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 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.

Contact RAS

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, 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
Director, Research Administrative Services
Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
walesiak@ualberta.ca 
(780) 492-1642

Information Management/Helpdesk
rsoinfo@ualberta.ca

 

Title

Name Contact

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 
Application Review Specialists  Denise Baker  denise.baker@ualberta.ca
780-492-8830
Leona Erl leona.erl@ualberta.ca
780-492-6149
Carolyn Harrison caharris@ualberta.ca
780-492-6294
RF Support Administrator Marissa Leslie lmarissa@ualberta.ca
780-492-4685
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

Kiran Bokhari ksangher@ualberta.ca
Contract Specialists Kristi Evans kristi.evans@ualberta.ca
780-492-1449
Shawna Forrest sforrest@ualberta.ca
780-492-6289 
Ian Forsythe ian.forsythe@ualberta.ca
780-492-5670
Marjorie Grady marjorie.grady@ualberta.ca
780-492-8655
Colleen Hanrahan colleen.hanrahan@ualberta.ca
780-492-2650
Mary Trush trush2@ualberta.ca
780-492-5360
Sarah Litvinchuk

skeen@ualberta.ca
780-492-1011

Sarah MacFarlane sarah.macfarlane@ualberta.ca
780-492-2762
Michelle Marchand michelle.marchand@ualberta.ca
780-492-5805
Martha Smith martha.smith@ualberta.ca
780-492-6145
Helga Toleikis helga.toleikis@ualberta.ca
780-492-1301
Gavin Whitelock whiteloc@ualberta.ca

Susan Wright susan.e.wright@ualberta.ca
MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page Salsabila Natasha Andhika Putri andhika@ualberta.ca
780-492-2155
MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page Alice Tinao tinao@ualberta.ca
MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page Jonathan Yeo

jyeo1@ualberta.ca

Business Process Administrators Allison Lipsett alipsett@ualberta.ca
Xinyao Xu xxu2@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 Kelly Fowler kafowler@ualberta.ca
780-492-8378

Ramses Ilarraza

ilarraza@ualberta.ca
780-492-2753
Finance Analysts Moiz Akber akber@ualberta.ca
780-492-6490
Kris Biffis biffis@ualberta.ca
780-492-6260
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

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

 

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
Ariam Araya ariam.araya@ualberta.ca
780-492-8817
Cameron Blackmore cameron.blackmore@ualberta.ca
780-492-2782
Grace Tian grace.tian@ualberta.ca
780-492-3295
Jenny Zhang jenny.zhang@ualberta.ca
780-492-3663
Kelly Hartley kelly.hartley@ualberta.ca
780-492-6956
Linh Dang ltd@ualberta.ca
780-492-7519
Neema Charania neema.charania@ualberta.ca
780-492-5584
Omosolape Idowu omosolap@ualberta.ca
780-492-5214
Yolanda Tsang tsang1@ualberta.ca
780-492-6955

Title

Name Contact

Senior Legal Counsel

Heidi Robinson heidi.robinson@ualberta.ca
780-492-1348
Legal Counsel  Steve Hughes steve.hughes@ualberta.ca
780-492-4712 
Legal Counsel  Francisco Marquez-Stricker marquezs@ualberta.ca
780-492-4712

Title

Name Contact

Canada Research Chair Coordinator/Advisor

Glen Thomas, PEng crcadmin@ualberta.ca
780-492-6266