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Mailing Address:

UF Research
University of Florida
Grinter Hall
PO Box 115500
Gainesville, FL 32611-5500

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Unit Listings

Unit Listing

Unit Telephone Fax
UF Research (352) 392-1582 (352) 846-0491
Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) (352) 392-9267 (352) 392-4400
UF Innovate Tech Licensing (352) 392-8929 (352) 392-6600
Strategic Research Development (352) 392-4804 (352) 392-8729
UF Research Foundation (UFRF) (352) 392-5221 (352) 846-0505
Research Communications (352) 392-8229 (352) 392-8773
Research Integrity, Security and Compliance (352) 392-9174 (352) 273-1988
Contracts & Grants (352) 392-1235 (352) 846-0137
Business Office (352) 392-5221 (352) 846-0505
Information Services (352) 392-6938 (352) 392-5613
Personnel and Administrative Services (352) 392-9330 (352) 392-0752

Office of the Vice President

Name Position Phone Number Office Number
David Norton Vice President for Research (352) 392-9271 GRI 223
Robert Ferl Assistant Vice President (352) 392-9271 GRI 237
Jennifer Whitney Executive Assistant (352) 392-9271 GRI 223
Christy Pinner Logistics Assistant (352) 392-9271 GRI 223

Division of Sponsored Programs

Mailing Address

University of Florida
207 Grinter Hall
PO Box 115500
Gainesville, FL 32611-5500

Staff Listing

DSP Administration

Name Position Phone Number
Stephanie Gray Assistant Vice President & Director (352) 273-4062
Lisa Stroud Associate Director (352) 294-2216
Tina Bottini Assistant Director, College of Medicine-Jacksonville (904) 244-9693
Melissa Mullaney Training Manager (352) 294-2217
Barry Forrest Executive Assistant to the Assistant Vice President (352) 846-2909
Charlie Vinton Research Administrative Assistant  

Proposals and Agreements

Name Position Phone Number
Ron Lester Manager (352) 392-8765
Mariana Baquero Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 294-1069
Dee Dee Carver Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-4642
Angela Cocchiarella Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 294-3972
Caleb Ewing Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 294-2077
Jessica Foltz Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-8795
Jamie Harris Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-8796
Brenda LaBranche Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 294-2215
Murielle LeMaire Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-8761
Nick Pugh Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 294-1373
Michael Simpson Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 273-4761

Awards

Name Position Phone Number
Devin Dissell Manager (352) 294-3070
Gene Hoskins Manager (352) 294-6892
Nikki Akinsiku Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-8960
Rachel Colee Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 273-2157
Alethea Geiger Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 273-1239
Heather Hannaford Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 846-4714
Lindsey Jones Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-8092
Mandy Millam Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-3721
Maddy Padilla Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 846-2914
Chris Rader Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-8582
Stacey Sandrey Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-8553
Amanda Wheeler Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 294-6920
Evan Wilder Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 294-0484

Contracting Office

Name Position Phone Number
Elizabeth Keeter Associate Director (352) 294-7997
Jason Cline Contracting Manager (352) 273-5395
Jonathan Bense Contracting Officer (352) 294-8906
Hobbs Crockett Contracting Officer (352) 294-0460
Sharon Lu Contracting Officer (352) 294-7996
Nicole Munroe Contracting Officer
(352) 273-0133
Sharon Neil Contracting Officer
(352) 392-9260
Frances Neunuebel Contracting Officer  
Daniel Palchick Contracting Officer (352) 294-9135
Bobby Ross Contracting Officer (352) 294-2214
John Tenney Contracting Officer (352) 294-2218
Alycia Vajgert Contracting Officer (352) 273-2170

Outgoing Subawards

Kellie Crawford Manager (352) 294-2254
Melody Diehl Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 392-2942
Jakeisha Doualehi Sponsored Programs Officer (352) 273-1257

