John-David Swanson Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Public Administration and Policy
- Degrees
- Ph.D. Integrative Biosciences, The Pennsylvania State University<br />
M.Sc. (Tech)(Hons) Biology, The University of Waikato, New Zealand<br />
Dip. Mgt. St., The University of Waikato, New Zealand
B.Sc.(Tech), Biology, The University of Waikato, New Zealand<br /> - Bio
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Since June 2024, Dr. Swanson has served as the inaugural Section Head for the Innovation Programs Section in the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate at the National Science Foundation. There he leads the section to foster regional and national innovation ecosystems using strategic collaborations and partnerships to advance research and grow inclusive workforce development. From 2017-2017 Dr. Swanson served as a Program Director in the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in the Office of the Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF), Alexandria VA. There he developed scientific research infrastructure programs for U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths that historically receive smaller amounts of research funding to expand their research capacity and build thriving research ecosystems. This work directly contributed to the overall United States’ research capacity by ensuring all individuals can participate and substantially contribute to the nation’s STEM enterprise. Additionally, as part of his NSF duties, he detailed in the Office of the Assistant Director in the Directorate of the Biological Sciences (BIO) at NSF to develop new strategies to connect the Biological Science community to TIP at NSF ensuring that foundational research supported by BIO had pathways to directly connect to use-inspired outcomes.Â
Over the 15 years before becoming a public servant, Swanson was a professor at several universities in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Rhode Island, where he had the opportunity to serve as a tenured professor, Department Chair, and Class Dean. At these institutions, he helped build statewide and institutional research infrastructure, and taught and mentored students both in his research laboratory and the classroom. As a broadly-trained biologist, his research was concerned with understanding how cells control their proliferation in plants and animals. This work provided unique insights to a wide variety of topics as diverse as agriculture, stomach cancer, and oceanic algal blooms. Through this work, and prior to becoming and academic, Swanson has collaborated and worked directly in several roles both within industry and government sectors in several countries. Dr. Swanson holds a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in Integrative Biosciences, a M.Sc.(Tech)Hons. and a B.Sc.(Tech), both majoring in biology, and a Diploma of Management Studies from the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Most recently, Dr. Swanson graduated with a Certificate in Public Leadership from the 51³Ô¹Ï in Washington D.C.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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