Kevin Gardner
Vice President for Research
Kevin Gardner is the Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University where he oversees the
University’s research, innovation, and economic development functions. Stony Brook
has more than $300 million per year in research expenditures and is a key partner
in the economic development of Long Island and New York State. Dr. Gardner has extensive
leadership experience in building and sustaining formal collaborations between universities,
industries, regional government and Federal agencies that support science & technology,
education, and economic development.
Stony Brook University has a long tradition of getting new ideas out of the lab and into the world in partnership with the private and public sectors and as new ventures. Gardner is passionate about the role that knowledge creation can play in helping to solve problems and improve our world. In his research he has led several large multi-investigator research studies. He has been PI or Co-PI on over $60 million in awards, published over 100 refereed journal papers and directed over 40 graduate students. He has been funded and has collaborated extensively with the Department of Defense and established key partnerships with many different branches, installations, and commands.
Prior to coming to Stony Brook, Dr. Gardner served as the University of Louisville’s executive vice president for research and innovation from 2020 to 2024. Gardner oversaw the university’s research enterprise, including industry engagement, innovation, entrepreneurship and the translation of university discoveries to their greatest societal impact.
Dr. Gardner is a professor of civil engineering. Throughout his academic career his research focused on environmental science and engineering, contaminant behavior in the aquatic environment, contaminant release in post-industrial byproducts and wastes, and interdisciplinary sustainability science and engineering. His work focused on mitigating human impact on the natural world and collaborating with the many disciplines and public and private organizations needed to understand problems and develop solutions.
Before coming to UofL in 2020, Gardner served in various roles at the University of
New Hampshire, as professor, center director and ten years in central research leadership,
first as director of strategic initiatives and later as vice provost for research.
CONTACT:
Kathleen Green
Executive Administrator and VPC
Phone: 631.632.7932
S5424 Melville Library
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3365