UIUC - Key Persons
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- Assistant Director of Storytelling / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement Administration / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee
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- Director, Talent Acquisition, IHR
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- Member of Committee
- Public Affairs
- Strategic Content Director ( Ex Officio )
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- Executive Director of University Housing
Amy develops and maintains the OVCRI's suite of websites, overseeing functionality, accessibility, and design.
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- Senior Director of Constituent Engagement / Illini Center Chicago
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- Chairman
- Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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- Director, Institutional Review Board
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- Assistant Dean of Students
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- Director for International Advancement
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- Illinois Student Government
- Member of Committee
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- Associate Director of Stewardship & Donor Relations / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Associate Director of Event Strategy / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Director of Social Media ( Ex Officio )
- Member of Committee
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- Deputy Administrator, Champaign Urbana Public Health District
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- Director of Foundation Relations
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- Vice Chancellor for Advancement / Senior Vice President for Development, UIF
Ben develops and supports online applications designed to facilitate various research needs across the campus
Beth provides administrative support for Melanie Loots, Sharee Robinson, Sue Key, OVCRI HR and she is the first responder for the OVCRI mainline.
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- Senior Assistant Director of Human Resources, University Housing
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- Office of the Provost, Co - Chair
- Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
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- Professor Mechanical Science and Engineering
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- Professor of Landscape Architecture
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- Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Carle Illinois College of Medicine Carle
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- Director, Community and Government Relations
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- Human Resources Coordinator, Engineering
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- Director, Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences
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- Chairman
- Associate Director, Fire Service Institute - CEOC
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- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MNTL
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- Executive Assistant to the Associate VC for Student Affairs / Director of Auxiliary Services
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- Associate Director for Personnel and Administration, Mathematics
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- Director, Counseling Center
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- Associate Athletic Director, Marketing, Fan Development & Strategic Communication
- Member of Committee
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- Head, Department of Chemistry
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- Executive Director of Marketing and Communications, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
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- Student, ISG Vice President
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- Department of Microbiology
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- Director of Strategic Communications ( Ex Officio )
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- Research Integrity Officer
Chris serves as intake official for research misconduct allegations and promotes training in the responsible conduct of research for the campus.
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- Representative
- Ex Officio
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- Director of Business and Operations, KPCA
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement
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- Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement
- Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs ( Co - Chair )
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- Department of Biochemistry
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- Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation / Director, Security Management Office
Dave leads Sponsored Programs Administration, the office that supports the research enterprise throughout the entire lifecycle of an externally sponsored project, from proposal submission to award close-out.
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- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee
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- Executive Director of Principal Gifts
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- Director of Advancement / Illini Center Chicago
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- Member of the Executive Steering Committee
- Executive Director, HR Administration, IHR
- Interim Senior Associate Chancellor for Human Resources
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- Agriculture, Applied Health Sciences, Life Sciences
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- Co - Chair
- Interim Executive Director of Facilities & Services
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- Director, Nutritional Sciences, ACES
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- Senior Associate Chancellor for Human Resources ( Chair )
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- President Illinois Student Government
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- Chief Marketing Officer, Office of Strategic Marketing and Branding
- Member of Committee
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- Director, HR, Diversity and Strategy, Facilities and Services
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- Human Resources Coordinator
Erica staffs OVCRI searches and provides advice and guidance on HR-related issues such as promotions, behavioral adaptation, budget forecasts, and diversity/inclusion issues.
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- Associate
- Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Operations Designate ( Staffing and Support )
- Vice Chancellor for Administration and Operations
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- Senior Director for International Advancement
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- Associate Director of Advancement / Illini Center Chicago
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- Senior Business and Finance Coordinator
Evan manages the post-award side of Campus Research Board; serves as a resource for portfolio units regarding business processes & university policy; processes travel/meal reimbursements; makes payments to vendors; initiates requisitions for goods & services; and serves as a Unit Security Contact for the portfolio.
