director in the same office since 2019. She has also served as the Associate Director of Research at SyracuseCoE, a Syracuse University research center, aiding faculty on research proposals and projects related to energy and environment.

Before arriving at Syracuse University, Chetna spent three years as a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. She also served as a program manager for DOD contractor SAIC at the Naval Research Labs in Washington DC. Chetna has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and a B.S. in chemistry from Vanderbilt University.

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