Research Development Council

Chair

• Eric Chapman, Associate Vice President for Research Development
  2114 Lee Building  |  Phone: 301-405-7136  |  Email: echapman@umd.edu
  Assistant:  Danica Lovelace | Phone: 301-405-3712  |  Email: lovelace@umd.edu

Co-Chair

• Dr. Erin Fitzgerald, Director of National Research Initiatives
  2114D Lee Building  |  Phone: 301-405-4462  |  Email: erinf@umd.edu

Members

Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Adel Shirmohammadi, Professor and Associate Dean for Research
  1419 Animal Sciences/Agric.  |  Phone: 301-405-2459  |  Email: ashirmo@umd.edu
  Assistant: Richa Mathur  |  Phone: 301-405-1214  |  Email: rmathur4@umd.edu

A. James Clark School of Engineering

• Rob Briber, Associate Dean for Research 2141 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building  |  Phone: 301-405-7313  |  Email: rbriber@umd.edu
  Assistant: Julie Berry  |  Phone: 301-405-7765  |  Email: jeberry@umd.edu

Arts & Humanities

• Linda Aldoory, Associate Dean of Research
  1102A Francis Scott Key Building  |  Phone: 301-405-7364  |  Email: laldoory@umd.edu
  Assistant: Ashley Richerson  |  Phone: 301-405-2095  |  Email:  arichers@umd.edu

Behavioral and Social Sciences

• Jeff Lucas, Professor and Associate Dean
  4137 Art/Sociology Building  |  Phone: 301-405-6435  |  Email: jlucas2@umd.edu

College of Education

• Laura Stapleton, Professor & Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Partnerships       
  3119 Benjamin Building  |  Phone: 301-405-2337  |  Email: lstaplet@umd.edu
  Assistant:  Andrea Norris  |  Phone: 301-405-2336  |  Email: anorris@umd.edu

College of Information Studies

• Susan Winter, Lecturer and Associate Dean for Research
  4105B Hornbake Library, South Wing  |  Phone: 301-405-4989  |  Email: sjwinter@umd.edu

College of Journalism

• Sarah Ann Oates, Professor
  2100L John S. and James L. Knight Hall | Phone: 301-405-4510 | Email: soates@umd.edu

Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences

• Wolfgang Losert, Associate Dean for Research
  1147 Physical Sciences Complex  |  Phone:  301-405-0629  |  Email: wlosert@umd.edu
  Assistant: Lisa Holder  |  Phone: 301-405-4906  |  Email:  lholder@umd.edu

Robert H. Smith School of Business

• Ritu Agarwal, Professor; Associate Dean for Research
  2416F Van Munching Hall  |  Phone: 301-405-3121  |  Email: ragarwal@rhsmith.umd.edu
  Assistant: Maura Arnold | Phone: 301-405-1545 | Email: mschille@umd.edu

School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

• Gerrit Knaap, Professor & Director
  National Center for Smart Growth (START)
  1112M Preinkert Hall  |  Phone: 301-405-6083  |  Email: gknaap@umd.edu
  

School of Dentistry

• Pei Feng, Associate Dean for Research/Director of Research Office
  Phone: 410-706-7340  |  Email: pfeng@umaryland.edu

School of Law

• Michael Pappas, Associate Dean for Research/Associate Professor of Law
  Phone: 410-706-7456  |  Email: mpappas@umaryland.edu

School of Medicine

• Curt Civin, Associate Dean for Research & Professor
  Phone: 410-706-1181  |  Email: ccivin@som.umaryland.edu

School of Nursing

• Erika Freidmann, Associate Dean for Research
  Phone: 410-706-0659  |  Email: freidmann@umaryland.edu
  Assistant:  Lisa Vikell |  Email: vikell@umaryland.edu

School of Pharmacy

• Peter Swaan, Associate Dean for Research
  Phone: 410-706-0103  |  Email: pswaan@rx.umaryland.edu

School of Public Health

• Dushanka Kleinman, Professor & Associate Dean for Research
  3310 School of Public Health Building  |  Phone: 301-405-2438  |  Email: dkleinma@umd.edu
  Assistant:  Caitlin Waite  |  Phone:301-405-2437  |  Email: cwaite@umd.edu

School of Public Policy

• Philip Joyce, Senior Associate Dean and Professor
  2101 Van Munching Hall  |  Phone: 301-405-6330  |  Email: pgjoyce@umd.edu
  Assistant:  Katharine Zang  |  Phone:301-405-0467  |  Email: kzang@umd.edu

School of Social Work

• Paul Sacco, Associate Dean for Research & Assistant Professor
  Email: psacco@ssw.umaryland.edu

Foundation and Corporate Relations 

• Kristen Gladsky, Senior Director, Foundation Relations
  4111 Riggs Alumni Center  | Phone: 301-405-1883 | Email: kgladsky@umd.edu

• Tracy Lee, Director, Corporate Relations
  4113 Riggs Alumni Center  | Phone: 301-405-4928 | Email: tracylee@umd.edu
  Assistant: Sandra Waldrop  |  Phone: 301-405-4092  |  swaldrop@umd.edu

Graduate School

• Steve Fetter, Interim Dean
  2125 Lee Building  |  Phone: 301-405-5793  |  Email: sfetter@umd.edu 
  Assistant: Amanda Strausser | Phone: 301-405-6732 | Email: astraus3@umd.edu

Office of the President

• Virginia Meehan, Director of Federal Relations
  1131 Main Administration Building  |  Phone: 301-405-2065  |  Email: vmeehan@umd.edu
  Assistant: Amina DeHarde | Phone: 301-405-8359 | Email: adeharde@umd.edu

Office of the Senior VP & Provost

• Mariah Bauer, Director
  0107 Main Admin  |  Phone: 301-405-6817  |  Email: mbauer@umd.edu

Office of Technology Commercialization

• Julie Lenzer, Associate VP of Innovation & Co-Director of UM Ventures
  2130 Mitchell Building  |  Phone: 301-405-2960  |  Email: jlenzer@umd.edu
  Assistant:  Bijan DaBell  |  Phone:301-405-0716  |  Email: bdabell@umd.edu

• Felizia Metz, Senior Intellectual Property Manager
  2130 Mitchell Building  |  Phone: 301-405-2797  |  Email: fametz@umd.edu

Office of the Vice President for Research

• Elise Carbonaro, Director of Communications
  2114 Lee Building  | Phone: 301-405-6501 | Email: ecarbo@umd.edu

• Hana Kabashi, Program Manager
  2114 Lee Building  | Phone: 301-405-4178| Email: hkabashi@umd.edu

• John Sawyer, Director of Strategic Corporate Partnerships
  2203 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building  | Phone: 301-314-8132 | Email: jsawyer2@umd.edu