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- Director, Technology Services, ATLAS ( Ex Officio )
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- Associate Dean for Research and Research Education, College of Education
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- Associate Dean for Research, ACES
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- Director of Budget and Resource Planning, Gies College of Business
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- Foellinger Auditorium Manager
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- Interim Chief Information Officer
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- Professor, Grainger College of Engineering
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- Executive Director for Advancement
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- Associate Dean for Research, Library Research
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- Graduate Student Laura Frerichs, Executive Director Research Park
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- Co - Chair
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Engagement
- Chairman of Committee
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- Director, Student Affairs Technology ( Ex Officio )
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- Assistant Dean for Budget & Business Operations, Vet
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- Interim Associate Provost and Director of Budget Operations
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- Senior Director of Stewardship and Donor Relations / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Member of the Executive Steering Committee
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Compliance ( Chair )
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Compliance and
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for Compliance
- Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation for Compliance
Jan manages the OVCRI units that provide investigator support and regulatory oversight for activities involving animals, biological safety, chemicals, human subjects, and radioactive materials.
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- Associate Director of Annual Giving Communications / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
Jason designs and develops the underlying architecture used by the OVCRI IT group to build online systems for monitoring research compliance, funding programs and initiatives, researcher training, reporting tools, and OVCRI accounting and business needs.
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- Dean, Gies College of Business
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- Co - Chair
- Chairman of Committee
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- Associate Director for Research and External Affairs, IGB
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- Associate Dean for Advancement, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Jill provides web application, user experience, programming, and technological support for the OVCRI and reporting units.
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- Director, Facilities and Services
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- Art Director / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- SEC Vice Chair and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee
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- Co - Director JUMP Simulation Center, Carle Illinois College of Medicine OSF
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- Director of Talent Management
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- Director of Foundation Relations
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- ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATE
- Director of Development, Principal & Major Gifts
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- Assistant Director of Strategic Engagement / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Assistant
- Associate Director
- Office Administrator
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- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee
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- Graduate Student, Department of Microbiology
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- ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATE
- Associate Director for Advancement
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- Director, Community Learning Lab ( Ex Officio )
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- Associate Director of Talent Management
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- Assistant Director for Content Strategy ( Ex Officio )
Kelley provides administrative support for Linda Lee Drozt, Christopher Lehmann, Jan Novakofski, and Cynthia Oliver. She is also the primary point of contact for all Campus Research Board/Scholars' Travel inquiries.
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- Office Manager / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
- Support
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- Dean, College of Fine and Applied Arts
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- Office of the Provost, Co - Chair
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- Director of Storytelling / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Senior Director, External Research Partnerships
- Senior Director, External Research Partnerships, OVCRI
Kraig provides business and administrative support and planning for campus-level research initiatives and external research collaborations.
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- Ex Officio
- Office of the Provost
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- Director of Annual Giving / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Associate Registrar for FMS
- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee
- Office of the Registrar
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- Program Officer, NAGPRA Office
Krystiana focuses on comprehensively cataloguing human remains and cultural items in the Illinois' collection, researching their relationships to tribal communities, and facilitating their repatriation.
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- Assistant Director of Social Media ( Ex Officio )
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- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee
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- Senior Director of Labor and Employee Relations, IHR
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- Assistant Director of Human Resources
Leslie provides human resources expertise and support to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and the units within the OVCRI portfolio.
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- Clinical Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
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- Director, Sponsored Programs Administration
Linda coordinates campus compliance with sponsor-specific conflict of interest (COI) requirements/regulations and supports conflict identification and management efforts.
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- Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
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- Associate Director of Annual Giving Programs / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Member of the Executive Steering Committee
- Interim Campus Legal Counsel
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
- Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Lyndon provides oversight of the campus Animal Care and Use Program. As the Institutional Veterinarian and Director of the Division of Animal Resources, he ensures that the university remains in compliance with federal, state, and institutional policies associated with animal research, teaching, and animal wellbeing.
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- Associate Vice Chancellor - Humanities, Arts, and Related Fields
- Department of Dance
- Research Board Executive Officer
Cynthia leads OVCRI programs that support the creative and scholarly work of faculty in the Humanities, Arts, and related fields. She also oversees the Office of Research Advising and Project Development and serves as Executive Officer of the Campus Research Board.
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- Director, Division of Campus Recreation
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- Research Development Manager
Maria works closely with faculty in the humanities, arts, and humanistic social sciences in support of their scholarly and creative research. She provides services in support of research project design and development that include identifying funding avenues, facilitating agency-specific information sessions, connecting faculty with campus colleagues and resources, and proposal development.
