Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D., is the first female dean of NYIT's School of Engineering and Computing Sciences (SoECS). In this role, she oversees 77 engineering and computing sciences faculty members and approximately 1,700 graduate and undergraduate students at campuses located in Manhattan and Old Westbury, N.Y., the Middle East, and China.

 

Dr. Anid embraces NYIT’s forward-thinking and applications-oriented mission and serves on the boards of several professional organizations. In addition, she is working on several strategic partnerships between NYIT and the public and private sector, including the creation of the SoECS’ Entrepreneurship and Technical Innovation Center and its three labs (IT & Cyber Security, Bio-engineering and Health, and Green and Energy Technologies).

 

She was recently named one of the top 50 women in business on Long Island by Long Island Business News. Dr. Anid also received the 2010 LISTnet Diamond Award in recognition of her significant contributions toward the advancement of women in technology on Long Island as well as for her professional achievements in the technology field.  Dr. Anid just joined the Board of the Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition (GLICC).

 

Dr. Anid is among the first engineers to study the role of vitamin B12 and other organometallic coenzymes in the dechlorination of important toxic molecules such as carbon tetrachloride and polychlorinated biphenyls.

 

She holds leadership positions in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, the Deans Engineering Council and its Public Policy Committee, and the New York Academy of Sciences, among others. Prior to joining NYIT, she was chair and graduate program director of the Chemical Engineering Department at Manhattan College.

 

Dr. Anid earned her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH-Stockholm).