WordNet
n. a supervisor in a research center [syn: research director]
Usage examples of "director of research".
Ken Rancourt, director of research, Mount Washington Observatory, Gorham, New Hampshire.
So our Director of Research churtened from one corner of Laboratory One to another, and then from Building One to Building Twovanishing in one laboratory and appearing in the other, smiling, in the same instant, in no time.
I could be director of research and guide the efforts of some really sharp young engineers.
The university's director of research raced for the computer center to purge her data, but a squad of invaders burst through the doors and cut her down before she reached her console.
Dana, Doctor Wald is officially our chief engineer, unofficially our director of research.