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research director

research director

7 3.9
A person who manages research and sets priorities in an organization
  • noun
  • /ˈriːsɜːrʧ dɪˈrɛktər/
translation icon : director de investigación
  • As the research director, she oversees all projects and ensures they meet the highest standards.
  • research director at the Institute

Today we have Ilya Siskever, Co founder and research director of Open AI.

Examples

  • Visualization could change how parks operate, said Anthony Townsend, research director at the Institute of the Future.

    Academic text (2009)

  • James Blewett is the research director at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, and national chair of Making Research Count.

    Academic text (2008)

  • All participating teachers attended an after-school workshop at the beginning of the school year led by the project research director.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Today we have Ilya Siskever, Co founder and research director of Open AI.

    Lex Fridman

  • Jessica Thompson, the policy and research director at the Institute for College Access and Success, said it was important to put the numbers in the report in that context.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Emilie Smeaton is the research director of Paradigm Research, which carries out social research addressing the lives of children, young people, and their families.

    Academic text (2011)

  • "Conventional mortgages are making a comeback while FHA mortgages are not," said Thomas Popik, research director for Campbell Surveys in September.

    Blog text (9)

  • A physicist who has worked both in research at Yorktown Heights and in R&D with manufacturing divisions, McGroddy has a position now that combines his previous job as research director with the vice presidency previously held by Armstrong.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The research director at our university is leading groundbreaking studies on climate change.

  • The new research director is responsible for managing the team and facilitating funding applications.

Synonyms

director of research
vsresearch director
7 5.0

A person who leads and manages research in an organization

means the same but uses a different word order in the name

How Senior

chief operating officer
  • Formal
15 4.9
research director
7 3.9

Surface Forms

research director singular
research directors plural

Morphology

research + director

The meaning 'person responsible for overseeing and managing research activities' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'research' (organized investigation) with 'director' (a person who manages or leads). This noun+noun modifier-head pattern is common across languages and follows regular semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Research director combines the words research, meaning careful study, and director, a person who points the way or leads. Imagine someone in a lab guiding the team to what to study and organizing the work; that is why a research director is the person 'in charge' of research.