Staff Directory
Office of the Vice Chancellor
![John Daniels](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/daniels_john_Oct2022-300x300.jpg)
![Deb Thomas](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/thomas_deborah_3-300x300.jpg)
![Carolyn Aguiar](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/aguiar_carolyn_3-300x300.jpg)
![Sheri Rice](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/rice_sheri_3-300x300.jpg)
![Michael Braham](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Michael-Braham-Final_0-300x300.jpg)
Budget and Personnel
![Sheri Rice](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/rice_sheri_3_0-300x300.jpg)
![Lolita Gonzales](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/gonzales_lolita_3-300x300.jpg)
Assistant Manager
Contact me about:
- University Business Partners (UBP)
- DR Internal Grants
- Financial Transactions
- DR credit card operations
- Fixed assets inventory
![Pearl Brown](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/brown_pearl_3-300x300.jpg)
Human Resource Specialist
Contact me about:
- DR SHRA & EHRA Initiating / Hiring Processes
- DR HR Policies and Procedures
- DR Record Management
- DR NinerTalent Actions
- Grigg Hall Lost and Found
![Khadija Khalid](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2022/09/khalid_khadija_3-picture-300x300.jpg)
Business Services Coordinator
Contact me about:
![Andrea Maruri](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2022/09/strong_andrea_3-300x300.jpg)
Business Services Coordinator
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![Jessica Thomas](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/thomas_jessica_3-300x300.jpg)
Business Services Coordinator
Contact me about:
- DR Financial Transactions
- DR Credit Card Operations
- DR 49er Mart Purchases and Payments
- DR Financial Forms
- DR Travel
Center for Research Excellence
![LaVerne Ellerbe](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/ellerbe_laverne_3-300x300.jpg)
![Stacy Leotta](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
Assistant Director and Program Coordinator
Center for Research Excellence
![Katherine Alexander](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
Proposal Development Specialist
Contact me about:
- Proposal review
- Proposal editing and formatting
![Kailey Hess](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2017/08/hess_kailey_4886c-300x300.jpg)
Social Research Assistant
Contact me about:
- Funding opportunity announcements
- Funding searches
Office of RESEARCH Commercialization and Development
![Laura Peter](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2024/04/laura-peter-portrait_crop-300x300.jpg)
![Bradley Fach](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/fach_brad_3-300x300.jpg)
Director – Licensing & Operational Excellence
Contact me about:
- Nondisclosure agreements
- Material transfer agreements
- New inventions
- Licensing and commercializing University technologies
- Patent applications
- New company formation
- Working with industrial partners
- Intellectual property policy
![Andy Gonzales](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/gonzales_andy_3-300x300.jpg)
Patent Manager
Contact me about:
- ORCD business office process
![Arianna Harper](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/harper_arianna_3-300x300.jpg)
Technology Marketing and Outreach Manager
![Bella Hux](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Bella-Hux-300x300.jpg)
Grants & Contracts Administration
![Darlene Booker](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/booker_darlene_34-300x300.jpg)
Director
Contact me about:
- Daily responsibilities of Post Award Management
![VACANT](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/plugins/uncc-people/blocks/directory/template-part/images/default-avatar.jpg)
Senior Reporting and Subrecipient Compliance Specialist
Cameron/Remote
Contact me about:
- Daily responsibilities of Financial Reporting, Subrecipient Monitoring, and Audit Compliance on Sponsored Awards.
- Post Award research administration support for:
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (excluding Biological Sciences)
![Kathy Edwards](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/edwards_kathy_3-300x300.jpg)
Sr. Lead of Sponsored Research Operations
Contact me about:
- Post award research administration support for:
- Belk College of Business
- Mechanical Engineering Department
- Research and Economic Development
- Urban Institute
- Lead for IT projects/updates for GCA Post Award Team
![Lauren Gunderman](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Lauren-Gunderman_3195-300x300.jpg)
Senior Research Administrator
Contact me about:
- Post award research administration support for:
- Office of International Programs
- Williams States Lee College of Engineering all departments (except Mechanical Engineering)
![Shawnee Haney](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/haney_shawnee_3-300x300.jpg)
Senior Research Administrator
Contact me about:
- Post award research administration support for:
- Academic Affairs
- Business Affairs
- Cato College of Education
- Student Affairs
![Lynda Lockman](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
Senior Research Administrator
Contact me about:
- Post award research administration support for:
- College of Arts & Architecture
-
College of Computing & Informatics
![Christelle McKinney](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/CMcKinney_Headshot-300x300.jpg)
Assistant Director, Compliance and Reporting
Contact me about:
- Financial reporting to sponsors
- Lead for internal and external audits
- Subrecipient monitoring
![Madie Smith](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/smith_madelyn_3-300x300.jpg)
Research Administrator
Contact me about:
- Post Award research administration support for:
- College of Health and Human Services
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (Biological Sciences only)
Office of Research Partnerships
![Greg Needham](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/needham_greg_3.1-300x300.jpg)
![Patrick Boyle](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2022/10/IMG_4581-1-300x300.jpg)
Associate Director – Health and Medical Sciences, and Bioinformatics
