James W. Wagner

Prior to joining NMP, Dr. Wagner was an award-winning teacher and scientist, became president of Emory University in 2003.
Dr. Wagner has authored more than 115 publications and has served as editor or editorial board member for several serial publications.
His research interests and activities have stemmed in part from his early employment with the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, where he developed quality-assurance methods and performed failure analyses on medical devices.
At Johns Hopkins his research focused on optical and microwave methods for sensing strains and displacements in materials and structures.
In 2007, Dr. Wagner received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering and the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association.
Dr. Wagner serves on the boards of The Carter Center, the Georgia Research Alliance, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Wagner earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1975 from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in clinical engineering in 1978 from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
In 1984, he completed his Ph.D.
degree in materials science and engineering from Johns Hopkins.
Following a distinguished tenure on the faculty of Johns Hopkins, Dr. Wagner served as dean, provost, and interim president of Case Western Reserve University.