Central Research Development Team

Kim Holloway

Vice Provost for Research Development

Kim leads central Research Development, supporting college research priorities, interdisciplinary research institutes, and the global network of Northeastern campuses as they build out their research programs.

k.holloway@northeastern.edu

Trish Curtin

Director of Research Innovation & Strategic Partnerships

Trish leads strategic research development initiatives including center scale proposal development and enterprise-wide research collaborations with government, industry, and other research institutions.

p.curtin@northeastern.edu

Zac Perry

Senior Research Development Officer

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

za.perry@northeastern.edu

Crystal Welliver

Senior Research Development Officer

Crystal supports Research Development for Northeastern’s global university system.

c.welliver@northeastern.edu

Dana DeBari

Director – Government Relations & Strategic Projects in the Division of Research, Economic Development

Dana convenes an array of academic, industry, and government stakeholders in support of various economic development-related initiatives throughout Northeastern’s global research network.

D.debari@northeastern.edu

Julia McKay

Research Development Officer

Julia contributes to central Research Development activities and projects.

j.mckay@northeastern.edu

Garrett Morrow

Research Development Officer

Garrett contributes to central Research Development activities and projects.

g.morrow@northeastern.edu

Dan Mueller

Research Development Officer

Dan contributes to central Research Development activities and projects.

da.mueller@northeastern.edu

Jenna Horan

Research Development Specialist, Internal Programs

Jenna supports the Research Development team and is the administrator of the TIER programs.

j.horan@northeastern.edu

Cari Roche

Executive Assistant, Provost's Office for Research

Cari provides adminstrative support for Kim Holloway, Vice Provost Research Development, and other initiatives in the Provost’s Office for Research.

c.roche@northeastern.edu

Collaborators in Colleges and Other Partners

Melinda Boehm

Director of Research Development, Bouve College of Health Sciences

Melinda is responsible for supporting research activities in Bouve College of Health Sciences.

m.boehm@northeastern.edu

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

h.prosnitz@northeastern.edu

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.

e.allen@northeastern.edu

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.

m.nobrega@northeastern.edu

Jessica Chace

Research and Faculty Development Specialist, College of Engineering

Jessica provides writing and proposal support for COE faculty across a range of research initiatives from high-impact publishing to early career submissions.

j.chace@northeastern.edu

Vance Blankers

Associate Director for Research Development and Collaboration, College of Science

Vance is responsible for supporting College of Science research activities.

v.blankers@northeastern.edu

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.

k.duggan@northeastern.edu

Andrea Stith

Director of Research Development, Khoury College of Computer Science

Andrea is responsible for supporting Khoury research activities.

a.stith@northeastern.edu

Chris Saucier

Research and Alliance Development Manager, Roux Institute

Chris is focused on developing innovation-focused research partnerships in the areas of cybersecurity and communications.

c.saucier@northeastern.edu

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.

h.fawcett@northeastern.edu