Ryne Raffaelle
Vice President for Research
Ryne Raffaelle
Vice President for Research
Education
BS, MS, Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla
Bio
Ryne Raffaelle was appointed vice president for research and associate provost at RIT in 2011. He was formerly the director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, Colo., the federal government’s central research organization for solar energy development. Raffaelle returns to RIT after serving in a number of different capacities from 2000 to 2009. His many assignments at RIT included an appointment as the first academic director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. He also served as the director of the NanoPower Research Lab at RIT. At the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado, Raffaelle provided technical vision, strategic leadership, asset stewardship and personnel management for the center. He worked on developing and enhancing technical capabilities relevant to advancing solar energy technologies while delivering world-class quality research and development, testing and validation.
In the News
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March 14, 2025
RIT recognizes faculty-researchers for innovative projects and funding milestones
Researchers who contributed to RIT receiving nearly $103 million in sponsored research awards during the past fiscal year, including 10 faculty members who reached or surpassed $1 million this past fiscal year, were inducted into the yearly classes of PI Millionaires.
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February 21, 2025
A direct attack on research funding
Rochester Beacon quotes Ryne Raffaelle, vice president for Research.
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October 21, 2024
Science, engineering, and computing faculty will become research building’s first residents
As the final phase of the new research building is completed, faculty-researchers from three of RIT’s colleges are preparing to be its first residents. They expect to move into the 39,000-square-foot building in the spring semester.