OVPR Staff Profiles

A Q&A with Kim Jennings, Research Development's officer for biomedical and health sciences

A Q&A with Erica Dougherty, Research IT senior research business analyst

A Q&A with Brandon Norwat, associate director of science & security for the Office of Research Support and Compliance

A Q&A with Melissa Huebsch, executive assistant for the Office of Sponsored Projects

A Q&A with Stephanie Tomlinson, Research Development's senior grants and contracts specialist

A Q&A with Jason Watson, senior web developer for Research IT

A Q&A with Rebecca Fitch, Core Facilities program coordinator

Karen Holguin is the Human Resources coordinator with the Financial and Administrative Services team in the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors. Originally from Mexico City, the enthusiastic traveler has called Austin home for the past year.

Veteran UT man and avid reader Jeff Daily has spent almost two decades on the Forty Acres, bringing valuable experience and expertise to the Research Development team in the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors.

Caroline Schomer joined UT Austin in 2022 and plays a pivotal role in the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Institutional Biosafety Committee ensuring researchers follow regulations in a sensitive and complex research arena.