Dr. Ganesh Raman
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
California State University
Dr. Ganesh Raman is Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research at the California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor. He is the senior academic official responsible for the enterprise-wide vision, advancement and administration of CSU’s research and scholarly mission. He oversees 10 systemwide research consortia and numerous multi-campus institutes and centers.
In his nine years at CSU, Dr. Raman has guided the growth and evolution of its research enterprise that includes 22 campuses by $423M to over $981M in annual sponsored program expenditures. He has fostered a significant expansion of research activities, as reflected in the increase of CSU archival publications by 43% to 43000 papers during his term and the growth of CSU campuses with Carnegie classifications from one R2 in 2017 to one R1 and eight R2 campuses in 2025. Dr. Raman created the first-ever systemwide CSU Strategic Plan for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities, which connects research directly to student success, faculty excellence, and serving California communities. He also launched a systemwide CSU STEM network and a CSU systemwide Climate Adaptation Consortium that connects all 22 campuses in education and research.
Dr. Raman serves on the Board of Directors for the California Council on Science and Technology, California Life Sciences, and the Long Beach Accelerator.
Dr. Raman formerly served as Deputy Vice Provost for Research at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was also a Professor in the Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department.
Dr. Raman began his career at NASA Glenn Research Center. He is internationally recognized for his research in aeroacoustics and flow control and has published over 150 articles in leading scientific journals and conference publications. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Royal Aeronautical Society, UK; and is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Aeroacoustics. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.