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Research Services Office
222 Campus Tower
8625-112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1
Phone: 780-492-5787
Fax: 780-492-0949
General Inquiries: rsoinfo@ualberta.ca (for U of A staff, please include your Department/Faculty in the email)
Printable Contact Directory
Staff Directory
- Administration
Michael Walesiak Interim Director (Research Services Office) and Director, Finance & Administration (Vice-President, Research & Innovation) michael.walesiak@ualberta.ca
780-492-1642Julaine Herst Contracts & Agreements - Assistant Director julaine.herst@ualberta.ca
780-492-7885Nancy Klimczak Partnership & Institutional Programs - Assistant Director nancy.klimczak@ualberta.ca
780-492-1452Julie Stephens Research Facilitation & Strategic Initiatives - Assistant Director julie.stephens@ualberta.ca
780-492-9189Heidi Robinson Senior Legal Counsel heidi.robinson@ualberta.ca
780-492-1348Francisco Marquez-Stricker Legal Counsel marquezs@ualberta.ca
780-492-4712Sandra Kinash Communications Coordinator sandra.kinash@ualberta.ca
780-492-1378Llyn Madsen Executive Assistant llyn.madsen@ualberta.ca
780-492-1483Gloria Stroyek Receptionist/Admin Assistant rsorecep@ualberta.ca
780-492-5787 - Canada Research Chair Coordinator
Glen Thomas, PEng Canada Research Chair Coordinator & Advisor crcadmin@ualberta.ca
780-492-6266 - Contracts and Agreements
Responsible for negotiation and approval of research agreements/contracts with foreign and domestic federal, provincial and industry sponsors, excluding institutional activities and major collaborative partnerships (see Partnership & Institutional Projects below for a further listing of excluded programs).
Julaine Herst Assistant Director, Contracts & Agreements julaine.herst@ualberta.ca
780-492-7885Sharon Campbell Contract Specialist sharon.campbell@ualberta.ca
780-492-0548Pearl Douglas Contract Specialist pdouglas@ualberta.ca
780-492-2155Xeniya Dubrovskaya Grants Administrator xeniya@ualberta.ca
780-492-2002Kristi Evans Contract Specialist kristi.evans@ualberta.ca
780-492-1449Shawna Forrest Grants Administrator shawna.forrest@ualberta.ca
780-492-6289Ian Forsythe Contract Specialist ian.forsythe@ualberta.ca
780-492-5670Marjorie Grady Contract Specialist marjorie.grady@ualberta.ca
780-492-8655Sarah Litvinchuk Contract Specialist skeen@ualberta.ca
780-492-1011Michelle Marchand Contract Specialist michelle.marchand@ualberta.ca
780-492-5805Pat Sawatzky Contract Specialist pat.sawatzky@ualberta.ca
780-492-0276Helga Toleikis Contract Specialist helga.toleikis@ualberta.ca
780-492-1301Mary Trush Contract Specialist mtrush@ualberta.ca
780-492-1844 - Finance and Information Management
Responsible for the post-award financial administration of research grants and contracts, including project set up, invoicing and financial reporting.
Michael Walesiak Interim Director (Research Services Office) and Director, Finance & Administration (Vice-President, Research & Innovation) michael.walesiak@ualberta.ca
780-492-1642Slavica Lepki Senior Finance Analyst, Research Support Fund slavica.lepki@ualberta.ca
780-492-3123Finance & Quality Assurance
Lorena Li Manager, Finance & Quality Assurance lorena.li@ualberta.ca
780-492-6284Ariam Araya Finance Analyst ariam.araya@ualberta.ca
780-492-8817Lidia Batorski Finance Analyst Team Lead lidia.batorski@ualberta.ca
780-492-6954Alice Bouchard Financial Accountant alice.bouchard@ualberta.ca
780-492-0795Olivia Cai Quality Assurance Analyst olivia.cai@ualberta.ca
780-492-9165Neema Charania Finance Analyst ON LEAVE Sherry Gu Finance Analyst sherrygu@ualberta.ca
780-492-5584Kelly Hartley Finance Analyst kelly.hartley@ualberta.ca
780-492-6956Lana Law Quality Assurance Analyst ON LEAVE Omosolape Idowu Finance Analyst omosolap@ualberta.ca
780-492-5214Lily Qin Finance Analyst lili.qin@ualberta.ca
780-492-6225Janet Paterson Finance Analyst Team Lead janet.paterson@ualberta.ca
780-492-9650Ada Tang Finance Analyst gongping.tang@ualberta.ca
780-492-6953Yolanda Tsang Finance Analyst tsang1@ualberta.ca
780-492-6955Grace Tian Finance Analyst grace.tian@ualberta.ca
780-492-3295Abby Zhang Finance Analyst abby.zhang@ualberta.ca
780-492-6285Jenny Zhang Finance Analyst jenny.zhang@ualberta.ca
780-492-3663Gurmen Aujla Student Finance Assistant gurmen@ualberta.ca
780-492-4996Linh Dang Student Finance Assistant ltd@ualberta.ca
780-492-7519Harneet Khaira Student Finance Assistant khaira1@ualberta.ca
780-248-1377Hanna Nguyen Student Finance Assistant vuhanna@ualberta.ca
780-492-5558Wilson Yong Student Finance Assistant wyong@ualberta.ca
780-492-7519Information Management
Chandra Wanigaratne Manager, Information Management chandra.wanigaratne@ualberta.ca
780-492-1838 - Partnership and Institutional Projects
Responsible for administration application and post-award management for major Institutional Funding programs (CFI, CAIP, CRC, CERC, Genome Canada & WED); negotiation and post award administration of institutional activities and major collaborative partnerships such as (but not limited to) NSERC CRD's, NSERC IRC's, network agreements, master agreements and MOU's related to multi-sponsor collaboration agreements.
