Office of Research Affairs (ORA)

Last Updated: March 10, 2025 1:53:50 PM PDT

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ORA is the administrative team within the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation (ORI).

Below you’ll find a list of contacts within the department

Leadership
ORI Administration
ORI Human Resources
ORI Academic Personnel
ORI Finance
ORI Communications

Research Development
Research Growth and Strategic Initiatives
Corporate Strategy and Engagement
Natural Reserve System
Research Ethics Program
Visiting and Research Scholars

Leadership

Faith Hawkins, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation
Miroslav Krstic, Ph.D., Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation

Scheduling for AVC Hawkins and SAVC Krstic: ora-support@ucsd.edu

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ORI Administration

Lana Panetta, Administrative Assistant to the VCRI, lpanetta@ucsd.edu
Ella Hogue, Administrative Assistant, ehogue@ucsd.edu

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ORI Human Resources

Stacey McDermaid, Human Resources Director, smcdermaid@ucsd.edu
Ingrid Pyper, Human Resources Business Partner (OCGA, OIC), ipyper@ucsd.edu
Tawni Cavazos, Human Resources Generalist (RCI, ORA), tmgrant@ucsd.edu
Parisa Yazdani, Human Resources Generalist (ORUs), pyazdani@ucsd.edu
Rachel Sandecki, Human Resources Assistant, rsandecki@ucsd.edu

For more information visit ORU Core Services Human Resources.

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ORI Academic Personnel

Linda Bartolome, Academic Personnel Manager, ljbartolome@ucsd.edu
Catherine Schumacher, Academic Personnel Manager, cdschumacher@ucsd.edu
Isabel Castaneda, Academic Personnel Assistant, icastaneda@ucsd.edu

For more information visit ORU Core Services Academic Personnel.

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ORI Finance

Kyle Nakanishi, Director, Business Operations, knakanishi@ucsd.edu
Jessica Sergi, Financial Manager, jsergi@ucsd.edu
Robert Clark, Financial Analyst, rmc010@ucsd.edu

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ORI Communications

Debra Bass, Director of Communications, dbass@ucsd.edu
Belen Olascuaga Viera, Communications Assistant (student),
beolascuagaviera@ucsd.edu

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Research Development

Meg Sparling, Assistant Director, Limited Submissions, msparling@ucsd.edu

Kendra Mingo, Proposal Manager, kmingo@ucsd.edu
Brittney De Alicante, Proposal Manager, bdealicante@ucsd.edu
Karen Gutierrez, Project Coordinator, k7gutierrez@ucsd.edu
I-Hsun Wu, Graphic Designer, iwu@ucsd.edu

For more information visit Research Development.

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Research Growth and Strategic Initiatives

Jessica Boensch, VCRI Project and Policy Analyst, jboensch@ucsd.edu
Devon Tolliver, VCRI Events and EDI Program Director, dntolliver@ucsd.edu
Lisa Trahan, Research Growth Coordinator, ltrahan@ucsd.edu

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Corporate Strategy and Engagement

Anne O’Donnell, Senior Executive Director, odonnell@ucsd.edu
Aeron Sugui, Administrative Assistant, asugui@ucsd.edu

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Natural Reserve System

Kellie Uyeda, Ph.D., Executive Director, kuyeda@ucsd.edu
Richard Norris, Ph.D., Faculty Director, rnorris@ucsd.edu
Isabelle Kay, Reserves Manager (retiring November), ikay@ucsd.edu
Sean Smith, Reserves Steward, ses015@ucsd.edu

For more information visit UC San Diego Natural Reserve System.

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Research Ethics Program

Camille Nebeker, Ed.D, MS, Director, nebeker@ucsd.edu
Starr Culver, Program Manager, smculver@ucsd.edu

For more information visit Research Ethics Program.

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Visiting and Research Scholars

Linda Bartolome, Research Scholar Manager, ljbartolome@ucsd.edu

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Looking for something else?

General Inquiries: vcresearch@ucsd.edu

Scheduling, VCRI Corinne Peak-Asa: vcr-assistant@ucsd.edu