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. To see a detailed organizational chart, click here. 
Dr. Kamal Khayat

Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

573-341-6726 | khayatk@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Dr. Xiaoming He

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

573-341-6208 | hex@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

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. Yue-Wern Huang

Faculty Fellow to Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation / Professor of Toxicology and Nanobiotechnology

573-341-6589 | huangy@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Primary Duties

Responsibilities:

  • Compliance (federal regulations and reports)
  • NIH programs and outreach to med schools
  • Faculty mentoring and success initiatives
  • Bio-X and living systems research task force
  • RPM panel
  • Kummer I&E Doctoral Fellowship Committee
  • Website re-design

 

 

 
Dr. Marek Locmelis

Faculty Fellow to Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation / Associate Professor of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

573-341-4759 | locmelism@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Primary Duties

Responsibilities:

  • Early Career Faculty (ECF) mentoring
  • CAREER proposal workshops
  • RPM panel
  • Large proposal support
  • Award Capture Team
  • Research constellations
Gina Webb

Assistant Director of Office of Sponsored Programs

573-341-4130 | gswgn5@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Cathie Eikermann

Sr. Compliance Manager

573-341-4124 | caeqmb@mst.edu |

202E Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Le Wang

Data Analyst II

573-341-4015 | lkang@mst.edu |

202E Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Angelica Nuno

Fiscal Manager

573-341-7873 | anuno@mst.edu |

202H Centennial Hall

Abigayle Sherman

Executive Assistant

573-341-4061 | abigayle@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Primary Duties

Scheduling for VCR, Event planning, Administrative support
Laura Hamlet

Office Support Assistant

573-341-4134 | lhgnd@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall

Proposal development
Maria Shaub

Lead Proposal Developer

573-341-7122 | shauba@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Pre-award and submission
Melissa Chambers

Grants & Contracts Administrator

573-341-7553 | melissac@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Departments
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • South Central Regional Professional Development Center
  • Teacher Education and Certification
  • Technology Transfer and Economic Development
  • Other departments not listed elsewhere
Cynthia Stevenson

Grants & Contracts Administrator

573-341-7272 | stevensonc@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Departments
  • Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
  • Economics
  • Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
  • English and Technical Communication
  • History and Political Science
  • Mining Engineering
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Physics
Magdalena Zawodniok

Grants & Contracts Administrator

573-341-4163 |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Departments
  • Computer Science
  • Biological Science
  • Psychology
  • Math & Statistics
Jessica Hays

Grants & Contracts Administrator

573-341-4135 | jnhkk7@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Departments
  • Arts, Language Arts & Philosophy
  • Business and Information Technology
  • Chemistry
  • Chemical and BioChemical Engineering
  • GGPE
  • Office of Academic Support
  • Enrollment Management

Post-award and close-out
Laura Kahl

Business Operations Associate

573-341-4238 | laurak@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Ramona Nicewaner

Grants & Contracts Administrator

573-341-6855 | rdbfy6@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Awards
  • RPDC
  • TriDurLE
  • MIC
  • CEMC
  • Missouri Space Grant Consortium
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Electrical & Computer Engineer
  • Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
  • Mathematics & Statistics
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Teacher Education & certification
  • Office of Chief Operations Officer
Ayako Ohrenberger

Grants & Contracts Administrator

573-341-7764 | ohrenberger@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Awards
  • PSMRC
  • LTAP
  • OBI
  • MO-CCI
  • Financial Aid
  • Chemistry
  • GGPE
  • Material Science & Engineering
  • PGCCIC
Mendy Kell

Grants & Contracts Administrator

573-341-7140 | mkell@mst.edu |

202 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.

Awards
  • CAMT
  • MATC
  • INSPIRE
  • GAANN
  • Technology Transfer & Economic Development
  • Civil, Arch & Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
  • Physics
  • Psychological Science
  • International Affairs
  • Other departments not listed elsewhere