Research Integrity, Security and Compliance

FAX: (352) 273-1988

Name Position
Cassandra Farley Senior Director & Research Integrity Officer
Savannah King Administrative Assistant III
Marsha Daerda Associate Director
Export Control Officer
Amber Moore Deputy Director
Deputy Research Integrity Officer & COI Administrator
Cale Shaw Facility Security Officer
Lana Kaufman COI Manager
Laura Schaecher Compliance Analyst IV
Stacy Beck Compliance Analyst IV
Megan Renick Compliance Analyst II
Emily Stone Compliance Analyst II
Beth Sheppard Compliance Analyst II
Sarah Howell Compliance Analyst I
Miranda MacDonald Compliance Analyst I
TBD Compliance Analyst I

Strategic Research Development

Name Position Phone Number Office Number
Irene Cooke Assistant Vice President, and Interim Director (352) 294-0556 Walker 310
Gail Fish Research Development Strategist III (352) 294-0571 Walker 319
Colleen Gaddy Administrative Specialist III (352) 273-3017 Walker 308
Lloyd Horne Research Development Strategist III (352) 273-3129 Walker 313
Kalene Jasso Johnson Research Development Strategist II (352) 392-8247 Walker 311
Ian Bennett Research Development Strategist I (352) 273-2164 Walker 314
Graham Gallagher Research Development Strategist I (352) 392-2477 Walker 312
Alex Barnett Research Development Strategist I (352) 392-9510 Walker 316
Ashley Ray Research Development Strategist I 352-392-9270 Walker 318

Division of Contracts & Grants

Name

 Position Phone
Tiffany Schmidt
 Assistant Vice President and Director 352-273-3101
Candace Aho Grants Accountant I 352-273-3097
Tom Bairley Accountant III – Letter of Credit Draws 352-273-3090
Jason Barron Grants Accountant III 352-273-3488
Katrina Brown Grants Accountant I 352-392-1582
Alex Butscher Accountant I 352-273-3490
Georgia Campbell Accountant II – Subawards 352-273-3494
Nicole Canziani Grants Accountant III 352-273-3485
George Casanova Grants Accountant II 352-273-3118
Amanda Cavender Grants Accountant III 352-273-3130
Krystal Chavez Grants Accountant I 352-273-3479
Lauren Clarke Grants Accountant IV 352-273-3480
Ashleigh Crawford Grants Accountant I 352-273-3103
Derek Danne Compliance Analyst II 352-273-3126
Delores Darling Executive Assistant I 352-392-1235
Bridget Duffy Grants Accountant II 352-505-8576
Ekaterina Egorova Grants Accountant II 352-273-3125
Matthew Foran Grants Accountant II 352-273-3102
Tiffany Fuller Grants Accountant III 352-273-3493
Karla Galano Grants Accountant I 352-273-4538
Bill Gair Quality Control 352-273-3098
Stephanie Glenn Subaward Manager – Team Lead for Subawards 352-273-3121
Lindsey Hale Grants Accountant II 352-273-3115
Shjandmaar (Shan) Harmon Fiscal Assistant II 352-273-1582
Avnish Hegde Grants Accountant I TBA
Janie Heidler Grants Accountant III 352-273-3100
Melissa Horvath Accountant II – Subawards 352-273-3096
Tiffany Jarvis Accountant I  352-273-2652
Matthew Jasiulewicz Grants Accountant II 352-273-3131
Cary Kennedy Grants Accountant I 352-294-1711
Chelsea Kellam Grants Accountant III
 352-273-3496
Stephanie Lafferty Grants Accounting Manager 352-273-3127
Katie Lamotte Grants Accountant III 352-273-3128
Valeria Pichardo Lara Grants Accountant I  352-273-3123
Beatriz Lenty Grants Accounting Manager 352-273-3099
Jing Li Accountant III – Letter of Credit Draws 352-273-3133
Jill Mason Grants Accountant I 352-273-3113
Kristin Moody Grants Accountant III 352-273-3109
Marylou Morales Fiscal Assistant II  352-392-2450
Nathan Peterson Grants Accountant II 352-273-3136
Dana Rechsteiner Assistant Director 352-273-3114
Elena Rovell – Rixx Grants Accountant I  352-273-3093
Dan Smith Grants Accountant II 352-273-3119
Alisha Soco Grants Accountant III 352-273-3134
Fallon Somer – Guynn Grants Accountant I 352-294-2006
Robin Springer Grants Accountant II 352-294-3549
Kevin Stott Grants Accountant I 352-273-3478
Ashley Thomas Grants Accountant II 352-273-3111
Cathy Thompson Associate Director 352-273-3121
Erin Tompson Fiscal Assistant II 352-273-3106
Christian Torroella Grants Accountant II 352-273-3122
Kannika Torres Grants Accounting Manager 352-273-3476
Patty Troll Grant Accountant III 352-273-3108
Chelsea Wilson Grants Accountant II 352-273-3105
Suzanne Winik Grants Accountant III 352-273-3095

