Our team

Your go-tos for sponsored program and grant proposal assistance. Research administrators in our office are here to assist you with your research needs.

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Dr. Kamal Khayat

Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

Dr. Xiaoming He

Faculty Fellow to Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation / Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

Primary Duties

Responsibilities:

  • Monthly funding opportunity reports
  • Award Capture Team
  • IGI – Ignition Grant Initiative
  • URC annual and five-year reviews
  • Scholarly activity dashboard
  • Research constellations
Dr. Daoru Han

Faculty Fellow to Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation / Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Pourya Shamsi

Faculty Fellow to Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation / Associate Professor of Electrical Computer Engineer

Dr. Kathleen Sheppard

Faculty Fellow to Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation / Professor of History and Political Science

Gina Webb

Associate Director of Office of Sponsored Programs

Wendy Riggs

Executive Assistant

Jessica Convertine

Associate Director of Compliance

Jessica Graham

Research Security Officer & Export Compliance Officer

Le Wang

Data Analyst II

Becky Black

Assistant Director Business Administration-Fiscal Services

Laura Hamlet

Office Support Assistant

Proposal development

Maria Shaub

Associate Director of Research Activities

Emily O'Donnell

Proposal Developer

Kaitlyn Hatcher

Proposal Project Manager

Cynthia Choate

Proposal Project Manager

Pre-award and submission

Melissa Chambers

Grants & Contracts Lead

Departments
  • PreAward Lead
Nourhan Elramsisi

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Departments
  • Material Science & Engineering
  • Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  • Earth Sciences and Engineering
  • Physics
  • Biological Sciences
  • Engineering Management
Magdalena Zawodniok

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Sharon McCutcheon

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Departments
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
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Melissa Nash

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Ayako Ohrenberger

Grants and Contracts Administrator

Mac-anthony Abirika

Business Operations Associate I

Brian Hines

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Departments
  • Civil, Arch & Environmental Engineering
  • Mining & Explosives Engineering
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Teacher Education
  • Mathematics & Statistics
  • Psychological Science
  • Economics
  • English & Tech Communications
  • History & Political Science
  • Other – Non-Academic

Post-award and close-out

Laura Kahl

Business Operations Associate

Sara Montalto

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Awards
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • MIC
  • Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
  • CEMC
  • Mathematics & Statistics
  • Psychological Science
  • Other Departments as assigned

 

Kathy Shepherd

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Awards
  • Material Science & Engineering
  • PSMRC
  • Earth Sciences and Engineering
  • PGCCIC
  • Biological Sciences
  • Engineering Management & Sys Eng
  • Education
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Mendy Kell

Grants & Contracts Lead

Awards
  • Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  • Other Departments not listed elsewhere
Charlene Herman

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Awards
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Mining & Explosives Engineering
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • GAANN
  • OBI
  • Financial Aid
Mike Mitchell

Grants & Contracts Administrator

Awards
  • Civil, Arch & Environmental Engineering
  • MATC
  • MO-CCI
  • LTAP/RTAP
  • MO Space Grant Consortium
  • CAMT
  • Tech Transfer & Economic Development
  • Economics
  • Physics
  • RPDC