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- Department of Mathematics
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- Professor, Head of Department of Chemistry
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- Director, Office of International Student and Scholar Services
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- Associate Dean for Research, Carle Illinois College of Medicine ( Chair )
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- Senior Associate Director of Athletics, External Relations
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- Senior Executive of Marketing & Media
Matt Wszolek
Senior Executive of Marketing & Media
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement and Office of Strategic Marketing & Branding
(312) 575-7842
mwszolek@illinois.
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- Ex Officio
- Executive Associate Provost for Capital Planning
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- Director, Safety & Compliance F & S
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- Chief of Staff, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Melanie Loots is the Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is responsible for policy development, strategic and tactical planning, implementation of the University Policy on Conflicts of Commitment and Interest on the Urbana campus, and is liaison to several cross-disciplinary campus units.
Melanie has served on federal panels and committees, including National Science Foundation review panels, NASA's SEDAC user working group, the National Research Council Committee for CODATA, and NSF's Advisory Committee for the Office of International Science and Engineering, as well as organizational and program committees for technical conferences and the board of directors of the Great Lakes Consortium for Petascale Computing. From 1991-2000, she directed the Applications Division of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Prior to joining the University of Illinois in 1989, she worked in drug discovery and information services at E. R. Squibb and Sons, a pharmaceutical company in New Jersey. Before moving into the pharmaceutical industry, Melanie received her Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from Princeton in 1979, working with Professor Jeffrey Schwartz, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago, working with Professor Jack Halpern.
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- Executive Director of Strategic Research Communications
Melissa provides strategic research communications support for the University, managing the flow of OVCRI news and information, connecting PIs with resources to develop and share research, promoting research events, and organizing the Research Communications Council. She also oversees the Office of Proposal Development.
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- Director of Internal Operations for Institutional Advancement / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
- Support
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- Director of Research Application Development
Mike leads the OVCRI IT group, which develops and supports applications designed to facilitate research across the campus. This includes online systems for monitoring research compliance, funding programs and initiatives, researcher training, reporting tools, and OVCRI accounting and business needs.
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Steering Committee
- Ex Officio
- Vice Chancellor for Administration and Operations Designate ( Chair )
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- Associate Dean for Finance and Administration, Engineering
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- Assistant Director of International Constituent Engagement / Illini Center Chicago
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- Ex Officio
- Executive Director F & S
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- Director of the Division of Research Safety
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- Director, Office of Technology Management
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- Manager, Data and Technology Innovation ( Ex Officio )
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- Director Human Resources, DIA
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- Senior Director of Advancement / Illini Center Chicago
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- Associate Director of Housing for Residential Life
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- Associate Director for Research, Beckman
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- Associate Chancellor and Vice Provost for Budget and Resource Planning ( Chair )
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement, Health Sciences & Research Initiatives
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- Associate
- Ex Officio
- Executive Associate Chancellor
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Corporate Relations and Economic Development
Pradeep leads corporate relations and economic development activities for the campus.
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry
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- Associate Director of Strategic Engagement / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Director of Siebel Center for Design
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- Director of Foundation Relations
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- Assistant to the Director, Illini Union
- Member of Committee
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- Graphic Design Associate / Alice Campbell Alumni Center
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- Assistant Professor Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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- Research Development Coordinator
Richard provides support throughout the limited submission selection process and assists with choosing submitted proposals. He also provides administrative support for Melissa Edwards and Harley Johnson.
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- Assistant Director of Labor and Employee Relations, IHR
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- Director, Classification, Compensation, Records Admin. & Appointment Processing, IHR
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- Chancellor of the University of Illinois
- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost
Robert J. Jones became chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on September 26, 2016. He previously served as president of the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) and is an experienced and accomplished scientist and research university leader.
A Georgia native, Jones, born in 1951, earned a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Fort Valley State College, a master's degree in crop physiology from the University of Georgia, and a doctorate in crop physiology from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and the Crop Science Society of America. He began his academic career as a faculty member at Minnesota in 1978 and became an internationally respected authority on plant physiology.