UF Innovate – Leadership

Name Position Phone Number
Jim O’Connell Assistant Vice President (352) 392-8929
Jackson Streeter Director, Ventures (352) 294-6628
Karl R. Lapan Director, Accelerate (386) 462-0880
Jennifer Harrell Assistant Director, The Hub (352) 273-4759
Elliot Welker Assistant Director, Sid Martin Biotech (386) 462-0880
Anita Rao Program Director for UF Innovate | Pathways (352) 392-2577

UF Innovate | Tech Licensing

Phone: (352) 392-8929

Website: http://innovate.research.ufl.edu/tech-licensing/

Name Position Phone Number
Autumn Arranz Licensing Associate for Rick Croley (352) 294-6629
Noel Burmeister Licensing Associate for John Byatt (352) 392-3014
Kristen Walberg Licensing Associate for Rachel Harding (352) 392-8961
Melanie Campos Licensing Associate for Melissa Kuchma (352) 392-4906
Rick Croley Assistant Director, Licensing Officer (352) 846-1877
Sara Dagen Assistant Director, Communications (352) 294-0998
Andrea Dautant Marketing & Communications Specialist
 (352) 294-3563
Carla Dolder Administrative Support Assistant (352) 273-4810
Penelope Gianelli MTA Coordinator (352) 294-0990
Rachel Harding Assistant Director, Licensing Officer (352) 392-2996
Katie Harrison Licensing Associate
 (352) 846-1416
Sally Helgeson Compliance Manager & Analyst
 (352) 294-3941
Bonnie Hendrickson Licensing Associate
 (352) 273-4818
Pamela Kelly Administrative Support Assistant (352) 294-3940
Melissa Kuchma Assistant Director, Licensing Officer (352) 294-2899
Hera Lichtenbeld Assistant Director, Licensing Officer (352) 294-6627
Leah Manning Contracts Analyst
  (352) 392-4783
Dawn Meyers Manager, Administrative Services
 (352) 392-4684
Jim O’Connell Assistant Vice President
 (352) 392-8929
Adrienne Pennell Financial Analyst/Contracts Administrator (352) 846-1663
Patti Reineke Licensing Associate
 (352) 392-8933
Sooyoung Ryu Social Media Producer
 (352) 392-2456
Kaibry Staggs Social Media Producer
 (352) 846-1685
Lenny Terry Assistant Director, Licensing Officer (352) 392-4903
Mingder Yang Assistant Director, Life Sciences
 (352) 392-4979

UF Innovate | Accelerate

Name Position Phone Number
Emily Burmaster Receptionist (352) 294-0885
Sara Dagen Associate Director, Communications (352) 294-0998
Lissette Garces Accountant (352) 294-1018
Jennifer Harrell Assistant Director, The Hub (352) 273-4759
Courtney Janka Facilities Manager (352) 846-1512
Karl L. Lapan Director, Accelerate (386) 462-0880
Allen Morgan Maintenance Specialist II (352) 294-0885
Brittany Mosher Administrative Support Assistant (386) 462-0880
Lexi Salloum Community Coordinator (352) 294-0885
Kat Scott Administrative Assistant I (352) 294-0885
Birk Shaikoski Technical Services Manager (386) 462-0880
Addy Simmons Administrative Support Assistant (352) 294-0885
Elliott Welker Assistant Director, Sid Martin Bio (386) 462-0880
Lillian Withers Administrative Coordinator (352) 462-0880

