Office of Research (OR) staff are grouped by functional areas of responsibility within the department. The OR is also among several groups that report to the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR). Please select from the list below to find the contact information of OR and OVPR staff members within each functional area.
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Office of Research (OR) Staff
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Additional groups that report to the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) Leadership Team
The Vice President for Research has responsibility, under the Office of the Provost, for the general supervision, administration, and development of research activities, including all sponsored programs, conducted by the University and its faculty. The Vice President for Research is assisted in the duties of office by Associate Vice Presidents.
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Vice President for Research, Professor
Robert J. Bernhard
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-1862
Email: rbernhar@nd.edu
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Associate Vice President for Research, Professor
Sunny Boyd
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-7765
Email: sboyd@nd.edu
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Associate Vice President for Research, Professor
Darren Davis
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-1030
Email: ddavis7@nd.edu
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Associate Vice President for Research
Liz Rulli
Address: 940 Grace Hall
Phone: (574) 631-3072
Email: lrulli@nd.edu
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Assistant Vice President for Research, Research Professor
Mark Suckow
Address: 940 Grace Hall
Phone: (574) 631-1742
Email: msuckow@nd.edu
OVPR Administrative Support
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Officer Assistant, Office of the Vice President for Research
Susan Nugent
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-3902
Email: snugent@nd.edu
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Administrative Assistant
Nakesha Alexander
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-1389
Email: nalexan1@nd.edu
OR Administrative Support
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Senior Administrative Assistant, Postdoctoral Scholars & Other Research Appointments (Visit website: postdocs.nd.edu)
Charlene K. Bollman
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 911 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-7283
Email: Bollman.1@nd.edu
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Administrative Assistant
Janet Kenyon
Address: 940 Grace Hall
Phone: (574) 631-1095
Email: jkenyon@nd.edu
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Senior Administrative Assistant
Connie Slack
Address: 940 Grace Hall
Phone: (574) 631-2310
Email: slack.1@nd.edu
Electronic Research Administration (eRA)
Supports internal and external systems used for research administration and provides management reporting on research activity to internal and external stakeholders. Learn more >>
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Director, Electronic Research Administration (eRA)
Terri Hall
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 903 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-7378
Email: thall2@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Electronic Research Administration
Elizabeth Hasse
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 908 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-1393
Email: ehasse@nd.edu
Grants Business Management (GBM)
Serves as liaison with other central University business offices and supports purchasing, hiring and payroll transactions, reimbursement of travel and other financial transactions, assists with scheduling, and other key functions related to research activities. Learn more >>
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Director, Grants Business Management
Melanie DeFord
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 905 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-8805
Email: mdeford@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Grants Business Management
Cindi Fuja
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 914 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-3061
Email: cfuja@nd.edu
College of Arts and Letters, Mendoza College of Business, Law School, and Other
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Consultant, Grants Business Management
Angie Tompkins
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 101 O'Shaughnessy Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-6229
Email: atompkin@nd.edu
College of Engineering and School of Architecture
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Consultant, Grants Business Management
Beata Nabrzyska
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 214d Cushing Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-1327
Email: bnabrzys@nd.edu
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Consultant, Grants Business Management
Megan Sheraton
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 205c Cushing Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-6939
Email: mujdak@nd.edu
College of Science
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Consultant, Grants Business Management
Kara Primmer
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 280 Stepan Center (office)
Phone: (574) 631-2178
Email: khuegel1@nd.edu
OVPR Business Manager
Develops budgets and provides expenditure projections for all OVPR units, including Strategic Research Initiatives (SRIs). Manages, tracks, and transfers OVPR funding commitments, including cost share and internal program awards.
