Gerald (Jerry) C. Blazey is the Vice President for Research and Innovative Partnerships at Northern Illinois University. Blazey received a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Minnesota. He served as the co-spokesperson of the DZero proton–antiproton experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois, and as the Assistant Director for Physical Sciences in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Blazey is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
