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Anne Maglia serves as the vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In this role, she oversees the university’s research portfolio, including managing large-scale infrastructure projects, fostering research innovation and collaboration, growing industry partnerships, and promoting economic development initiatives, such as the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC). Her leadership aims to drive innovation and sustainability, aligning with UMass Lowell’s strategic goals of enhancing faculty and student success while promoting regional economic growth.
Maglia previously served as a program director and science advisor at the US National Science Foundation (NSF). While at NSF, she managed computational biology programs, led the recovery and re-competition of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), and managed several large national BIO centers and institutes.
Prior to NSF, she was professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where her funded research program focused on developing computational tools to address complex biological problems. She earned her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Kansas, holds master’s certificates in Program and Project Management from the George Washington University School of Business, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).