Nancy Klimczak Assistant Director, Partnership & Institutional Projects nancy.klimczak@ualberta.ca
780-492-1452Institutional Projects
Kara Allanach Manager, Institutional Projects kara.allanach@ualberta.ca
780-492-8936Zain Ali Research Support Administrator zali@ualberta.ca
780-492-8623Aruna Augustine Research Support Administrator aruna.augustine@ualberta.ca
780-492-2922Gareth Corry Contract Specialist gcorry@ualberta.ca
780-492-8032Mireille Estephan Contract Specialist mireille.estephan@ualberta.ca
780-492-8378Liz Huston Contract Specialist liz.huston@ualberta.ca
780-492-1430Vanessa Incani Research Support Administrator vincani@ualberta.ca
780-492-2406Ryan McKenzie Contract Specialist ryan.mckenzie@ualberta.ca
780-492-6154Brittany Shmyr Research Support Administrator ON LEAVE Gonzalo Vilas Contract Specialist gonzalo.vilas@ualberta.ca
780-492-2753Partnership Projects
Amanda Rosnau Manager, Partnership Projects amanda.rosnau@ualberta.ca
780-492-9705Arline Devassy Grants Administrator arline@ualberta.ca
780-492-6283Colleen Hanrahan Contract Specialist colleen.hanrahan@ualberta.ca
780-492-2650Amanda Kaptein Contract Specialist akaptein@ualberta.ca
780-492-1680Shannon Kirk Contract Specialist slkirk@ualberta.ca
780-492-4919Sarah MacFarlane Contract Specialist sarah.macfarlane@ualberta.ca
780-492-2762Martha Smith Contract Specialist martha.smith@ualberta.ca
780-492-6145Jonathan Yeo Contract Specialist yeo1@ualberta.ca
780-492-2766Esther Yeung Contract Specialist eyeung@ualberta.ca
780-492-1350Finance
Amin Karim Senior Finance Analyst Team Lead amin1@ualberta.ca
780-492-1535Moiz Akber Finance Analyst akber@ualberta.ca
780-492-6490Nafissa Aktary Finance Analyst nafissa.aktary@ualberta.ca
780-492-4912Kris Biffis Finance Analyst biffis@ualberta.ca
780-492-6260Cameron Blackmore Finance Analyst cjblackm@ualberta.ca
780-492-2782Yuting Hao Finance Analyst yhao8@ualberta.ca
780-492-9798 - Research Facilitation and Strategic Initiatives
Responsible for the delivery of research facilitation services, which includes the collaborative identification, development/redevelopment and implementation of services, systems and processes that enhance research administration, improved communication with researchers and administrators and ensures accountability to all stakeholders.
Research facilitators are your first point-of-contact for all your research administration needs. They facilitate the collaborative identification and implementation of services, systems and processes that enhance research administration, improve communication with researchers and administrators, and ensure accountability to all stakeholders. Please direct all faxes to 780-492-0949.
The team is responsible for reviewing and providing institutional approval for all research-related funding applications/proposals submitted on behalf of the University of Alberta.
Julie Stephens Assistant Director, Research Facilitation & Strategic Initiatives julie.stephens@ualberta.ca
780-492-9189Research Facilitator
Faculty Portfolios
Lan Chan-Marples
lan.marples@ualberta.ca
780-492-0639Alberta School of Business
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Extension
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Native Studies
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
School of Library and Information Studies
School of Public HealthRene Dery
rene.dery@ualberta.ca
780-492-6226Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences (Department of Renewable Resources)
Faculty of ScienceMartine Desrochers
martine.desrochers@ualberta.ca
780-492-1575 or
780-886-9211 (cell)Augustana Campus (F 2-140, 4901-46 Avenue, Camrose)
Campus Saint-Jean (B-01A pavillon Lacerte, 8406-91 Street, Edmonton)
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (Department of Medicine)
Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)Terra Garneau
terra.garneau@ualberta.ca
780-492-2184Faculty of Engineering Angela McCormick
angela.mccormick@ualberta.ca
780-492-2938Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Critical Care Medicine, Dentistry & Dental Hygiene, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Medical Genetics, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, Surgery; Office of the Dean. Craig Taylor
craig.taylor@ualberta.ca
780-492-8059Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences (Departments of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science; Human Ecology; Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Nursing
Business Process Administrators
Alina Ivannikova alina.ivannikova@ualberta.ca
780-492-6247Sarah Jane Marshall sfmarsha@ualberta.ca
780-492-5360Pre-Award Support Administrators
Fran Jackson fran.jackson@ualberta.ca
780-492-1605Kerry Stamp kerry@ualberta.ca
780-492-0231Research Facilitation Support Administrators
Denise Baker denise.baker@ualberta.ca
780-492-8830Leona Erl leona.erl@ualberta.ca
780-492-6149Tess Gleason tess.gleason@ualberta.ca
780-492-9852Carolyn Harrison caharris@ualberta.ca
780-492-6294Dawne Pewar dawne.pewar@ualberta.ca
780-492-2464Krista Stefan krista.stefan@ualberta.ca
780-492-4685Records Administrator
Mary-Jane Sykes msykes@ualberta.ca
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