Staff

Research Support

Dr. Beth Bauer
Veterinarian
bbauer13@umd.edu | 301-405-6235
Adam Grant
Adam Grant
Export Compliance Officer
afgrant@umd.edu | 301-405-4212
Catherine Carr
Dr. Catherine Carr
Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
cecarr@umd.edu | 301-405-6915
Dr. Robert Dooling
Chair, Intellectual Property
rdooling@umd.edu | (301) 405-5925
Dr. Shannon Stutler
University Attending Veterinarian
sstutler@umd.edu | 301 405 4212
Joseph Smith
Director - Human Research Protection Program and Conflict of Interest Administrator
jsmith54@umd.edu | 301-405-0678
Pamela Lanford
Director of Animal Research Support & Manager, Institutional Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
planford@umd.edu | 301-405-7295

Operations

Adrienne Newman
Business Manager
anewman1@umd.edu | 301-405-0915
Brian Kroutil
Assistant Director, Information Technology
kroutil@umd.edu | 301-405-8129
Danica Lovelace
Coordinator
lovelace@umd.edu | 301-405-3712
Jeff Snider
Director of Operations
jsnider@umd.edu | 301-405-0916
Theresa Grimley
Business Services Specialist
tgrimley@umd.edu | 301-405-7835

Strategy & Outreach

Beth Brittan-Powell
Director of Joint Research Collaborations
ebrittan@umd.edu | 301-405-1459
Dr. Cara Kennedy
Proposal Development Manager
ckenned3@umd.edu | 301.405.0732
Dr. Erin Fitzgerald
Director of National Research Initiatives
erinf@umd.edu | 301-405-​4462
Dr. Gaelle Kolb
Proposal Development Manager
gkolb@umd.edu | 301-405-3454
Hana Kabashi
Project Manager
hkabashi@umd.edu | 301-405-4178
John P. Sawyer
Director of Strategic Corporate Research Relationships
jsawyer2@umd.edu | 301-314-8132
Lucien Parsons
Director, Mixed/Augmented/Virtual Reality Innovation Center (MAVRIC)
lucienp@umd.edu | 301-405-2924

Research Cabinet

Denise Clark
Associate Vice President for Research Administration
djclark@umd.edu | 301-405-4282
Elise Carbonaro Kim
Director of Research Communications
ecarbo@umd.edu | 301-405-6501
Eric Chapman
Associate Vice President for Research Development
echapman@umd.edu | 301-405-7136
Julie Lenzer
Chief Innovation Officer and Director of UM Ventures - College Park
jlenzer@umd.edu | 301-405-2960

Vice President for Research

Dr. Laurie E. Locascio
Vice President for Research

Select Institutes and Centers (Reporting to Division of Research)

Ghassem Asrar
Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute
gasrar@umd.edu | 1 301 405 5077
Paul Bardack
Director, Maryland Small Business Development Center
pbardack@umd.edu | 301 403 8300
Robin Parker Cox
Director, Institute for Governmental Service & Research
rcox2@umd.edu | 301 405 3053
Steve Fetter
Acting Executive Director, Center for Advanced Study of Language
sfetter@umd.edu | 301-405-5793
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

Sponsored Programs, Accounting and Compliance

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

Technology

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

Office of Research Administration (ORA)

Wendy Montgomery
Director, Office of Research Administration
wmont@umd.edu | 301-405-6279
To see complete ORA staff listing, please visit:
http://www.ora.umd.edu/staff

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