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Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships

Name Title Phone Email Location
Gerald Blazey Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships 815-753-1883 gblazey@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
Cara Carlson Business Manager 815-753-1826 ccarlso2@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
Jessica Cima Administrative Assistant 815-753-5008 jcima@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
Dawn Crawford Budget Analyst I 815-753-0828 dcrawford@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
Amy Farranto Publications Manager 815-753-9946 afarranto@niu.edu 2260 Bethany Rd

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Office of Research Compliance, Integrity and Safety

Name Title Phone Email Location
Shannon Stoker Director 815-753-2882 sstoker@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
Michele Crase Laboratory Safety Manager 815-753-9251 mcrase@niu.edu Faraday Hall 327
James Gable Chemical Safety Officer/CHO 815-753-1610 jgable@niu.edu Montgomery Hall 207
Patty Wallace Research Compliance Coordinator 815-753-8588 pwallace@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
MJ Blaschak IRB Chair 815-753-1383 mblaschak@niu.edu Wirtz Hall 209A
Ana Calvo IBC Chair 815-753-8451 amcalvo@niu.edu Montgomery Hall 341
Richard B. King IACUC Chair 815-753-7833 rbking@niu.edu Montgomery Hall 445
Lene Scherer Research Compliance Analyst 815-753-9282 lscherer2@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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Sponsored Programs Administration

At this time, SPA staff are primarily remote. Email and Teams are the best way to contact us. You may also leave a message with the main SPA phone line at 815-753-1581. Messages are forwarded daily to staff.

Name Title Email Location
Dara Little Assistant Vice President dlittle@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301 
Kellie Dyslin Director, Funding Development and Lifecycle Enhancement kdyslin@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Linda Carlson Office Support Specialist lcarlson3@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203
Cindy Barnes Assistant Director, Post-Award   cbarnes@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203
Erin Elder Award Coordinator eelder@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Katie Thielk Award Coordinator kthielk@niu.edu  Lowden Hall 305
Dana Hoefle Proposal Coordinator dhoefle@niu.edu Faraday Hall 352
Claire Mogren Proposal Coordinator cmogren@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Maria Nihei Proposal Coordinator mhancock3@niu.edu Psychology/Computer Science Bldg 355
Kristin Bigelow Senior Grants and Contracts  Associate kbigelow@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203
Donna Martin Associate Director, Pre-Award  dmartin@niu.edu Graham Hall 318
Carrie Blackwood-Williams Senior Grants and Contracts Associate cblackwood@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203
Qiang Mei Senior Proposal Coordinator qmei@niu.edu Engineering Bldg 31
Sarah Senechalle Assistant Director, Award Acceptance ssenechalle@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Barbara Whitesel Assistant Director, Post-Award  bwhitesel@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203
Stephanie Arnold Grants and Contracts Associate sarnold4@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203
Jenney Ferrris Grants and Contracts Associate jferris1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203
Katie Mowers Grants and Contracts Associate kmayber1@niu.edu

Lowden Hall 203
Caitlin Teague Grants and Contracts Associate cnottingham1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 203

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Office of Innovation

Name Title Phone Email Location
Luke Sebby Director of Innovation Partnerships and Technology Transfer 815-753-6744 lsebby@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Karinne Bredberg Assistant Director for
Commercialization and Innovation		 815-753-1125 kbredberg@niu.edu Lowden Hall 305
Mark Hankins Assistant Director for Technology Transfer 815-753-9471 mhankins1@niu.edu 305 Lowden Hall 305
Bryan Flower Assistant Director for Food System Innovation 815-753-26384 bflower@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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Federal Relations

Name Title Phone Email Location
Anna Quider Assistant VP for Federal Relations 815-761-5558 aquider@niu.edu Washington, D.C.

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Center for Burma Studies

Name Title Phone Email Location
Catherine Raymond Director 815-753-0512 craymond@niu.edu Pottenger House 101
Carmin Berchiolly Program Coordinator 815-753-0512 cberchiolly1@niu.edu Pottenger House 101
Shelby Holtz Graduate Assistant 815-753-0512 sholtz1@niu.edu Pottenger House 101

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Information Services

Name Title Phone Email Location
Eric Biletzky Manager, Information Services 815-753-3439 ericb@niu.edu Lowden Hall 202
Julie Miller eRA Coordinator 815-753-1583 jamiller@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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Research Support

Name Title Phone Email Location
Ximena Burgin Associate Director 815-753-4506 xrecald1@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301
Joan Pontarelli Office Manager 815-753-3398 jpontarelli@niu.edu Lowden Hall 301

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