Research Administration Directory

Research Contact

Pre-Award
Monica Swift — Associate Director
Email: monica.swift@austin.utexas.edu

Post-Award
Tania Tost — Director
Email: ttost@austin.utexas.edu

Contracting
Jessica Fernandez — Associate Director
Email: jessica.fernandez@austin.utexas.edu

OVPR Research Development
UT Research Management Suite
Bridging Barriers

Research Development Contact

• Jennifer Gardner, Ph.D., Deputy Vice President for Research
• Lena Suk, Ph.D., Associate Director of Investigator Skill-Building
• Kayla Dryden, Executive Director, Research Development
• Bob McGarrett, Program Director - Limited Submission and OVPR-Administered Grants
• Bridging Barriers: BridgingBarriers@austin.utexas.edu

Services Provided

The OVPR Research Development team strategically oversees campus-level initiatives that promote collaborative research, including the UT Pop-Up Institutes and our campus-wide research grand challenges initiative, Bridging Barriers. We also provide competitive intelligence and tactical proposal development support to cross-college teams of researchers pursuing center grants and other major external funding. We facilitate collaborative relationships among faculty through a research mentor-pairing program, and we organize investigator skill-building events that enable motivated early career researchers to seek advice from successful PIs.

Associate Dean for Research and Technology

Allan W. Shearer, Ph.D.
Email: ashearer@austin.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research and Technology Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Sarah Wu — Assistant Director of Research Administration
Email: sarahwu@austin.utexas.edu
Provide grants services through all the stages of proposal development and submission. Match grant searches to faculty expertise with available funding, proposal development, proposal editing, review for compliance, and budget development. Support is available through all the stages of proposal development and submission.

Associate Dean for Research

Melissa Wasserman, Ph.D.
Email: mwasserman@law.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Interim Associate Dean for Research

Shelli Kesler, Ph.D.
Email: srkesler@austin.utexas.edu

Interim Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Cindy Taylor — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ctaylor@nursing.utexas.edu
Pre-award and budget development support:

• Group grantwriting sessions, individual grantwriting consultation, mock study sections, and “think tanks” for faculty submitting research proposals for extramural funding.
• Support in preparation and submission of extramural faculty research and graduate student research training grant applications.
• Editing of faculty manuscripts and research proposals.
• Post-award fiscal management.
• Individual consultation in research methods and statistics.
• Individual consultation and group discussion to review summary statements from reviewers of previously submitted proposals.
• Assistance for faculty and students with obtaining Departmental Review Committee (DRC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for projects involving human subjects.
• Workshops on grant-related topics of interest for faculty.
• Notification of research funding opportunities.

Cortney Jones — Grant Administrative Associate
Email: cortney.jones@nursing.utexas.edu
Post-award services:

• Budget management
• Reporting assistance

Interim Associate Dean for Research

Carol Lewis, Ph.D.
Email: carolmarie@austin.utexas.edu

Interim Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Post-award Services:

Gus Gallegos — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: gustavo.gallegos@austin.utexas.edu

Alisa Hernandez — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: alisahernandez@austin.utexas.edu

Ezra Rebollar — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: ezrarebollar3@austin.utexas.edu

Pre-award Services:

Aubrey Vinklarek — Senior Manager of Research Administration
Email: aubrey.vinklarek@austin.utexas.edu

Kristan Gannaway — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: kristan.gannaway@austin.utexas.edu

Faculty Affairs - Executive Vice President and Provost Website

Access academic assistance for research questions and citation needs. Find resources and expertise for scholarly research. Discover instructional support services for faculty and students.

Aaron Choate — Director of Research and Strategy
Email: achoate@austin.utexas.edu

• Subject Librarians for Research Support: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/?b=s
• Research Data Services: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/research-data-services
• Copyright: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/copyright
• Open Access at UT Austin: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/oa
• NIH Public Access Overview: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/nih/publicaccess
• Digital Humanities Tools and Resources: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/digitalhumanities
• PCL Data Lab: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/datalab

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Tony Araguz — Department Manager
Email: araguzt@austin.utexas.edu
Provides research support for investigators in IUPRA, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts.

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Katie Beth Willis — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: katiebeth@austin.utexas.edu
Research administration support

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Erica Alvarez — Department Manager
Email: erica.alvarez@austin.utexas.edu
Post-award support, including account management, human resources support for employees paid on grant funds, and assistance with travel, purchasing, cash advance, and other processes required for post award spending.

