Central Research Development Team

Erin Hale
Director – Research Development & Operations
Erin leads Research Development operations, including limited submissions and other strategic initiatives, and supports colleges that do not have in-house RD support.

Zac Perry
Senior Research Development Officer
Zac supports Research Development for the College of Science as well as interdisciplinary and multi-college proposals.

Laura Maliszewski
Senior Research Development Officer
Laura supports Research Development for the Provost Office as well as the Roux institute to enable interdisciplinary research proposals.

Jenna Horan
Research Development Specialist, Internal Programs
Jenna supports the Research Development team and is the administrator of the TIER programs.

Garrett Morrow
Research Development Officer
Garrett contributes to central Research Development activities and projects.

Dan Mueller
Research Development Officer
Dan contributes to central Research Development activities and projects.

Caroline Millard
Research Development Officer
Caroline contributes to central Research Development activities and projects.

Cari Roche
Executive Assistant, Provost's Office for Research
Cari provides administrative support for Trish Curtin, Interim Vice Provost Research Development, and other initiatives in the Provost’s Office for Research.
Collaborators in Colleges and Other Partners

Melinda Boehm
Assistant Dean for Research Development, Bouve College of Health Sciences
Melinda is responsible for supporting research activities in Bouve College of Health Sciences.

Hilary F. Prosnitz
Director of Research Development, NU-Charlotte Bouve College of Health Sciences and Institute for Experiential AI
Hilary is responsible for supporting research activities in Bouve College of Health Sciences at NU-Charlotte and for the Institute of Experiential AI

Liz Allen
Associate Director of Research Development, College of Arts, Media and Design
Liz is responsible for supporting research activities in the College of Arts, Media and Design.

Mariah Nobrega
Assistant Dean for Research and Faculty Development, College of Engineering
Mariah provides strategic guidance and tactical support for COE research activities from early-career faculty development to center-scale initiatives.

Helen Fawcett
Director of Research Development for the College of Engineering
Helen is focused on large-scale and midscale grant proposal development and creating platforms to catalyze new research focus areas and potential interdisciplinary collaborations.

Kate Duggan
Associate Director of Research Development, College of Social Science and Humanities
Kate is responsible for supporting research activities in the College of Social Science and Humanities.

Despina Apostolska
Research Development Officer, Khoury College of Computer Science
Despina is focused on supporting Khoury research activities.
Associate Deans for Research

Gene Tunik
Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, Bouve College of Health Sciences



Francesca Grippa
Associate Dean of Research, College of Professional Studies

Natasha Frost
Associate Dean of Research, College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Koen Pauwels
Associate Dean of Faculty and Research, D'Amore McKim School of Business

Byron Wallace
Associate Dean of Research, Khoury College of Computer Science

Priya M. Shimpi Driscoll
Interim Associate Dean of Research and Partnerships, Mills College

Lua Kamál Yuille
Associate Dean for Research and Interdisciplinary Education, School of Law


Carolyn Barker
Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange, Northeastern University London
Global University System Research Leaders


Deniz Erdogmus
Chief Technology Officer, Kostas Research Institute, Burlington, MA




Geoff Trussell
Vice President, Coastal Sustainability Institute, Nahant, MA

Christie Chung
Interim Executive Director of the Mills Institute, Oakland California




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