Nimmi Kannankutty

Dr. Nimmi Kannankutty is Vice President for Academic Relations (North America) within Elsevier’s Global Strategic Networks team. Her goal is to foster strategic collaborations with academic leaders, policymakers, and their institutions to advance science, education, and research initiatives. This includes enhancing analytical capabilities, promoting innovative knowledge exchange, and demonstrating the broader impact of their work within the scientific, educational, and policy communities.

Dr. Kannankutty has over 30 years of experience in science policy, strategic planning, STEM education and labor markets, and R&D trends. She joined Elsevier from the National Science Foundation (NSF), where she was the Director’s Senior Advisor for Strategy and Executive Liaison to the National Science Board. In this role, she played a key role in enhancing communication and collaboration across the agency and with U.S. national policy stakeholders. Her extensive background also includes executive leadership roles at NSF managing graduate education programs and investments and as a research director in the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. She has also held positions at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where she contributed to shaping federal science and technology strategies.