Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an independent, nonsectarian, not-for-profit, coeducational university that spans the globe. Leading the world in aviation and aerospace higher education, and rapidly accelerating its research enterprise across areas ranging from unmanned to autonomous systems and robotics, to green aviation, cyber security, space and atmospheric physics, aviation business management, astronomy and astrophysics, commercial space operations, aerospace materials, and more - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University relies on its foundation in tradition to forge new discoveries toward an exciting future.
Embry-Riddle's Prescott Campus opened in September 1978 with 240 students and two majors - aeronautical science and aeronautics. More than forty years later, the combined efforts of an inspired campus leadership team with a talented and experienced faculty, the Prescott Campus is the proud home to just under 3,000 students, hosts over twenty bachelor's degrees, three graduate programs, and nearly 200 student groups and organizations.
Dr. Anette Karlsson, Chancellor
A Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Karlsson earned her Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rutgers University, within the area of applied mechanics. She completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Linkoping University in Sweden.
Dr. Karlsson conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University before joining the University of Delaware, where she later became chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Earlier in her career, she worked as a research/design engineer for Saab Missiles and Saab Aerospace, and as a technical attaché of material science for Sweden’s Embassy in the United States.
Her research interests focus on the thermo-mechanical properties of advanced materials with an emphasis on the durability of materials used in clean energy production. Dr. Karlsson has published more than 80 peer-reviewed international journal articles and she has been the primary adviser for more than 15 doctoral and master’s degree students.
Dr. Karlsson’s many honors and awards have included the U.S. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the University of Delaware’s E.A. Trabant Award for Women’s Equity as well as the Young Scholars Award of the Francis Alison Society and membership in the engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi.
Before her arrival to Embry-Riddle, Dr. Karlsson, who has served as a professor and dean of the Washkewicz College of Engineering at Cleveland State University.
Dr. Kathy Lustyk, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs
Lustyk is a professor of psychology and joins Embry-Riddle from Seattle Pacific University, where she is the outgoing Chair of the Department of Psychology. Her professional affiliations include the Western Psychological Association, the Society for Women's Health Research, and the Society for Psychophysiology Research.
Lustyk also led the Women's Health Lab as a part of the School of Psychology, Family, and Community at Seattle Pacific University. Under her tenure, the lab investigated psychophysiological and neuroendocrine stress responses in women and the role that mindfulness plays in those responses. She has a long history of investigating the female stress response and its interrelationships with health, behavior, and quality of life.
She has also been awarded the Outstanding Research Article from the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, and the Faculty Advisor Appreciation Award from Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology. Lustyk has been named Professor of the Year for the School of Psychology, Family, and Community at Seattle Pacific University.
Lustyk holds a Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology with a specialization in Endocrinology from the University of Washington, Seattle.
