Research Administration Directory

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Steve Brahm — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: s.brahm@cem.utexas.edu
Proposal, contract maintenance to contract closeout. Export controls and security (visual compliance). Equipment control. NDA's and TCP's. Point of contact for any pre-award audits for the center.

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Shauna Pendleton — Assistant Director, Research Administration
Email: pendleton@csr.utexas.edu
Post award, financial reporting, accounting, ana compliance.

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Melissa Pollard — Administrative Manager
Email: aquarius@utexas.edu
CWE-CTR-Ferguson “CAEE-ORU” Shared Services Team member; faculty, staff, visitor, and student employment; financial reporting; subcontract monitoring and invoicing; approval of vouchers and documents.

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Kenneth Thomas — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: kenneth.thomas@utexas.edu
Post-award management

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Meghan Papszycki — Research Coordinator
Email: meghan.papszycki@austin.utexas.edu
Research coordinator for Adam Bush, Mia Markey, Nicholas Peppas, Pengyu Ren, Grady Rylander, Jeanne Stachowiak

Erika Trevino — Research Coordinator
Email: e.trevino@utexas.edu

Lori Guerra — Research Coordinator
Email: lori.guerra@austin.utexas.edu
Research coordinator for Aaron Baker, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Sapun, Parekh, Laura Suggs, James Tunnell

Carlos Rodriguez — Research Coordinator
Email: carlos.alonso@utexas.edu
Amy Brock, Andrew Dunn, Tyrone Porter, Edward Castillo, Ken Diller, Samantha Santacruz, Stephanie Seidlits, Janet Zoldan

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Melinda McGlaun — Manager of Research Administration
Email: mmcglaun@austin.utexas.edu

• Pre-award support: proposal submission tasks and documents, requests for information, budget preparation and revision, just-in-time information, assistance with the awards process.
• Post-award support: no-cost extension and other post-award requests, budget forecasting/spending, subaccount transfers, cost share reports.

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Vickie Grier — Pre-Award Grants and Contracts Coordinator
Email: vgrier@austin.utexas.edu

Derek Lopez — Post-Award Financial Analyst
Email: derek.lopez@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research

Fernanda Leite, Ph.D.
Email: fernanda.leite@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
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Research Contact

Reggie Crim — Director of Research Administration
Email: reggiecrim@austin.utexas.edu

Joey Walker — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist (Pre-Award)
Email: walker@mail.utexas.edu

Nicole Babilya — Manager of Post Award Administration
Email: nicole.babilya@austin.utexas.edu

Julio Fonseca — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: julio@austin.utexas.edu

Comprehensive research administrative support for the entire grant lifecycle is provided to Principal Investigators (PI) and staff at the central college level in the Cockrell School of Engineering (CSE). The team also assists the Associate Dean for Research and the Dean’s Office with identifying solutions to complicated research matters while developing standard post-award procedures for researchers in the college.

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WEP Initiatives

Research Contact

Tricia Berry — Executive Director, Women in Engineering Program
Email: triciaberry@utexas.edu
Broader Impacts consulting: expertise in public and K12 outreach and STEM education efforts, access to events and initiatives for broadening participation efforts, connections across the STEM educational and outreach community (schools, districts, teachers, camp programs, informal STEM organizations, Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem, etc.). WEP proposal examples

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Research Contact

Alexandra Loukas, Ph.D. — Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Email: alexandra.loukas@austin.utexas.edu
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Linda García — Executive Director
Email: linda.garcia@cccse.org
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through CCSSE.

Alicia Garza — Business Manager
Email: garza@cccse.org
Primary contact for post-award administration conducted in CCSSE.

Research Website

Research Contact

Matt Orem — Executive Director
Email: support@ipsi.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through IPSI.

Joy Whitney — Operations Manager
Email: support@ipsi.utexas.edu
Primary contact for pre-award and award administration conducted in IPSI.

Kristyne Blackburn — Finance Manager
Email: support@ipsi.utexas.edu
Primary contact for post-award administration conducted in IPSI.

Research Website

Research Contact

Edward J. Leach — Executive Director
Email: ed@nisod.org
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through NISOD.