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Shannon Cronin, Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: shannon.cronin@austin.utexas.edu

Ali Meurer — Research Personnel Coordinator
Email: alison.meurer@austin.utexas.edu
Human resource services

Research Website

Research Contact

Tony Araguz — Department Manager
Email: araguzt@austin.utexas.edu
Provides research support for investigators in IUPRA, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts.

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Tony Araguz — Department Manager
Email: araguzt@austin.utexas.edu
Provides research support for investigators in IUPRA, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies in the College of Liberal Arts.

Research Website

Research Contact

Laura Esparza — Assistant Director
Email: laura.esparza@austin.utexas.edu
Pre- and post-award grant administration

Rachel Stimely - Grants & Contracts Specialist
Email: Rachel.Stimely@austin.utexas.edu

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Aron Muci — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: aron.muci@utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research

Frances Champagne, Ph.D.
Email: fchampagne@utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Research Support Office

Research Contact

Lindy Aleshire — Manager, Award Services
Email: melinda.aleshire@austin.utexas.edu

Brook Davis — Manager, Proposal Services
Email: davis@austin.utexas.edu

Sheena Moore — Grants Administrator
Email: sheena.moore@austin.utexas.edu

The Research Support Office provides support at the central college level for the entire lifecycle of the sponsored research award from Pre-Award (research and proposal development/submission) to Post-Award (awards set-up/management and post-award oversight and compliance) while serving as the principal investigator’s liaison with OSP.

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Meghan D. Tantum — Manager, Assistant Director of Research and Training
Email: meghant@utexas.edu

Sylvia Celedon — Assistant Director of Financial and Business Services
Email: sylvia@prc.utexas.edu

Research Website
Faculty List
Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Ashley Williams — Research Program Manager
Email: ashleyw@mail.utexas.edu
Pre-Award Support

Robert Farmer — Administrative Coordinator
Email: Robert.Farmer@austin.utexas.edu
Post-Award Support

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Gale Ashley — Senior Financial Analyst
Email: gale.ashley@beg.utexas.edu

Marie Victor — Financial Analyst
Email: marie.victor@beg.utexas.edu

Accounting support

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Sara Sieberath — Assistant Director for Research Administration and Finance
Email: sara@ig.utexas.edu
Sponsored project proposals, award negotiation and administration, and reporting

Benjamin Hester — Administrative Services Officer
Email: ben@ig.utexas.edu
Accounting support

Michelle Harper — Research Administration Manager
Email: michelle.harper@ig.utexas.edu
Sponsored project proposals, award negotiation and administration, and reporting

Associate Dean for Research

Daniella Rempe, Ph.D.
Email: rempe@jsg.utexas.edu

Associate Dean for Research Website
Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Didey Montoya — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: didey@austin.utexas.edu

Tera Sherrard — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: tera@utexas.edu

Pre- and post-award grant administration

Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

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

Cindy Seiler — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: cynthia@austin.utexas.edu
Pre-Award Services

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Research Administration Support
Email: Grants@astro.as.utexas.edu

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

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

Research Website
Faculty/Researcher Lists

Research Contact

Megan Booth — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist-Team Lead
Email: meganb@cs.utexas.edu
Pre- and Post-Award Support for: J. Biswas, S. Chaudhuri, I. Dillig, J. Hart, V. Isler, B. Knox, S. Niekum, P. Stone, Robotics IAP

Catherine Vu — Senior Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: canderss@cs.utexas.edu
Pre- and Post-Award Support for: V. Chidambaram, D. Kim, R. Miikkulainen, S. Narayan, S. Peter, D. Tang, E. Witchel, Systems IAP

Tiffany Guridy — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: tiffany.guridy@austin.utexas.edu
Pre- and Post-Award Support for: E. Choi, G. Durrett, K. Grauman, D. Harwath, P. Krähenbühl, R. Mooney, G. Pavlakos, C. Rossbach

Tyra Person — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: tls2022@cs.utexas.edu
Pre-and Post-Award Support for: A. Akella, J.Bornholt, Q.Huang, Q.Liu, R.Martin-Martin, K.McMillan, A.Pavel, Y.Zhu

Destiny Turner — Grants and Contracts Specialist
Email: dturner@cs.utexas.edu
Pre- and Post-Award Support for: V. Arun, W. Hunt, A. Klivans, C. Lin, L. Qiu, H. Shacham, P. Toprac, E. Vouga