Staff Directory
If you need support from the Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development, start with the team inboxes below. If you know whom you need to speak with, click here to jump down to the list of individual team members.
Team contact information
Don’t see the right team in the list below? Reach out to [email protected] or 865-974-3466 and we will help you find the support you need.
Division of Research Administration
- Pre-Award Operations: [email protected]
- Grants and Contracts: [email protected]
- Sponsored Projects Accounting: [email protected]
- Invoicing: [email protected]
- Post-Award Management: [email protected]
- Schedules of Final Charges: [email protected]
- Compliance: [email protected]
- Research Integrity, Assurance, and Security
- Responsible Conduct of Research: [email protected]
- Conflicts of Interest and Commitment: [email protected]
- Human Research Protection Program: [email protected]
- Animal Care and Use: [email protected]
- Research Security and Export Control: [email protected]
- Collaboration and International Engagement: [email protected]
Division of Innovation Partnerships and Economic Development
Division of Research Development and Recognitions
- Research Development: [email protected]
- Research Informatics: [email protected]
Division of Research Operations
- Business and Financial Services: [email protected]
- Core Facilities Program: [email protected]
Artificial Intelligence Tennessee
Team member contact information
Don’t see the right contact in the list below? Reach out to [email protected] or 865-974-3466 and we will help you find the support you need.
Partnership and Economic Development Contacts
Division of Research Administration
- David Smelser, Interim Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Research Administration ([email protected])
- Chelsea Inman, Executive Director of Research Administration ([email protected])
DRA Support Services
- Laura Pickens, Administrative Team Lead ([email protected])
- Ursula Lucas, Financial Associate ([email protected])
- Matthew Rankin, Financial Associate ([email protected])
- Molly Cordial, Archive Assistant ([email protected])
- Tiffany Adam, Administrative Coordinator ([email protected])
Pre-Award Operations
- Matthew Michener, Director, Pre-Award Operations ([email protected])
- Marie Penn, Team Lead ([email protected])
- Joy Ritchey, Team Lead ([email protected])
- Megan Roth, Interim Team Lead ([email protected])
- Jessie Beauharnois, Sponsored Programs Administrator 5 ([email protected])
- Kristanya Stangel, Sponsored Programs Administrator 5 ([email protected])
- Jenny Toll, Sponsored Programs Administrator 5 ([email protected])
- Stacey Wade, Sponsored Programs Administrator 5 ([email protected])
- Ashley Pinkard, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Brittney Robertson Calwile, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Mikhelle Spears, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Laura Wright, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Lacie Harris, Sponsored Programs Administrator 2 ([email protected])
- Murad Wornum, Sponsored Programs Administrator 2 ([email protected])
Grants & Contracts
- Allyson Graves, Interim Director ([email protected])
- Anna Marie Dawley, Team Lead ([email protected])
- Stephanie Jonas-Fields, Team Lead ([email protected])
- Jennifer Benson, Sponsored Programs Administrator 5 ([email protected])
- Melissa Jenkins, Sponsored Programs Administrator 5 ([email protected])
- Raymond Norris, Sponsored Programs Administrator 5 ([email protected])
- Abbey Frady, Sponsored Programs Administrator 4 ([email protected])
- Sarah Gonzalez, Sponsored Programs Administrator 4 ([email protected])
- Terri Hollis, Sponsored Programs Administrator 4 ([email protected])
- Emily Long, Sponsored Programs Administrator 4 ([email protected])
- Meredith Raths, Sponsored Programs Administrator 4 ([email protected])
- Benji Clemmer, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Claire McCoig, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Tara Prizito, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Hope Seaman, Sponsored Programs Administrator 3 ([email protected])
- Calvin Breeden, Sponsored Programs Administrator 2 ([email protected])
Contact List by Sponsoring Agency
Sponsored Projects Accounting
- Monica Cole, Interim Director, Sponsored Projects Accounting ([email protected])
- Rachel Bashore, Manager, Research Accounting ([email protected])
- Bonnie Cryderman, Manager, Research Accounting ([email protected])
- Dynise Robertson, Manager, Research Accounting ([email protected])
- Sherri Armstrong, Senior Research Accountant ([email protected])