Throughout his distinguished, 34-year career at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, Jones held several progressively responsible positions at the Big Ten institution. While senior vice president for system academic administration, Jones had administrative and budgetary responsibilities for the four constituent campuses in Duluth, Crookston, Morris and Rochester and the offices for public engagement, equity and diversity, Extension Service, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Stations, information technology and human resources. He played a leadership role in establishing a new four-year campus in Rochester and the nation's first urban research and outreach/engagement center (UROC) designed to help find a solution to complex challenges in economically depressed urban communities. The center was named in Jones' honor in 2015.
From Minnesota, Jones became the President of the University at Albany, one of SUNY system's leading research universities. During his tenure there, Jones launched that university's largest and most strategic academic expansion in 50 years, including establishment of the nation's first integrated College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity. He created the university's first College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, established a deep academic affiliation with historic Albany Law School, established Albany's first vice presidency for health sciences and biomedical initiatives, advanced strategies for reinvigorating the arts and humanities, and obtained land resources and capitol funds to construct the Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurship Center.
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jones serves as chancellor of the state's flagship, land-grant university and vice president in the University of Illinois system, with universities in Chicago and Springfield. At Urbana, Jones' tenured faculty home is in the Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES). Jones is the first African American scholar appointed as Urbana chancellor since the office was created in 1967.
At Illinois, he launched a year-long celebration of the university's Sesquicentennial that honored its history while establishing a new vision of the land-grant university for the 21st century. Under his leadership that future is taking shape quickly and visibly. The university has launched a $2.25 billion philanthropic campaign that has already reached 77% of its goal and includes two of the largest private gifts ever made to Illinois ($150 million to name the Gies College of Business and a $100 million gift to name the Grainger College of Engineering). He has implemented the vision of creating The Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the first engineering-based medical school in the world. The hiring of an inaugural vice chancellor for diversity, education and inclusion was a major step in fostering an even more open and collaborative community of students and faculty. And with the Illinois Commitment, a program that guarantees four years free tuition to state residents with family incomes less than $61,000, Jones has continued to deliver on the university's founding promise of making a world-class college education affordable and accessible.
Throughout his career, Jones has worked to make education available to promising young scholars around the world. From 1984-1994, he worked with Archbishop Desmond Tutu's South African Education Program (as an academic and scientific consultant) which educated more than 3,000 black South Africans in American Universities. Jones is also an accomplished vocalist and was a member of the Grammy award-winning Sounds of Blackness, a Minnesota-based choral ensemble for 30 years. He also serves on the Board of Directors of APLU, Campus Compact, the Farm Foundation, and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Jones is married to Dr. Lynn Hassan Jones, MD, a muscular skeletal diagnostic radiologist. Together they have five children and four grandchildren.
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- Assistant Dean for Budget and Resource Planning, LAS
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- Director, McKinley Health Center
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- Medical Director, McKinley Health Center
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Steering Committee
- Associate Chancellor for Public Affairs
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- Assistant Dean, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
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- Assistant Director of Principal Gift Donor Services
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- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Regional and Global Advancement / Illini Center Chicago
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- Deputy CIO IT Operations ( Ex Officio )
- Interim Chief Information Officer
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- Member of the Executive Steering Committee
- Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ( Co - Chair )
- Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
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- Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Sharee oversees the financal and human resource operations for the OVCRI and portfolio units.
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- Interim Director, Library Human Resources
Steve works to design, code, and support the online applications provided by OVCRI to facilitate research across the campus.
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- Dean, School of Social Work
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- Director
- Director, UI News Bureau ( Ex Officio )
Suge works with the communications team to develop a variety of materials, including websites, infographics, social media graphics, promotional items, and more. She also provide visual design expertise and advice to units that report to and work with the OVCRI.
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- Stephen G. Sligar Professor
- Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Illinois
- Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Susan Martinis is Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she provides leadership for the campus-wide interdisciplinary research institutes, promotes new research initiatives, and oversees the administrative and business processes that ensure the safe, ethical, and productive conduct of research at Illinois.
Dr. Martinis, the Stephen G. Sligar Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, studies the mechanisms, evolution, and biomedical applications of protein synthesis and RNA-protein interactions. She is a successful researcher, engaged in entrepreneurial and corporate partnerships, a committed educator, and an experienced administrator.
