Jackie Kulfan

Jackie Kulfan engages with government, national lab, and industry partners to foster research collaborations with CMU faculty within the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation and the chemical engineering department. Kulfan joined CMU in 2023 after 26 years at PPG. At PPG, she spent the first half of her career in industrial coatings research and product development. She then served over a decade in PPG’s Corporate S&T team in proposal and contracts management, capture management, and forming research partnerships. Her focus areas were in vehicle lightweighting, mixed material joining, solar control coatings, photovoltaics, building envelope, corrosion prevention, manufacturing processes, and HPC initiatives. She was an active participant in the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) and was the key contact for PPG’s university research agreements. Most recently, Kulfan was the product manager of PPG’s construction adhesives and sealants business. She has a B.S. in chemistry from Saint Vincent College.