Staff

Vice President for Research

Dr. Laurie E. Locascio
Vice President for Research

Research Cabinet

Denise Clark
Associate Vice President for Research Administration
djclark@umd.edu | 301-405-4282
Eric Chapman
Associate Vice President for Research Development
echapman@umd.edu | 301-405-7136
Julie Lenzer
Chief Innovation Officer
jlenzer@umd.edu | 301-405-2960

Strategy & Outreach

John P. Sawyer
Director of Strategic Corporate Research Relationships
jsawyer2@umd.edu | 301-314-8132
Beth Brittan-Powell
Director of Joint Research Collaborations
ebrittan@umd.edu | 301-405-1459
Hana Kabashi
Project Manager
hkabashi@umd.edu | 301-405-4178
Dr. Gaelle Kolb
Proposal Development Manager
gkolb@umd.edu | 301-405-3454
Dr. Cara Kennedy
Senior Proposal Development Manager
ckenned3@umd.edu | 301.405.0732
Michelle Smith
Proposal Development Manager
msmith02@umd.edu | 301-405-1585
Sammy Popat
Interim Director, Mixed/Augmented/Virtual Reality Innovation Center (MAVRIC)
spopat@umd.edu | 301-704-7789
Ted Knight
Communications and Partnerships
teknight@umd.edu | 301-405-8761

Research Support

Dr. Robert Dooling
Chair, Intellectual Property
rdooling@umd.edu | (301) 405-5925
Catherine Carr
Dr. Catherine Carr
Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
cecarr@umd.edu | 301-405-6915
Joseph Smith
Director - Human Research Protection Program and Conflict of Interest Administrator
jsmith54@umd.edu | 301-405-0678
Adam Grant
Adam Grant
Export Compliance Officer
afgrant@umd.edu | 301-405-4212
Pamela Lanford
Director of Animal Research Support & Manager, Institutional Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
planford@umd.edu | 301-405-7295
Dr. Beth Bauer
Veterinarian
bbauer13@umd.edu | 301-405-6235
Chad Smith
Data Visualization and Multimedia Designer
csmith0@umd.edu | 301-405-3040
Larry Shelton
University Attending Veterinarian
ljsdvm@umd.edu | 301-405-4920
Philip DeShong
Chief Compliance Officer
deshong@umd.edu | 301-405-1892

Operations

Jeff Snider
Director of Operations
jsnider@umd.edu | 301-405-0916
Brian Kroutil
Assistant Director, Information Technology
kroutil@umd.edu | 301-405-8129
Theresa Grimley
Business Services Specialist
tgrimley@umd.edu | 301-405-7835
Adrienne Newman
Business Manager
anewman1@umd.edu | 301-405-0915

Technology

Steve Dowdy
Steve Dowdy
Director of Research Information Systems & Integration
sdowdy@umd.edu | 301-405-8060
Sharon Elliott
Director, Priority Grants Management System
sharone@umd.edu | 301-405-4199

Sponsored Programs, Accounting and Compliance

Marchon Jackson
Director, Sponsored Programs Accounting and Compliance
marchon@umd.edu | (301) 314-2186

Office of Research Administration (ORA)

Wendy Montgomery
Director, Office of Research Administration
wmont@umd.edu | 301-405-6279

Select Institutes and Centers (Reporting to Division of Research)

Robin Parker Cox
Director, Institute for Governmental Service & Research
rcox2@umd.edu | 301 405 3053
Paul Bardack
Director, Maryland Small Business Development Center
pbardack@umd.edu | 301 403 8300
William Regli
Executive Director, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security
regli@umd.edu
Brian O’Neill
Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute
brian.oneill@pnnl.gov | 301-314-6701
William Braniff
Director, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
Professor of Practice
braniff@start.umd.edu | 301-405-4022
To see complete ORA staff listing, please visit:
http://www.ora.umd.edu/staff

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