Patricia L. Gruber

Dr. Gruber is a science and technology executive with leadership experience in government, industry and university organizations. At the Office of Naval Research (ONR), she served as the Director of Research with responsibility for the Dept. of Navy $850M basic and early applied research portfolio. In this role, she also led the development of the Naval S&T Strategic Plan and coordinated ONR’s education, outreach and diversity programs. More recently, she served as Technical Director for ONR Global, leading a group of fifty scientists and engineers who facilitated international research collaboration and acted as liaisons to operational fleet/forces in support of naval missions. She currently serves as a R&D consultant with expertise in maritime technologies.

She received a BS in Meteorology from Penn State and MS and PhD in Marine Physics from the University of Miami.