Vice Dean Lori Rosenkopf is the Simon and Midge Palley Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Operations Research from Cornell and Stanford respectively. Vice Dean Rosenkopf also worked as a systems engineer for Eastman Kodak and AT&T Bell Laboratories before earning her Ph.D. in Management of Organizations from Columbia University. Since joining the faculty in 1993, she has taught courses for undergraduates, MBAs, doctoral students, and executive education participants, receiving the Hauck Award for distinguished teaching in the undergraduate program. Vice Dean Rosenkopf's research examines technological communities and social networks across several high-tech industries.