Susan A. Martinis earned her B.S. from Washington State University (1985) and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois (1990). She then trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow. She was hired in 1993 at a start-up biotechnology company Cubist Pharmaceuticals as its 3rd employee. Dr. Martinis was awarded the company's first U.S. patent and National Institutes of Health SBIR grant, before moving to academia at the University of Houston in 1997. Cubist Pharmaceuticals grew to over 600 people, developed the life-saving drug Cubicin, and was acquired in 2014 by Merck Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Martinis also contributed to delineating the mechanism of action for a novel lead antimicrobial drug (AN2690; Rock et al, Science) that was developed by Anacor Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Pfizer in 2016) and made commercially available as the anti-fungal Kerydin in 2014.
Professor Martinis earned tenure in Houston, Texas where she received the University of Houston's highest teaching honor, the Enron Teaching Excellence Award as well as the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Teaching Excellence Award. She was also recognized by the Houston Alumni Organization with the Outstanding Faculty Award.
Dr. Martinis moved to the University of Illinois in 2005, and in 2009 was promoted to the rank of Professor, as well as appointed Head of the Dept. of Biochemistry and also Head of the Dept. of Medical Biochemistry. Professor Martinis was named a University Scholar, and in 2015 honored by appointment as the inaugural Stephen G. Sligar Endowed Professor in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She is a member of the Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology and an Affiliate in the Dept. of Chemistry. In addition, she received a prestigious Fellowship from the University of Illinois to participate in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's (Big 10 Academic Alliance) Academic Leadership Program in 2011-12, as well as the University of Illinois System Presidential Executive Leadership Program in 2018-19. From 2014-15, Professor Martinis served as Interim Associate Dean over the Biological, Chemical, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and subsequently returned to her position as Head of the Department of Biochemistry. After serving as the interim Vice Chancellor for Research for two years, in 2019, she was named Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation.
Dr. Martinis contributed significantly to the founding of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, which offers a paradigm-shifting approach to teaching medicine that is engineering-based. She served on the initial curriculum committee, as well as the Search Committee that hired the College's first Dean. She was the Interim Director of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering on the Dean's inaugural leadership team.
Professor Martinis' research focuses on mechanisms, evolution, and biomedical applications of protein synthesis and RNA-protein interactions. Her investigations center on the family of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, in particular leucyl-tRNA synthetase, where she has made significant contributions for 30 years to understand quality control mechanisms, tRNA recognition, non-canonical roles in mitochondrial group I intron splicing, as well as novel activities of human enzymes. Her research program has been federally supported by the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. She has also received previous funding from the W.M. Keck Foundation, the Human Frontiers Science Program, The Robert A. Welch Foundation, the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, and the Texas Advanced Research Program. The goal of her current research team is to discover and characterize non-canonical activities of as many as twenty splice variants of mammalian leucyl-tRNA synthetases. Break-throughs in understanding the evolution of tRNA synthetase activities have potential to redefine systems biology and yield innovative biomedical therapeutics.
Professor Martinis was elected to the Executive Committee of the APLU Council on Research and has served as President of the Association of Medical and Graduate Departments of Biochemistry (AMGDB) across North and Central America. She has served as an inaugural member of the National Institutes of Health Molecular Genetics A study section, as well as participated in Review Panels for the National Science Foundation. Dr. Martinis was an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Biological Chemistry for five years.
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- Director of Portfolio HR, OVCRI
- Executive Director of Portfolio Human Resources
Sue is responsible for human resources activities, provides HR advice, and serves as the EEO Officer for the OVCRI portfolio.
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- Executive Senior Associate Director of Athletics / Chief Financial Officer
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- Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Tammy provides administrative support for the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and assists the OVCRI civil service support staff.
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- Associate Director Strategic Business, Technology Services
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- Executive Director of Budget and Talent Management
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- Student Legal Directing Attorney
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- Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
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- Associate Director, ACES / Extension
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- Director, Research IT & Innovation ( Ex Officio )
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- Research Communications Manager
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- Executive Associate Provost for Budget and Resource Planning
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- Chairman
- Executive Associate Chancellor for Administration and University Relations ( Chair )
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- Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
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- Program Director, International Education
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- Ex Officio
- Member of Committee