Dr. Robert McGrath, BS E SC ’72, MA E SC ’75, PhD from the University of Michigan, has decided to depart from Ohio State University and join the Battelle Memorial Institute as a member of their Global Laboratory operations leadership team. In his new role, he will assist with the management of the U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories and associated energy R&D programs.

At Ohio State University, Dr. McGrath served as Senior Vice President for Research at where he was responsible for the University’s strategic research planning and for operation of the University’s half-billion dollar research program. He also holds appointments as Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, as well as the Department of Physics.

ESM congratulates Dr. Robert McGrath for his accomplishments and wishes him well in his new endeavors.