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Office of Research and Creative Activity Contacts

Mailing Address
NDSU Dept. 4000
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

Delivery Address
1735 NDSU Research Park Dr
Fargo, ND 58102

Phone
701.231.8045

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Contact Us

Office of the Vice President

Colleen Fitzgerald
Vice President for Research and Creative Activity
701.231.6542
colleen.fitzgerald@ndsu.edu

Amy Kain
Assistant to the Vice President
701.231.6542
amy.kain@ndsu.edu

Innovation and Economic Development

Innovation and Economic Development is composed of the Business Development Unit and Licensing. This group aims to maximize the opportunities for industry-sponsored research and licensing of intellectual property through streamlined intellectual property discussions during negotiation of sponsored research agreements and continuity for research sponsors interested in licensing technologies developed at NDSU. Contact this office at ndsu.businessdev@ndsu.edu.

VACANT Executive Director, Innovation and Economic Development 701.231.6743 Authorized signature for industry agreements; provides overall leadership for Innovation and Economic Development; review of invention disclosures.	Joycelyn Lucke Interim Executive Director, Innovation and Economic Development Assistant Director for Business Development 701.231.5624 joycelyn.lucke@ndsu.edu Authorized signature for industry sponsored awards, non-financial agreements, and subawards; industry-sponsored award negotiation; industry sponsor liaison.
Saurabhi Satam Business Development and Licensing Associate (701) 231-8173 saurabhi.satam@ndsu.edu Receipt and initial assessment of invention disclosures; internal outreach.	McKenna Tysdal Business Development and Licensing Administrator (701)-231-6681 mckenna.tysdal.1@ndsu.edu Receipt and recording of invention disclosures, federal compliance for reporting and tracking of inventions developed with federal funds.

Operations

The Operations team provides oversight for the facilities managed by RCA including the Research 1, Research 1 Addition, and Research 2 buildings. Core Research Facilities provide centralized shared university resources including instruments, labs and expertise to support research and education. Two recharge centers are operated under Research and Creative Activity: The Electron Microscopy Core (comprehensive imaging and analysis services) and the Research Operations Recharge Center (tools for materials synthesis and characterization, microfabrication, device packaging, and testing).

Aaron Reinholz Director of Research Operations 701.231.5338 aaron.reinholz@ndsu.edu	Greg Strommen Engineering Technician 701.231.5339 greg.strommen@ndsu.edu Cleanroom Microfabrication, Materials Characterization
Fred Haring Fabrication Technician Class 10k Cleanroom Operations, MCAL 701.231.5336 frederik.haring@ndsu.edu Cleanroom Device Packaging/Assembly, Testing	Jim Bahr Senior Engineer Materials Research Operations, MCAL 701.231.5927 james.bahr@ndsu.edu MCAL Materials Synthesis, Scale-up, and Characterization
Becky Hellman Tangen Senior Business Administrator 701.231.5872 becky.hellman@ndsu.edu
Electron Microscopy Core Scott Payne Director (701) 231-8234 scott.payne@ndsu.edu Operation and maintenance of the microCT and scanning and transmission electron microscopes, including specialized analytical techniques such as energy-dispersive spectroscopy for elemental analysis and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).	Jayma Moore Laboratory Manager (701) 231-8435 jayma.moore@ndsu.edu Instrument operation, preparation of biological and materials samples for light and electron microscopy (including fixation, dehydration, critical point drying, embedding, staining, and sputter coating), and ultramicrotomy (ultrathin sectioning at 60-80 nm) for transmission electron microscopy, as well as office management, scheduling, and billing.

Research Development

The mission of the Research Development unit is to enhance NDSU's ability to compete for external funding by providing resources, training, and assistance related to developing successful research programs. Activities of the research development office include announcing funding opportunities, managing the SPIN database subscription and offering training and support for users of the system, developing and coordinating grant writing workshops and professional development opportunities for faculty, communicating research results through a weekly newsletter, reports, news releases and articles, providing proposal development services including editing and review of proposals for compliance with agency requirements, assisting with the coordination and development of interdisciplinary proposals, managing internal funding programs such as travel awards and research support services, support for broader impacts, and developing proposal writing resources and tools. Contact this office at ndsu.researchdev@ndsu.edu.

