Dr. Roger Dube

Dr. Dube received his Bachelor’s degree in experimental physics from Cornell where he co-founded the American Indian Studies Program there, for which he recently won an award as Cornell Outstanding Alumnus. He obtained his PhD in experimental physics from Princeton. Currently Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, Dr. Dube is a previous Fulbright scholar at the University of Manitoba where he cofounded the Wawatay Program to support Indigenous students in STEM. He has held positions at Kitt Peak and Caltech’s JPL, the University of Michigan, the University of Arizona, and Yale. He rose to the executive level at IBM’s Research Division. He has served the National Academy of Sciences in its grant selection process for its Ford Foundation Graduate Program for Minorities, has been an entrepreneur, and has started two companies within the last 18 years. He has been an active mentor in the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Lighting the Path program for Native students in STEM and has been a co-PI of the grant. He is co-founder of the Native Alumni of Princeton and serves on multiple admissions committees there. Dr. Dube retired as the Assistant Dean for Research at RIT in 2019.

Dr. Dube, an enrolled member of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi and Mohawk Turtle clan, is a Sequoyah Fellow of AISES. He was awarded the 2019 Ely Parker Award from AISES, their highest honor. He holds 21 issued patents and has published a textbook on physics-based computer security. He has been successful in obtaining various grants to assist Indigenous students in STEM, conduct international conferences on Indigenous STEM topics, and conduct his basic physics research. He was recently nominated for the Compton Medal in physics. He is currently focused on science content in Indigenous languages, reintroducing the history of Indigenous science before contact, and assisting universities in designing Native programs.