About Us — Staff Directory

The Academic & Research Computing (ARC) group is part of Information Technology at WPI. Our team of application scientists, data scientists, engineers, and developers works directly with faculty and students to power research and academics across campus — from high-performance computing and AI inference to research data storage, rapid prototyping, software, and training.

Our Team

Siamak Najafi

Siamak Najafi

Associate CIO, Academic Research Strategy & Innovation

HL 232
(508) 831-5752
snajafi@wpi.edu

Ermal Toto

Ermal Toto, PhD

Director, Scientific Data, Applications & Web Development

HL 232
(508) 831-6754
toto@wpi.edu

James Kingsley

James Kingsley, PhD

Director, High Performance Computing & Faculty Support

HL 232
jkingsley@wpi.edu

Adriana Hera

Adriana Hera, PhD

Principal Application Scientist

HL 232
(508) 831-5323
ahera@wpi.edu

Erica Stults

Erica Stults, PhD

Principal Application Scientist

HL 232
estults@wpi.edu

Albert Enyedy

Albert Enyedy

Application Scientist I

HL 232
ajenyedy@wpi.edu

Jackson Henry

Jackson Henry, PhD

Data Scientist I

HL 234A
jhenry1@wpi.edu

Edward Burnham

Edward Burnham

Research Data Scientist

AK 104
(508) 831-6087
ehburnham@wpi.edu

Reily Siegel

Reily Siegel

Research Computing Engineer II

HL 234A
rsiegel@wpi.edu

Tessa Lytle

Teaching Assistant

HL 234A
tlytle@wpi.edu

General questions? Email the ARC team at archelp@wpi.edu or visit us in Higgins Laboratory 232.