Sheri Anderson Associate Vice President for Research Development 701.231.6573 sheri.anderson@ndsu.edu Proposal development support, limited submission process, funding opportunities, workshops and professional development programming, internal travel funding and RSS program, RCA undergraduate research programs.	Cassie Johnson Research Development Coordinator 701.231.9490 cassandra.j.johnson@ndsu.edu SPIN assistance and coordination, RCA newsletter, internal travel funding and RSS program, NDSU EXPLORE, proposal development assistance, workshops and programming support, limited submission process.
Fred Hudson Communications Manager 701.231.5174 fred.hudson@ndsu.edu RCA communications support, science communication, RCA newsletter and website, faculty and student research and creative activity articles and news releases, SPIN training.

Research Integrity and Compliance

Research Integrity supports Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use (IACUC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) operations; oversees financial conflicts of interest reviews; provides veterinary animal care and consultation; and subject matter expertise on promoting research integrity and compliance with federal regulations.

Kristy Shirley Research Integrity and Compliance Manager and IRB Administrator 701.231.8995 kristy.shirley@ndsu.edu Maintenance and assessment of RIC activities, supervision of RIC administrators, oversight of the RIC budget, IRB protocol development and processing, and human subjects protections education.	Neil Dyer Attending Veterinarian 701.231.7830 neil.dyer@ndsu.edu IACUC protocol development, animal procedure and surgical consultation, animal health monitoring, training oversight & development.
Tania Molden Research Integrity and Compliance Administrator, IACUC 701.231.8114 tania.molden@ndsu.edu IACUC protocol development and processing, animal facility oversight, animal welfare education.	Sharon May Innovation and Economic Development Administrator-Export Controls 701.231.6455 ndsu.exportcontrols@ndsu.edu
Amanda Wilkinson Research Integrity and Compliance Administrator, IBC & COIC 701-231-8908 amanda.wilkinson@ndsu.edu

Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA)

The Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) office is the central administrative support office under the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity unit. The office encourages and supports university faculty and staff in their pursuit of external funding to conduct research or other scholarly activity, with an emphasis on administrative functions that advance a culture of compliance with applicable regulations. SPA provides budget review and institutional signature for all external proposal submissions, manages electronic application submission processes, and negotiates awards received from external sources for sponsored program activities on behalf of the university. The office also assists in non-financial post award administration matters. Contact this office at ndsu.research@ndsu.edu.

Val Kettner Associate Vice President 701.231.9608 val.kettner@ndsu.edu Authorized signature for proposals/awards (AOR); provides overall leadership for SPA; policy development; non-industry award negotiation; sponsor liaison.	Amy Scott Assistant Director 701.231.8976 amy.scott@ndsu.edu Novelution system sponsored research module implementation lead; Authorized signature for proposals/awards (AOR); non-industry award negotiation; assistance with pre-award and non-financial post-award issues; sponsor liaison.
Cindy Eleson Budget & Program Officer 701.231.5259 cindy.smelsereleson@ndsu.edu Budget review; assistance with proposal forms; electronic proposal submission; guidance on federal submission portals.	Dionna Martel Proposal & Award Officer 701.231.5494 dionna.martel@ndsu.edu Authorized signature for proposals/awards (AOR); lead proposal reviewer; non-industry award negotiation; assistance with pre-award and non-financial post-award issues; sponsor liaison.
Vicki Miller Budget & Program Officer 701.231.8898 victoria.miller@ndsu.edu Budget review; assistance with proposal forms; electronic proposal submission; assistance with budget revisions and PI changes; assistance with no-cost extensions and advanced spending requests.	Rebecca Sandell Award Intake Officer 701.231.7258 Facilitate award processing; assistance with no-cost extensions and advanced spending requests; resource for proposal/award processes; webpage maintenance.
Christy Gallagher-Lein Research Informatics Analyst (701) 231-8573 christy.gallagher-lein@ndsu.edu Statistical proposal/award reports; Power BI interactive report creation/maintenance; NSF HERD Survey data collection and reporting.