Dr. Colom-Ustariz is currently an NSF EPSCoR Program Director. He has extensive experience in academia, in both research and education, as well as in administration. Dr. Colom-Ustariz joined EPSCoR after more than 25 years as professor at the UPR-Mayaguez, where he was the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chair from 2015-2018. His research interests are in the area of Dual-Pol Weather Radars and Microwave Circuits.
He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Microwave Engineering from Penn State University, a MSEE from UMass in Microwave Remote Sensing and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. His research interests includes the design and development of Weather Radars and Microwave Circuits.