Theresa Stellwag Mayer is an American nanotechnologist and academic administrator, the Vice President for Research at Carnegie Mellon University.
She continued her studies in electrical engineering at Purdue University, earned a master's degree in 1989, and completed her Ph.D. in 1993.
[2] In 2014 she began her academic administration career as associate dean for research and innovation at Penn State.
She returned to Virginia Tech in 2016, as a professor of electrical and computer engineering and vice president for research and innovation.
In 2019 she became professor of electrical and computer engineering and executive vice president for research and partnerships at Purdue University.