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Business Manager
Michelle LaCourt
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 910 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-1589
Email: mlacourt@nd.edu
Policy, Training and Communications (PTC)
Expert resource for research related policies, develops and facilitates training and development workshops, and develops and ensures accuracy of OR websites. Learn more >>
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Director, Research Administration Policy, Training and Communications
Karen Pace
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 935 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-8305
Email: kpace@nd.edu
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Associate Program Director, Research Administration Policy, Training and Communications
Rosanna Ayrton
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 934 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-2940
Email: ayrton.1@nd.edu
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Associate Program Director, Research Administration Policy, Training and Communications
Judy Bemenderfer
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 928 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-0509
Email: jbemende@nd.edu
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Coordinator, Policy, Training and Communications
Lori Flory
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 924 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-3688
Email: lflory@nd.edu
Post-Award Financial Management (PAF)
Establishes award budget and accounts for grant expenditure, provides budget projections, and administers pre-award spending/advance accounts, re-budget requests, no-cost extensions or changes of scope or PI. Learn more >>
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Director, Post-Award Financial Management
Mike Zenk
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 912 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-9972
Email: mzenk@nd.edu
College of Arts and Letters, Mendoza College of Business, Law School, and Other
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Assistant Director, Post-Award Financial Management
Lori D. McDonald
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 101 O'Shaugnessy Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-1107
Email: lmcdona2@nd.edu
College of Engineering and School of Architecture
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Assistant Director, Post-Award Financial Management
Cortney Swift
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 263a Fitzpatrick Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-2966
Email: Cortney.Swift.7@nd.edu
College of Science
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Assistant Director, Post-Award Financial Management
Jeff Pethick
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 141 Galvin Life Science Center (office)
Phone: (574) 631-1789
Email: jpethick@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Post-Award Financial Management
Mike Vissage
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 252 Nieuwland Science Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-7923
Email: mvissage@nd.edu
Pre-Award (PRA)
Provides support for proposal preparation, assists in COS funding searches, reviews sponsor guidelines, prepares budget and budget justification, secures subcontract information, assists with cost share commitments, facilitates routing and submitting proposal to sponsor. Learn more >>
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Director, Pre-Award
Richard Hilliard
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 925 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-5386
Email: Richard.A.Hilliard.1@nd.edu
College of Engineering and School of Architecture
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Associate Director, Pre-Award
Shanda Wirt
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 263b Fitzpatrick Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-8710
Email: Wirt.1@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Pre-Award
Mira Mihajlovich
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 152 Engineering-Multidisciplinary Research Building (office)
Phone: (574) 631-1173
Email: mmihajlo@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Pre-Award
Mark DeVore
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 152 Engineering-Multidisciplinary Research Building (office)
Phone: (574) 631-7973
Email: DeVore.1@nd.edu
College of Science
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Associate Director, Pre-Award
Shohn Turner
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 254 Nieuwland Science Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-1085
Email: sturner@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Pre-Award
Ed Ackerley
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 141 Galvin Life Science Center (office)
Phone: (574) 631-5488
Email: ackerley.1@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Pre-Award
Tina Chandler
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 280 Stepan Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-6984
Email: Tina.Chandler@nd.edu
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA), Arts & Letters Pre-Award Team
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Associate Director, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA)
Kenneth Garcia
Address: 101 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Phone: (574) 631-6494
Email: kgarcia@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA)
Lori Loftis
Address: 101 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Phone: (574) 631-4264
Email: lloftis@nd.edu
Research Contracts and Awards (RCA)
Reviews, negotiates and accepts research agreements on behalf of the University, generates subcontracts and research consulting agreements, and assists with project closeout and reporting. Learn more >>
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Director, Research Contracts and Awards
Greg Luttrell
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 906 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-2857
Email: Luttrell.1@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Research Contracts and Awards
Rebecca Hackett
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 913 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-7433
Email: rhacket2@nd.edu
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Assistant Director, Research Contracts and Awards
Ben Szumial
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 909 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-7997
Email: Szumial.2@nd.edu
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Administrative Assistant
Kathleen Miller
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail)
Phone: (574) 631-3139
Email: kmille37@nd.edu
Additional groups that report to the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
Manages the process of identifying, disclosing, protecting (via patents and copyrights) marketing, and licensing new technologies developed at the University of Notre Dame. Learn more from the OTT website >>
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Director, Technology Transfer
Richard Cox
Address: 940 Grace Hall
Phone: (574) 631-5158
Email: rcox4@nd.edu
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Technology Commercialization Program Director
Patrick McMahon
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-1322
Email: pmcmaho2@nd.edu
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Licensing Associate
Scott Hartford
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 930 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-7499
Email: hartford.4@nd.edu
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Licensing Associate
Tim Joyce
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 933 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-3029
Email: joyce.17@nd.edu
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Coordinator, Technology Transfer
Sally Burns
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 931 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-4551
Email: sburns@nd.edu
Research Compliance
Provides information, support, expertise, and systems of administration needed to meet the laws, rules, and policies governing research in the most efficient and effective way. Learn more >>
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Associate Vice President for Research, Professor
Darren Davis
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-1030
Email: ddavis7@nd.edu
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Director, Research Compliance
Tracey Poston
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-1461
Email: tposton@nd.edu
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Administrative Assistant
Nakesha Alexander
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-1389
Email: nalexan1@nd.edu
Research Development
Coordinates complex proposal submissions and alerts researchers of limited submissions funding opportunities and internal competitions.
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Associate Vice President for Research, Professor
Sunny Boyd
Address: 317 Main Building
Phone: (574) 631-7765
Email: sboyd@nd.edu
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Research Development Program Director
Heather Boyd
Address: 940 Grace Hall (mail); 907 Grace Hall (office)
Phone: (574) 631-4104
Email: hboyd@nd.edu
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