![Vacant](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2022/02/default-avatar_1-300x300-1.png)
Administrative Support Associate
PORTAL 226
Contact me about:
- DR/ORP website updates
- ORP Financial Transactions
- Federal work study students
- FourWind content updates
- ORP event management
- General inquiries and referrals
![Ali Mateen](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/mateen_ali_3-300x300.jpg)
University Business Partner Service Manager
Contact me about:
- PORTAL Building Manager
- DR website updates
- AppSpace content updates
- PORTAL fixed assets inventory
![Jeff Woolard](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2022/10/Jeff-Woolard-300x300.jpeg)
Associate Director – Transportation and Energy
Research Protections and Integrity
![Angelica Martins](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Angela_Martins_web_aaron_cress-5819-2-300x300.jpg)
Executive Director and Research Integrity Officer (RIO)
![Sherry Loyd](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Sherry-Loyd-300x300.jpg)
Associate Director and Conflict of Interest Officer
Contact me about:
- Conflicts of Interest (COI)
- External Professional Activities for Pay
- Organizational COI
- COI Committee
![Cathy Moore](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2017/08/moore_cathy_3-1-300x300.jpg)
Biosafety Officer
Contact me about:
- Handling and working with biological agents on campus, including Select Agents
- Institutional Biosafety Committee and Institutional Review Entity (Dual Use of Research Concern – DURC) protocol review and approval process
- Risk assessment and risk mitigation for biological agents and materials
- Biosafety training courses and requirements
- Microbiological and Biomedical facilities renovation and design (BSLs-1/2/3)
![Cat Runden](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Cat-Runden-300x300.jpg)
IRB Manager
Contact me about:
- Human Subjects Research (HSR)
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol review and approval process
- IRB protocol submission system questions
- Single IRB review/IRB authorization agreements
- HSR/IRB training
![Tyler Forgette](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/forgette_tyler_3-300x300.jpg)
IRB Specialist
Contact me about:
- Administrative review of IRB protocol submissions
- Regulatory and compliance guidance regarding Human Subjects Research
- Required documentation for IRB approval
![Linda Connolly](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Linda-Connolly-Final-300x300.png)
IACUC Coordinator
Contact me about:
- University Animal Care and Use Program
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) process and policies
- Submitting IACUC protocols
- Use of animals/animal tissues in research or teaching
- Requirements for faculty, staff, and students working with animals
![Lacy Kitchin](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/kitchin_lacy_3-300x300.jpg)
Export Control Officer | Facility Security Officer
Contact me about:
- Export Control
- Travel with University-owned property
- Technology Control Plans
![Ray Hartsfield](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
Research Integrity Specialist
Contact me about:
- Research Compliance Quality Assurance
- Research Misconduct
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
- IRB Post Approval Monitoring
![Saul Sotolongo](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
![Sarah Moldovan](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/moldovan_sarah_3-300x300.jpg)
![Alvaro Perez](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
Animal Care Assistant Manager
![Hernando Gordils](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
![Melissa Richardson](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
![Glicerio Ignacio, DVM, DACLAM](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/default-avatar_1-300x300.png)
Office of Research Services
![Peter Szanton](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/szanton_peter_3-300x300.jpg)
![Evonne Ward](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2024/01/Ward-E-300x300.jpg)
![Stafford Farmer](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/stafford-farmer-aaron_cress-2863-300x300.jpeg)
Senior Associate Director, Proposal Development
![Monica Warner](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/MWarner-300x300.jpg)
![Natasha Walton](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/walton_natasha_3-300x300.jpg)
Associate Director, Contract and Award Negotiations
![Nataly Tapper](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/11/Nataly-Tapper-300x300.jpg)
![Jordan Rizzo](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/11/Jordan-Rizzo.jpg)
![Kevin Byrnes](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/12/Kevin-Byrnes-Picture.1-300x300.jpg)
![Breanna Causey](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2022/09/causey_breanna_3-300x300.jpg)
![Tanisha Bright](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/bright_tanisha_3-300x300.jpg)
![Vikki Cherwon](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Vikki-Cherwon.2-300x300.jpg)
![Jelani Cooper](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2022/08/Jalani-300x300.jpg)
![Malisha Green](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2024/06/Malisha-Green-300x300.jpg)
![Sarah Johnson](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Resized_20220111_105345_0-300x300.jpeg)
![Julia Jones](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2024/06/Julia-Jones-300x300.jpg)
![Chanelle Jones, J.D.](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/10/C-Jones-Zoom-Image-300x300.jpg)
Senior Contracting Negotiator
Contact me about:
- Negotiation of contracts and grant agreements with sponsors for research or other sponsored activities
- Outgoing subcontracts under awards for external sponsored activities
- Data use agreements for third party data
- Master agreements with sponsors for external sponsored activities
- MOUs/teaming agreements related to research or other sponsored activities
![Caroline Kennedy](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/kennedy_caroline_3-300x300.jpg)
![Elizabeth Mace](https://research.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/631/2023/08/Elizabeth-Mace.jpg)