Sheryl Powell — Associate Director
Email: sheryl@nisod.org
Primary contact for research administration conducted in NISOD.

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Alexandra Loukas, Ph.D.
Email: alexandra.loukas@austin.utexas.edu
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Website
Research Administration Website (COERA)
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Team Email: coera@austin.utexas.edu
 

Liz Kogan — Director of Research Administration
Email: liz.kogan@austin.utexas.edu
Leadership and primary contact for all research matters in the College of Education.

Sylvia Moore — Senior Proposal Specialist
Email: skmoore@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all proposals submitted through College of Education academic departments. Secondary contact for all proposals submitted through TexCEP and MCPER.

Ana Dala — Awards Specialist
Email: ana.dala@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all sponsored projects awards managed on behalf of College of Education academic departments and TexCEP.

Chaz Gardinier — Senior Postaward Specialist
Email: cgardinier@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all post-award administration of projects managed on behalf of College of Education academic departments and TexCEP.

Lisette Pena — Postaward Specialist
Email: lisette.pena@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for coera@austin.utexas.edu and dispatcher of inquiries to team. Primary contact for transactions managed by COERA and academic department liaison.

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Esbelle Jowers — Associate Director of Operations
Email: ejowers@austin.utexas.edu
Primary contact for all research conducted or proposed through TexCEP.

Stephanie Strayer — Manager for Research Administration
Email: sstrayer@utexas.edu

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Eric Bramblett — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ebramblett@austin.utexas.edu
Pre- and post-award administration. Pre-award includes budgeting and submission, but not grant-writing.

Olga Macha — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: olga.macha@austin.utexas.edu
Primary Contact for all research administration through MCPER, from inception to funding stream end.

Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Academic Affairs

Raquel Monroe, Ph.D.
Email: raquel.monroe@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean Website
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Research Contact

Tim Creswick — Director of Faculty Advancement
Email: timcreswick@austin.utexas.edu

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Angi Machos — Senior Contracts and Grants Specialist
Email: a.machos@austin.utexas.edu
Post-award and human resource services

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Jennifer Pratt — Contracts and Grants Specialist
Email: jennifer.pratt@austin.utexas.edu

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Janet Bui — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: janet.bui@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-and Post-award support

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Catherine Andersson — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: canderss@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting artificial intelligence faculty and students

Megan Booth — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: meganb@cs.utexas.edu
Senior Administrative support for Programs group; HR Partner and voucher processing for the Artificial Intelligence Lab

Eva Fox — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: afox@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting Systems faculty and students

Heidi O’Hora — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: ohora@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting faculty and students in the Center for Information Assurance and Security

Tyra Skinner — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: tls2022@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting the Programming Languages & Compilers research group and AI Laboratory

Jennie Staleski — Senior Administrative Associate
Email: staleski@cs.utexas.edu
Grant administrator supporting Theory Group, IFML and students

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Note: This department routes most proposals through Population Research Center

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Sean Ryan Schaffer — Administrative Manager, Contracts and Grants
Email: schaffer@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-award support for grant submission, mostly NSF, NIH (non-clinical trial), Texas Government sponsors, other small sponsors. Interface with OSP and sponsors on award negotiations, reporting, extensions. Advisory support for post-award administration (account administration, voucher payments, purchasing); Contracts and grants support.

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Angelica Morgan — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: amorgan@austin.utexas.edu

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Yvette Trujillo Canedo — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist 
Email: ybtrujillo@austin.utexas.edu

Jeremiah Paulus — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: jdpaulus@utexas.edu

Desiree Ledet — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: desiree.ledet@austin.utexas.edu

Linda Beltrán - Manager, Grants and Contracts
Email: lbeltran@austin.utexas.edu

Pre-award grant support: evaluation of funding calls, making the PRF, making writing templates, keeping track of required documents, drafting budgets and justifications, editing documents for formatting and grammar, editing documents for content, drafting model figures, coordinating with collaborating institutions for required documents, uploading documents into submission portals, and coordinating with OSP in general.

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Cindy Thompson — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: cindy@utexas.edu
Pre-award grant support, and post-award consultation.

Angi Machos — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: a.machos@austin.utexas.edu
Post-award Support