Staff

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

Ruth Welti
Director of core facilities
508 Ackert Hall
785-532-5756
welti@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
plowe@k-state.edu
103 Fairchild Hall
785-532-6804

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

Bailey Starns, CRA
Associate director
bjstarns@k-state.edu

Anita Fahrny, CRA
Senior grants and contracts administrator
afahrny@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

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

Kale Becker
Grant specialist
beckmen@k-state.edu

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

Megan Webb
Associate 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

Lisa Duer, CRA
Associate director
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

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
Associate vice president
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145
785-532-3919
brandtcd@k-state.edu

Ken Williams
Chief commercialization and licensing officer
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145
785-532-3906
ken@k-state.edu

Lindsay Gragg
Director of business development and licensing, agriculture plant sector
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145
785-532-3901
biggsl@k-state.edu

Aarushi Gupta
Senior licensing associate
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145
785-532-3907
aarushi@k-state.edu

Tresa Landis
Business manager
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145
785-532-3917
tlandis@k-state.edu

Indira Mohanty
Patent manager
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145
785-532-3916
imohanty@k-state.edu

Sarah Nolting
Licensing associate
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145
785-532-3910
snolting@k-state.edu

Vacant
Executive assistant
1640 Kimball Ave, Ste 145