Alec Damian Gallimore is an American aerospace engineer who has been serving as provost of Duke University since July 2023.
[3][4] Following his undergraduate degree, Gallimore was one of forty engineering and science college students selected to participate in a summer program at the NASA Lewis Research Center.
As a result, he chose to join the faculty at the University of Michigan College of Engineering to improve his public speaking.
[7][10] Beyond his efforts in the PEPL, Gallimore served as director for the NASA Michigan Space Grant Consortium and for the Michigan/Air Force Center of Excellence in Electric Propulsion.
[11] While serving in this role, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "advanced spacecraft electric propulsion, especially Hall thruster technology.