Staff

Office of the Vice President For Research

		Hans Coetzee Interim vice president for research 120 Fairchild Hall 785-532-5110 jcoetzee@k-state.edu
		Abby Lear Executive director of operations 119 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3635 abby99@k-state.edu
		Erin Pennington Director of strategic research communications 001 Fairchild Hall 785-532-5045 erin120@k-state.edu
		Ruth Welti Director of core facilities 508 Ackert Hall 785-532-5756 welti@k-state.edu
		Michelle Langvardt Executive assistant to the vice president for research 118 Fairchild Hall 785-532-5110 mlr9988@k-state.edu

		Beth Montelone Senior associate vice president for research 102 Fairchild Hall 785-532-6195 bethmont@k-state.edu
		Mary Lou Marino Development director 102 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3211 mlmarino@k-state.edu
		Ramasamy Sakthivel Development director 102 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3455 rsakthi@k-state.edu
		Gina Becker Development director 102 Fairchild Hall 785-532-5631 gbecker@k-state.edu
		Kate Kennedy Communications and office support assistant 102 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3206 kate40@k-state.edu
		Kevin Shippy Senior computer/systems specialist 001 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3236 kshippy@k-state.edu

Paul Lowe, CRA
Associate vice president for research and director
plowe@k-state.edu
103 Fairchild Hall
785-532-6804

Mollie Robbins-Wint, CRA
Associate director
mollierobbins@k-state.edu
103 Fairchild Hall
785-532-6804

103 Fairchild Hall
785-532-6804

Anita Fahrny, CRA
Senior grants and contracts administrator
afahrny@k-state.edu

Alissa Capoun
Grants and contracts administrator
alissa15@k-state.edu

Nidhi Bhandari, CRA
Senior grants and contracts administrator
nidhim@k-state.edu

Carmen Garcia
Senior grants and contracts administrator
carmen@k-state.edu

Tim McDaniel, CPA
Senior grants and contracts administrator
tnm8659@k-state.edu

Bailey Starns, CRA
Senior grants and contracts administrator
bjstarns@k-state.edu

Kim Rewinkel
Senior grants and contracts administrator
krewinkel@k-state.edu

Eric Anderson
Senior grants and contracts administrator
eandrsn@k-state.edu

Ashley Annan
Grants and contracts administrator
aannan@k-state.edu

Kelly Pearson
Grants and contracts administrator
kellykburns@k-state.edu

Vacant
Office specialist

Cecelia Scaler
Project modification specialist
cscaler@k-state.edu

Office of Sponsored Programs — Sponsored programs accounting 2323 Anderson Ave, Suite 600 Manhattan, KS 66502 785-532-6207
		Megan Webb Assistant director mmd@k-state.edu
		Jenna Bowman Fiscal analyst jmcrampt@k-state.edu
		Kimberly Dickey Fiscal analyst kimber93@k-state.edu
		Beth Mack Fiscal Analyst bmack@k-state.edu
		Brad Steelsmith Fiscal analyst bsteel@k-state.edu
		Dominique Simmons Fiscal analyst dominiquevs@k-state.edu
		Jillian Simar Fiscal analyst jesimar@k-state.edu
		Karen Strathman Accountant I kstrathman@k-state.edu
		Brooke Ediger Accountant I brooke345@k-state.edu

103 Fairchild Hall
785-532-6804

		Lisa Duer, CRA Associate director, contract negotiations duer@k-state.edu
		Andra Bardas, CRA Senior contract negotiator abardas@k-state.edu
		Lacey Stevens Contract negotiator laceystevens@k-state.edu
		Christa Jahnke Contract negotiator christaj@k-state.edu
		Jessica Morton Contract negotiator jessicamorton@k-state.edu
		Ryanne Hubbard Grants and contracts administrator ryanne@k-state.edu
		Beverly Nichols Grants and contracts administrator bnichols@k-state.edu

Rex Goff
Senior grants and contracts administrator
1991 to 2022

		Brad Woods Associate vice president for research 203 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3224 785-532-3278 fax brwoods@k-state.edu
		Heath L. Ritter Research compliance director 203 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3224 785-532-3278 fax hlr@k-state.edu
		Lisa Brummett Export controls compliance officer 785-532-3224 lmbrumme@k-state.edu
		Natalia Costa Ball IBC program manager 203 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3224 785-532-3278 fax nataliacball@k-state.edu
		Anna Lemmon IACUC research compliance coordinator 203 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3224 785-532-3278 fax lemmon12@k-state.edu
		Julie A. Johnson Biosafety officer, Biosecurity Research Institute Assistant vice president for research compliance 785-532-3224 jajohns@k-state.edu
		Erin E. Smith Biosafety specialist ewsmith@k-state.edu
		Margaret Juergensmeyer Biosafety specialist mjuergensmeyer@bri.ksu.edu
		Tyler Jones Biosafety specialist twjones@bri.ksu.edu
		MaKenna Dehart IRB administrator 203 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3224 785-532-3278 fax makenna@k-state.edu
		Rebekah Hennesy-Tank Program associate 203 Fairchild Hall 785-532-3224 785-532-3278 fax hennesy@k-state.edu

Stephen Higgs
Associate vice president for research
1041 Pat Roberts Hall
1900 Denison Avenue
785-532-1333
shiggs@k-state.edu

Craig Hager
Interim facility security officer
1041 Pat Roberts Hall
1900 Denison Avenue

Jason Grady
University attending veterinarian and director
785-532-5648
jgrady@vet.k-state.edu

	Chris Brandt Interim president and CEO Chief tech innovation officer 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3919 brandtcd@k-state.edu
	Vicki Appelhans Chief financial officer 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3901 vappel@k-state.edu
	Ken Williams Chief commercialization and licensing officer 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3906 ken@k-state.edu
	Bret Ford Director of business development and licensing, animal health 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3924 bretford@k-state.edu
	Lindsay Gragg Director of business development and licensing, agriculture plant sector 2005 Research Park Circle 785-395-0901 biggsl@k-state.edu
	Aarushi Gupta Senior licensing associate 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3907 aarushi@k-state.edu
	Tresa Landis Business manager 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3917 tlandis@k-state.edu
	Indira Mohanty Patent manager 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3916 imohanty@k-state.edu
	Sarah Nolting Licensing associate 2005 Research Park Circle 785-532-3910 snolting@k-state.edu
	Vacant Executive assistant 2005 Research Park Circle