Staff

  • Nancy Rohring

    ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

    Nancy earned her AAS degree in Business Administration at SCCC, B.S. at SBU in Management and Policy, and MS in Secondary Education from Dowling College. She joined Laufer Center in 2012 under Ken Dill's directorship after seven years as Department Administrator in the Mathematics Dept. Nancy manages the Center's financial and personnel matters, and its overall operations.

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    Douglas Death

    BUSINESS AND GRANTS MANAGER

    Douglas joined the Laufer Center in December 2023. He came to the center from Suffolk County Government where he served as the program manager for the STOP-DWI program. Douglas focuses on the management, administration and distribution of Laufer Center grants as well as other tasks related to the business and finance administration of the Center.

  • Sabrina Kralik

    ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR

    Sabrina, (B.Tech, Farmingdale State College) joined the Laufer Center in September 2024 as the Assistant to Director Ivet Bahar. With a background in marketing, she brings creativity and strategic thinking to her role, overseeing event coordination and providing administrative support.

  • Sai Kiran Gandla

    System Administrator

    SaiKiran (SIGH-Kih-ran) joined the Laufer center in October 2025, With a masters degree in computer science and experience in HPC system administration, Sai supports the center’s computing infrastructure, overseeing cluster health, storage, user access and website management. He works closely with faculty and researchers to maintain efficient and reliable computing resources across the Laufer center.

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Sabrina's baby shower
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