Pips Veazey

Director

Dr. Alice "Pips" Veazey serves as the Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway, a dedicated office in Portland, Maine to help people and businesses across Maine access the vast array of research and education opportunities at Maine’s flagship research university.

Prior to accepting the director’s position, Dr. Veazey served as the Principal Investigator for the Alaska Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), a major statewide program funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Alaska aimed at increasing research capacity and the STEM workforce. Pips co-founded the EPSCoR Education, Outreach and Diversity (EOD) group, and served on both the Project Administrators and Directors Councils.

Pips led and co-created the University of Alaska Fairbanks Visualization Space, a high-resolution visual environment designed to enhance shared understanding among circumpolar researchers, community members and organizations; promote conversations about complex problems; and co-develop creative solutions. Her research includes time on and around the continent of Antarctica and the Greenland ice cap to examine the physical structures of ice over time.

Her current research focuses on enhancing effective leadership of large interdisciplinary science teams. She has worked with dozens of large research teams across the country to facilitate the co-development of research collaboration plans. She serves as a founding board member of the International Network for the Science of Team Science, a two-term board member for the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States and a recently elected board member of the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine.

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