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Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships

Name Title Phone Email Location
Richard Mocarski Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships 815-753-1217 rmocarski@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301E
Rachel Gordon Associate Vice President, Global Affairs and Faculty Development 815-753-1891 rgordon@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301G
Dara Little Associate Vice President, Research 815-753-9946 dlittle@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301B
Amy Farranto Publications Manager 815-753-9946 afarranto@niu.edu 2260 Bethany Rd
Elizabeth R. Gaillard Director Molecular Analysis Core Laboratory 815-753-1753 gaillard@niu.edu LaTourette Hall 322
Matthew Deitch NICCS Director 815-753-9471 mdeitch@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
Shay Wright Administrative Assistant 815-753-1071 swright@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301D
Kathleen Hughes-James Administrative Aide 815-753-1898 khughes@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301F
Whitney Wells Administrative Aide 815-753-1490 Wwells1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301C

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Office of Research Compliance, Integrity and Safety

Name Title Phone Email Location
Shannon Stoker Director 815-753-2882 sstoker@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Linda Srygler Laboratory Safety Specialist 815-753-9251 lyates@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
James Gable Chemical Safety Officer/CHO 815-753-1610 jgable@niu.edu Montgomery Hall 207
MJ Blaschak IRB Chair 815-753-1383 mblaschak@niu.edu Wirtz Hall 209A
Ana Calvo IBC Chair 815-753-8451 amcalvo@niu.edu Montgomery Hall 341
Douglas Wallace IACUC Chair 815-753-0972 dwallace@niu.edu Psychology/Computer Science 309
Jennifer Smith Office Administrator N/A jsmith35@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201

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Sponsored Programs Administration

Currently, SPA staff are primarily remote. Email, Teams and Teams Voice are the best way to contact us.

Name Title Phone Email Location
Stephanie Arnold Senior Grants and Contracts Associate 815-753-1584 sarnold4@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Kristin Bigelow Senior Grants and Contracts  Associate 815-753-6064 kbigelow@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Carrie Blackwood-Williams Director, Sponsored Programs Administration 815-753-5901 cblackwood@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Linda Carlson Office Support Specialist 815-753-5678 lcarlson3@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Elizabeth Garcia Ramierz Proposal Coordinator 815-753-7022 egarciaramirez@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Ashley Golz Award Coordinator 815-753-4323 agolz@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Karyn Higgs Proposal Coordinator 815-753-1581 khiggs1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Claire Mogren Senior Proposal Coordinator 815-753-6321 cmogren@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Katie Mowers Assistant Director, Post Award 815-753-3402 kmayber1@niu.edu

Lowden Hall 201
Craig Mulligan Senior Grants and Contracts Associate 815-753-1581 cmulligan@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Maria Nihei Assistant Director, Pre-Award 815-753-4533 mhancock3@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Jeannie Peterson Office Support Specialist 815-753-9176 jpeterson17@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Dana (Hoefle) Papini Proposal Coordinator 815-753-0830 dhoefle@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Vanessa Poling Proposal Coordinator 815-753-1581 vpoling@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Melanie (Cox) Prentice Grants and Contracts Associate 815-753-1581 mcox7@niu.edu  Lowden Hall 201
Allie Rowland Grants and Contracts Associate 815-753-1581 arowland@niu.edu  Lowden Hall 201
Amy Schmidt Grants and Contracts Associate 815-753-6059 aschmidt1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Sarah Senechalle Associate Director, Sponsored Programs Administration 815-753-9278 ssenechalle@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Ellen Smith Fiscal Compliance Specialist 815-753-1113 esmith2@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Shelli Solfisburg Proposal Coordinator 815-753-0748 svogeler@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Caitlin Teague Senior Grants and Contracts Associate 815-753-1133 cnottingham1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 201
Katie Thielk Senior Award Coordinator 815-753-3850 kthielk@niu.edu  Lowden Hall 201

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Office of Innovation

Name Title Email Location
Karinne Bredberg Director of Innovation Partnerships and Technology Transfer kbredberg@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Federico Bassetti Associate Director, Innovation Ecosystem Development fede@niu.edu Barsema Hall 328
Mark Hankins Assistant Director for Technology Transfer mhankins1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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Center for Burma Studies

Name Title Phone Email Location
Aurore Candier Director 815-753-9471 acandier@niu.edu Pottenger House 101
Carmin Berchiolly Program Coordinator 815-753-0512 cberchiolly1@niu.edu Pottenger House 101

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Information Services

Name Title Phone Email Location
Sayantani Adhikari eRA Associate 815-753-9471 sadhikari1@niu.edu  Lowden Hall 301
Eric Biletzky Manager, Information Services 815-753-3439 ericb@niu.edu Lowden Hall 202
Julie Miller eRA Coordinator 815-753-1583 jamiller@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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Research Support

Name Title Phone Email Location
Ximena Burgin Associate Director 815-753-4506 xrecald1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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Budget Office

Name Title Phone Email Location
Dawn Crawford Acting Director Budgets and Financial Planning 815-753-0828 dcrawford@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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Office of Research Development

Name Title Phone Email Location
Kellie Dyslin Director 815-753-7090 kdyslin@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Rachael Yndestad Research Development Specialist 815-753-9471 ryndestad@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Donna Martin Associate Director 815-753-9279 dmartin@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Sadie Schaus Research Development Specialist 815-753-1054 sschaus@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Jordan York Program and Communications Coordinator 815-753-8421 jyork4@niu.edu 71 North

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Contact Us

Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships
DeKalb, IL 60115

Phone: 815-753-1768
Email: niudivresearch@niu.edu