2026 Summer Institute

Max Nikias

President Emeritus and Life Trustee, University of Southern California

Dr. C. L. Max Nikias is President Emeritus and Life Trustee of the University of Southern California, where he served as the university's 11th president from 2010 to 2018. A scholar of engineering, technology, and the humanities, he is a tenured professor of electrical engineering with a secondary appointment in classics and holds the Malcolm R. Currie Chair in Technology and the Humanities.