Christopher Jannuzzi

In July of 2018, Christopher Jannuzzi became the 5^th Executive Director and CEO of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), charged with stewarding the 100+ year-old organization into its second century of advancing theory and practice at the forefront of electrochemical and solid state science and technology.

What initially attracted Chris to ECS was Free the Science, a bold, business-model changing initiative aimed at democratizing research by making the Society’s world-class research freely available to all readers, while remaining free for authors to publish… true platinum open access.  It is a new publishing standard for ECS, one of the last independent, nonprofit scientific society publishers.

Prior to joining ECS, Chris was as the Executive Director of the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) and the IEEE Photonics Society, providing Chris with the opportunity to have impact on cross-society strategic vision in addition to managing the societies’ day-to-day operations.  Beyond his work with technical societies, Chris helped lead the IEEE Internet Initiative which raised the Institute’s influence and profile in the areas of Internet governance and cybersecurity by providing a consensus of sound technical and scientific knowledge to the technology policy development process. 

Chris received his undergraduate degree from New York University and holds a MA in Organization and Leadership from Teacher’s College, Columbia University.