Cristo León, Ph.D., is Director of Research at the Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts, Office of Research and Development, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States. He holds a Ph.D. in Institutional Leadership and Innovation from Instituto de Estudios Universitarios, an M.B.A. with a focus on eCommerce and Digital Marketing, and a B.A. in Theater and Cultural Promotion. His work focuses on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, research development, collaboration, innovation, STEM education, artificial intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and tabletop role-playing game studies. In his current role, he supports research strategy, faculty collaboration, proposal development, and cross-disciplinary initiatives. He has more than two decades of professional experience in higher education, research administration, digital communication, and community-engaged scholarship. He has also been recognized with a Doctor Honoris Causa for leadership in a research project supporting the preservation and translation of texts into Nahuatl.