Research Administrative Services
The University of Alberta’s Research Administrative Services (RAS) is a part of the Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) portfolio and supports the U of A research community by helping researchers and administrators find, apply for, receive, and manage research funding. RAS’ goals are to enable leading-edge research at the University of Alberta by providing easy-to-use services and processing research awards efficiently and effectively.
For general inquiries, please send an email to rsoinfo@ualberta.ca and include the Proposal/Project/RESxxx ID, Principal Investigator Name, or Sponsor name associated with the inquiry in the subject line. You can also contact RAS by phone at (780) 492-5787, fax at (780) 492-0949, or in person/by mail at:
Research Administrative Services
1-560 Enterprise Square
10230 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T5J 4P6
RAS Staff Directory
The Research Administrative Services team provides the operational and administrative framework to support UAlberta researchers and provide high-level tactical expertise to manage contracts/research grants.
Michael Walesiak
Executive Director Research Administration
Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
walesiak@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-1642
Information management/helpdesk
rsoinfo@ualberta.ca
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Name | Contact |
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Pre-Award Support Administrator |
Fran Jackson | fran.jackson@ualberta.ca 780-492-1605 |
Applications | Martine Desrochers Research Facilitator |
martine.desrochers@ualberta.ca 780-492-1575 | 780-886-9211 |
RF Support Administrators | Denise Baker | denise.baker@ualberta.ca 780-492-8830 |
Leona Erl | leona.erl@ualberta.ca 780-492-6149 |
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Carolyn Harrison | caharris@ualberta.ca 780-492-6294 |
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Agreements | Julaine Herst Assistant Director |
julaine.herst@ualberta.ca 780-492-7885 |
Grants Administrator | Alina Ivannikova | alina.ivannikova@ualberta.ca 780-492-6247 |
Teresa Lawrence | talawre1@ualberta.ca |
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Kiran Bokhari | ksangher@ualberta.ca | |
Contract Specialists | Kristi Evans | kristi.evans@ualberta.ca 780-492-1449 |
Shawna Forrest | sforrest@ualberta.ca 780-492-6289 |
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Ian Forsythe | ian.forsythe@ualberta.ca 780-492-5670 |
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Marjorie Grady | marjorie.grady@ualberta.ca 780-492-8655 |
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Colleen Hanrahan | colleen.hanrahan@ualberta.ca 780-492-2650 |
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Mary Trush | trush2@ualberta.ca 780-492-5360 |
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Sarah Litvinchuk |
skeen@ualberta.ca |
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Sarah MacFarlane | sarah.macfarlane@ualberta.ca 780-492-2762 |
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Michelle Marchand | michelle.marchand@ualberta.ca 780-492-5805 |
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Martha Smith | martha.smith@ualberta.ca 780-492-6145 |
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Helga Toleikis | helga.toleikis@ualberta.ca 780-492-1301 |
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Gavin Whitelock | whiteloc@ualberta.ca |
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MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Salsabila Natasha Andhika Putri | andhika@ualberta.ca 780-492-2155 |
MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Esther Yeung |
eyeung@ualberta.ca |
MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Jonathan Yeo | |
Business Process Administrators | Christina Pan | hpan@ualberta.ca 780-492-5360 |
Dorota Roth | dorota@ualberta.ca | |
CFI/Institutional Projects |
Amin Karim CFI coordinator |
amin1@ualberta.ca 780-492-1535 |
CFI Liaison/ Contract Specialist |
Liz Huston | liz.huston@ualberta.ca 780-492-1430 |
Contract Specialists | Gareth Corry | gcorry@ualberta.ca 780-492-8032 |
Kelly Fowler | kafowler@ualberta.ca 780-492-8378 |
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Ramses Ilarraza |
ilarraza@ualberta.ca 780-492-2753 |
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Finance Analysts | Moiz Akber | akber@ualberta.ca 780-492-6490 |
Kris Biffis | biffis@ualberta.ca 780-492-6260 |
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Yuting Hao | yhao8@ualberta.ca 780-492-9798 |
Provides financial expertise and support for researchers and for the VPRI portfolio.
Title |
Name | Email and Phone |
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Manager, Finance & Quality Assurance |
Lorena Li | lorena.li@ualberta.ca 780-492-6284 |
Quality Assurance Analysts |
Lana Law | lana.law@ualberta.ca 780-492-6953 |
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Olivia Cai | olivia.cai@ualberta.ca 780-492-9165 |
Finance Analysts | Abby Zhang | abby.zhang@ualberta.ca 780-492-6285 |
Amy Swearingen | amy.swearingen@ualberta.ca 780-492-0795 |
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Ariam Araya | ariam.araya@ualberta.ca 780-492-8817 |
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Cameron Blackmore | cameron.blackmore@ualberta.ca 780-492-2782 |
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Grace Tian | grace.tian@ualberta.ca 780-492-3295 |
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Jenny Zhang | jenny.zhang@ualberta.ca 780-492-3663 |
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Kelly Hartley | kelly.hartley@ualberta.ca 780-492-6956 |
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Linh Dang | ltd@ualberta.ca 780-492-7519 |
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Neema Charania | neema.charania@ualberta.ca 780-492-5584 |
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Omosolape Idowu | omosolap@ualberta.ca 780-492-5214 |
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Yolanda Tsang | tsang1@ualberta.ca 780-492-6955 |
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Finance Assistants (Coop Student) | Anthony Plettl, Arsh Brar, Christences Paraoan, Javien Ta, Yumna Qadir |
Heidi Robinson
Senior Legal Counsel
heidi.robinson@ualberta.ca
780-492-1348
Steve Hughes
Legal Counsel
steve.hughes@ualberta.ca
780-492-4712
Francisco Marquez-Stricker
Legal Counsel
marquezs@ualberta.ca
780-492-4712