- Larry Bowlby, Senior Research Accountant ([email protected])
- Stacey Conroy, Senior Research Accountant ([email protected])
- Teresa Dotson, Senior Research Accountant ([email protected])
- Sara Stewart, Senior Research Accountant
- Li Gao, Research Accountant 2 ([email protected])
- Laura Fugate, Research Accountant 2 ([email protected])
- Brianna Bohlmann, Research Accountant 1 ([email protected])
- Allison Dotson, Research Accountant 1 ([email protected])
- Tiffany Edwards, Research Accountant 1 ([email protected])
- Andrea Evans, Research Accountant 1 ([email protected])
- Ammar Ghazi, Research Accountant 1 ([email protected])
- Amy Hitchcock, Research Accountant 1 ([email protected])
- Lynn Vickers, Research Accountant 1 ([email protected])
- Janet Bruce, Research Accountant Setup Coordinator ([email protected])
- Mayet Dunn, Research Accountant Setup Coordinator ([email protected])
- Farah Rodriguez, Manager, Accounting Quality Assurance ([email protected])
- Ahmed Boshnag, Specialist, Accounting Quality Assurance ([email protected])
Contact List by Sponsoring Agency
Research Integrity, Assurance, & Security
Research Integrity & Conflicts of Interest
- Jane Burns, Director, Research Integrity ([email protected])
- Scott Canner, Conflict of Interest Specialist ([email protected])
Human Research Protection Program
- Rob Withrow, Director, Human Research Protection Program ([email protected])
- Becca Massey, Senior IRB Specialist ([email protected])
- Kadie Rome, IRB Specialist ([email protected])
- Linda Zerby, IRB Specialist ([email protected])
- Tammy Loy, Quality Assurance Specialist ([email protected])
- Karen Walker, Coordinator ([email protected])
Research Security & Export Control
- Chris Godfrey, Export Control Officer ([email protected])
- James Stanley, Facility Security Officer and Insider Threat Program Senior Official ([email protected])
- Grace Cox, Assistant Export Control Officer ([email protected])
- Lana Martin, Assistant Facility Security Officer ([email protected])
Division of Research Development & Recognitions
- Sally Morris, Associate Vice Chancellor, Research Development & Recognitions ([email protected])
Research Development
- Jill Passano, Senior Director, Research Development ([email protected])
- April Armes, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Shannon Hollingsworth, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Brittany McHenry, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Diana Moyer, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Sharon Pound, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Alan Rutenberg, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Hannah Schmidt, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Julianna Tullos, Manager, Research Development ([email protected])
- Diondre Brown, Coordinator, Research Development ([email protected])
Research Informatics
- Keith Britt, Director, Research Intelligence & Technology Transformation ([email protected])
- Jacob Sobota, Data Analyst ([email protected])
Division of Research Operations
- Ute Shaw, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Operations ([email protected])
Business & Financial Services
- Lacy Isley-Johnson, Senior Business Manager ([email protected])
- Jackie Lanning, Assistant Business Manager ([email protected])
- Michele Norris, Financial Associate ([email protected])
Shared Administrative Services
- Allie Leatherwood, Senior Administrative Coordinator ([email protected])
- Caitlin Carrington, Administrative Coordinator ([email protected])
- Samantha Kanterman, Administrative Coordinator ([email protected])
Communications
- Raphael Rosalin, Communications Specialist ([email protected])
Information Technology
- Shawn McCabe, IT Technician ([email protected])
Human Talent and Employee Experience
- Scott Moss, Human Resources & Employee Experience Manager ([email protected])
- Kenna Peterson, Human Resources Associate ([email protected])
Core Facilities Program
- Kristen Massey, Senior Director, Innovation & Core Facilities ([email protected])
- Jaydeep Kolape, Assistant Director, Core Facilities Program ([email protected])
- Melanie Jenkins, Business Manager ([email protected])
- Teresa Dion, Financial Associate ([email protected])
Artificial Intelligence Tennessee Initiative
- Vasileios Maroulas, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director, AI Tennessee ([email protected])
- Anne Ho, Director, AI Research Development ([email protected])
- Caleb Knight, Director, AI TechX ([email protected])
- Kristen Mecke, Project Manager ([email protected])
Questions?
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