John Thiels

John Thiels is a skilled Research HPC/Storage Engineer at the University of Michigan, where responsibilities include supporting over 100 research groups and troubleshooting batch job submissions for approximately 4000 researchers. Prior experience includes serving as the Director of the Academic Service Center at Terra State Community College, managing a budget and overseeing employees, and working as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Albion College, where courses covered various aspects of the discipline. Furthermore, as a Fulbright-UNESCO Intern, John Thiels successfully wrote a grant for journalist education in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Educational qualifications include a Ph.D. candidacy in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Arts in Anthropology from Brandeis University.