UF Innovate | Ventures

Phone: (352) 392-8929

Website: https://innovate.research.ufl.edu/ventures-2/

Name Position  
Jackson Streeter Director, Ventures (352) 294-6628

UF Innovate | Pathways

Name Position  
Anita Rao Director, Pathways (352) 392-2577

Research Communications

Name Position Phone Number Office Number
Joe Kays Director (352) 392-8229 WAL 302
Kathy Kinsley-Momberger Assistant Director (352) 392-8429 WAL 303
Douglas J. Bennett Assistant Director (352) 846-2573 WAL 301
Ivan Ramos Senior Graphic Designer (352) 294-7130 WAL 304
Phillip Frohm Social Media Specialist (352) 392-7459 WAL 305

Business Office

Mailing Address:

UF Research Foundation, Inc.
720 SW 2nd Ave, Suite 575
Gainesville, FL 32601
Email: ufrf@research.ufl.edu

Name Position Phone Number
Julie Rhee Director of Finance (352) 392-5221
Maureen Upshaw Assistant Director, Accounting (352) 392-3852
Rachel Hurley Assistant Director, Accounting (352) 392-7448
Lindsey Bennett Accountant II (352) 392-5990
Lijun He Accountant II (352) 392-1878
Greg Neal Accountant (352) 392-9365
Riley Kurz Accountant I (352) 392-7205
Carol Hunn Fiscal Assistant III (352) 392-8995
Jackie Stearns Administrative Support Assistant II (352) 392-5221

Personnel and Administrative Services

Name Position Phone Number Office Number
Dorothy Long Director, Human Resources (352) 392-6621 GRI 401
Ashlie Lambright Administrative Specialist (352) 392-4803 GRI 415
Christina Hackett Administrative Specialist (352) 294-6870 GRI 417
Anna Hayden Administrative Assistant (352) 392-8534 GRI 417
Ashley Vickery Administrative Assistant (352) 392-9291 GRI 417

Research Operations and Services

Mailing Address

Research Operations & Services
University of Florida
1300 Center Drive, Shepard Broad Building
PO Box 100173
Gainesville, FL 32610
Email: Operations@research.ufl.edu

Name Position Phone Number
Michael P. Mahoney Director (352) 392-1587
Jason Haugh Facilities Operation Specialist (352) 273-8157
Cynthia Holmes Administrative Assistant (352) 392-1587
David Miller Research Coordinator III (352) 273-3407
Jennifer Miller Research Coordinator III (352) 273-0288

Information Services

Name Position Phone Number Office Number
Nick Dunham Director, Information Services (352) 273-0275 Ayers 538
Jason Gomez Associate Director, Information Services (352) 273-9611 Ayers 546
Kevin Hanson Associate Director, Information Services (352) 273-0545 Ayers 520
Monya Dunlap IT Generalist II (352) 273-0293 Ayers 554
Jenny Rodriguez Application Database Administrator I (352)294-1590 Ayers 514
Che John Application Developer Analyst I (352) 392-8764 Ayers 534
Daniel Rocco Application Developer Analyst I (352) 294-2004 Ayers 548
Lisa Balsamo Application Developer Analyst II (352) 273-2158 Ayers 536
Cheryl Bearden Application Developer Analyst III (352) 273-0283 Ayers 516
Jason Casiano Systems Admin/Programmer II (352) 273-0280 Ayers 518
Ryan Copenhaver Application Developer Analyst III (352) 273-4977 Ayers 532
Chris Dunn IT Support Supervisor (352) 392-6938 Walker 323
Jordan Edwards Application Database Admin II (352) 273-1606 Ayers 527
Beth Hathaway Application Developer Analyst IV (352) 273-2211 Ayers 540
David Hranicky Application Developer Analyst I (352) 294-2095 Ayers 548
Maurice Sarns Senior Computer Support Specialist (352) 273-0284 Ayers 524
Matthew Pickett End User Computing Specialist II (352)392-6938 Walker 317
Alex Turner End User Computing Specialist I (352)392-6938 Walker 322
Christopher Marrazzo End User Computing Specialist I (352) 294-1688 Walker 321
Geoffrey Wark Application Developer Analyst III (352) 294-5027 Ayers 542
Aaron Johnson Data Management Analyst III (352) 273-1252 Ayers 555
Tien Le Data Management Analyst I (352) 273-3656 Ayers 512