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Peter E. Schiffer

Vice Chancellor for Research

(217) 244-7179

pschiffe@illinois.edu

Peter E. Schiffer BIO

Peter Schiffer is the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he has leadership responsibility for the campus research enterprise.

As Vice Chancellor for Research, Dr. Schiffer provides leadership for campus-wide interdisciplinary research institutes, promotes new research initiatives, and oversees the administrative and business processes that ensure the productive, safe, and ethical conduct of research at Illinois. Before joining Illinois, Dr. Schiffer served in a number of administrative, faculty, and research roles at Pennsylvania State University. Prior to that, he was on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame, and performed postdoctoral work at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

His personal research focuses on artificial spin ice, geometrically frustrated magnets and other magnetic materials. He has co-authored more than 175 papers, and is the recipient of a Career Award from the National Science Foundation, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the Army Research Office, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship recipient, and he received the Faculty Scholar Medal in the Physical Sciences and the Joel and Ruth Spira Award for Teaching Excellence from Penn State. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He has served as the chair of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications, the program chair of the Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, and the chair of the Division of Materials Physics in the American Physical Society. He received his B.S. from Yale University in 1988 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1993.

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Melanie Loots

Chief of Staff, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

(217) 333-0034

mloots@illinois.edu

Melanie Loots BIO

Melanie Loots is 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.

Andy Blacker

Research Communications Coordinator

(217) 244-8692

blacker@illinois.edu

Communications and marketing for the Illinois Research Community. Andy coordinates and promotes OVCR news and information by managing social media, creating website content, and sharing research events.
Michael Brosco

Director of Research Application Development

(217) 265-6419

mbrosco@illinois.edu

Application development for the OVCR. Mike manages the OVCR 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 OVCR accounting and business needs.
Stephen Burton

IT Technical Associate

(217) 244-0279

sburton@illinois.edu

Application development for the OVCR. Steve works to design, code and support the online applications provided by OVCR, to facilitate research across the campus.
Jason Butler

Director of Portfolio Budget and Planning

(217) 244-2138

butlerjc@illinois.edu

Budget and planning for the OVCR and reporting units. Jason is responsible for oversight of the financial portions of all research programs within the OVCR administrative unit. He serves as the point of contact for all financial transactions and commitments for the OVCR.
Juan Chambers

Administrative Assistant

(217) 244-7179

chamber1@illinois.edu

Administrative support for Peter Schiffer. Juan handles scheduling for the Vice Chancellor for Research and oversees the OVCR Civil Service support staff.
Melissa Edwards

Director of Research Communications

(217) 265-5446

mme@illinois.edu

Communications and public relations for the Illinois Research Community. Melissa manages the flow of OVCR news and information, oversees the OVCR website and other publications, promotes research events, and organizes the Research Communications Council.
Kelley Frazier

Office Support Specialist

(217) 333-6771

kdfrazie@illinois.edu

Administrative support for Melissa Edwards, Kyle Galbraith, and Mariselle Melendez. Kelley is also the primary point of contact for all Research Board / Scholars' Travel inquiries.
Kyle Galbraith

Research Integrity Officer

(217) 265-6551

galbrakl@illinois.edu

Kyle is the Research Integrity Officer, serving as intake official for research misconduct allegations and promoting training in the responsible conduct of research for the campus.
Maria Gillombardo

External Funding Coordinator - Humanities, Arts, and Related Fields

(217) 300-3336

gillomba@illinois.edu

Application support for faculty applying for external funding. Maria provides research and editorial services, organizes targeted information sessions for fellowship and grant competitions, coordinates proposal writing groups, and meets with faculty to discuss their research interests and grant-seeking plans.
Lyndon Goodly

Director of Animal Resources

(217) 333-2564

goodly@illinois.edu

Oversight of the campus Animal Care and Use Program. Lyndon is the Institutional Veterinarian and Director of the Division of Animal Resources, ensuring that the U of I remains in compliance with federal, state, and institutional policies associated with animal research, teaching, and animal wellbeing.
Howard Guenther

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

(217) 333-6771

hguenthe@illinois.edu
Sharetta Hall

Office Support Associate

(217) 300-4074

shall03s@illinois.edu

Administrative support for Sharee Robinson, Sue Key, and Jan Novakofski. Sharetta is also the OVCR first responder.
Steve Holland

Research Safety Systems Developer

(217) 244-5652

shol726@illinois.edu

Steve develops and supports applications designed to help facilitate research safety across the campus. This includes online systems for monitoring research safety compliance, research safety initiatives, researcher safety training, and reporting tools.
Sue Key

Director of Portfolio Human Resources

(217) 244-4592

Susan Key

Human Resources for the OVCR. Sue is responsible for human resources activities, provides HR advice and serves as the assistant EEO Officer for the OVCR portfolio.
Pradeep Khanna

Associate Vice Chancellor for Corporate Relations and Economic Development

(217) 244-3606

pkhanna@illinois.edu

Leads corporate relations and economic development activities for the campus.
Linda Lee Drozt

Regulatory Research Coordinator

(217) 333-8124

lklee1@illinois.edu

Conflict of commitment and interest for the University. Linda coordinates campus compliance with sponsor-specific COI requirements/regulations and supports conflict identification and management efforts.
Jan Novakofski

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for Compliance

(217) 333-6181

jnova@illinois.edu

Research compliance for the U of I. Jan manages the OVCR units that provide investigator support and regulatory oversight for activities involving animals, biological safety, chemicals, human subjects, or radioactive materials.
Ben Percy

IT Technical Associate

(217) 300-1748

bperc2@illinois.edu

Ben develops and supports online applications designed to facilitate various research needs across the campus
Cal Primer

Research Administrative Systems Developer

(217) 265-0692

cprimer@illinois.edu

Cal develops and supports applications designed to facilitate research safety across the campus. This includes online systems for monitoring research safety compliance, research safety initiatives, researcher safety training, and reporting tools.
Dave Richardson

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Director, Sponsored Programs

(217) 300-7191

daverich@illinois.edu

Sponsored project support for the Illinois Research Community. Dave manages the institutional sponsored portfolio, including oversight of proposal submissions, award negotiations, and award executions ensuring compliance with federal, state, and institutional policies.
Sharee Robinson

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research

(217) 244-4430

sdwax@illinois.edu

Finances and human resources for the OVCR. Sharee oversees the finances and human resources for the OVCR and the portfolio units.
Abriel Shipley

Full Stack Designer/Developer

(217) 300-5483

aship2@illinois.edu

Provides web application, user experience, programming, and technological support for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) and reporting units.
Evan Simpson

Accountant I

(217) 300-6232

esimpson@illinois.edu

OVCR accounting and business transaction support. Evan is also the departmental Unified Communications contact.
Jason Vetter

Applications Analyst

(217) 333-0034

jvetter@illinois.edu

Technology Architect for the OVCR. Jason designs and develops the underlying architecture used by the OVCR IT group to build online systems for monitoring research compliance, funding programs and initiatives, researcher training, reporting tools, and OVCR accounting and business needs.
Kraig A Wagenecht

Director, External Research Partnerships

(217) 300-3911

wagenech@illinois.edu

External research collaborations for the U of I. Kraig provides business and administrative support and planning for campus-level research initiatives.
D'Anne Winston

Office Support Associate

(217) 300-3752

dwinston@illinois.edu

Administrative support for Melanie Loots, Mike Brosco, and Jason Butler. D'Anne also provides support for routing the annual Report of Non-University Activities.