Research Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Office of the Vice President

Research

Name	Title	Email
JoAnn Browning	Interim Vice President of Research	JoAnn.Browning@utsa.edu
Julie Sylvan	Executive Assistant to the Vice President	Julie.Sylvan@utsa.edu

Centers & Institutes

Brain Health Consortium

Name	Title	Email
Jenny Hsieh	Director	Jenny.Hsieh@utsa.edu
Charles Wilson	Associate Director	Charles.Wilson@utsa.edu
Leslie Neely	Associate Director	Leslie.Neely@utsa.edu
Gregory Granados	Operations Manager	Gregory.Granados@utsa.edu
Cheryl Lange	Fiscal Manager	Cheryl.Lange@utsa.edu

Cyber Manufacturing Innovation Institute

Name	Title	Email
Howard Grimes	Chief Executive Officer	Howard.Grimes@utsa.edu
Ken Fowler	Chief Operating Officer	Ken.Fowler@cymanii.org
Gregory Shannon	Chief Science Officer	Gregory.Shannon@utsa.edu
Brian Luffy	Director, Engineering	Brian.Luffy@utsa.edu
Jared Morehead	Director, Technology	Drew.Morehead@utsa.edu
Neal Guentzel	Con Neg/Tech & IP Mgmt Spec	Neal.Guentzel2@utsa.edu
Sarah Spencer	Engagement Manager	Sarah.Spencer@utsa.edu
Steven Amren	Infrastructure Engineer	Steven.Amren@utsa.edu
Tymeeka Lewis Middleton	Dir Ed & Workforce Dev	Tymeeka.Middleton@utsa.edu
Susana Patino	Fiscal Manager	Susana.Patino@utsa.edu
Jason Vasquez	Operations Manager	Jason.Vasquez@cymanii.org
Jacob Sanchez	Sr Financial Planning Analyst	Jacob.Sanchez@utsa.edu
Maria Santos	Administrative Associate	Carmen.Santos@utsa.edu
Emily Guajardo	Communications Manager	Emily.Guajardo@cymanii.org
Paris Stringfellow	Special Assistant To The Exec	Paris.Stringfellow@utsa.edu

Matrix AI Consortium for Human Well-being

Name	Title	Email
Dhireesha Kudithipudi	Director	Dhireesha.Kudithipudi@utsa.edu
Stacy Cantu	Asst Operations Director	Stacy.Cantu@utsa.edu

National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC)

Name	Title	Email
John Huggins	Interim Executive Director	John.Huggins@utsa.edu
Richard Rodriguez	Director Of Partnership Dev	Richard.Rodriguez@utsa.edu
Harriet Manning	Sr Director Finance & Admin	Beth.Manning@utsa.edu
Charles Cosnowski	NSCC Research Lead	Charles.Cosnowski@utsa.edu
Robert Tarwater	Employee Of Govt Agency	Robert.Tarwater@utsa.edu
Ernest Vasquez	Employee Of Govt Agency	Ernest.Vasquez@utsa.edu

Open Cloud Institute

Name	Title	Email
Jeff Prevost	Interim Executive Director	Jeff.Prevost@utsa.edu
Paul Rad	Assistant Director	Paul.Rad@utsa.edu
Laurie Noriega	Research Program Manager	Laurie.DeLaPaz-Noriega@utsa.edu
Thomas Nese	Program Specialist	Thomas.Nese@utsa.edu

Office of Research Integrity

Research Integrity

Name	Title	Email
Melinda Cotten	Interim Associate VP, Research Integrity	Melinda.Cotten@utsa.edu
Kurt Schoessler	Director, Research Integrity	Kurt.Schoessler@utsa.edu
Patricia Arevalo	Administrative Analyst	Patricia.Arevalo@utsa.edu
Yolanda Acosta	IACUC Administrator	Yolanda.Acosta@utsa.edu
Shannon Marquess	Sr Rsch Compliance Coord	Shannon.Marquess@utsa.edu
Robert Treat	NSCC Facility Security Officer	Robert.Treat@utsa.edu
Tammy Jinks (Lopez)	Senior Research Compliance Coord	Tammy.Lopez@utsa.edu
Kurt Schoessler	Research Program Analyst	Kurt.Schoessler@utsa.edu
Robert Mitchell	Research Security Manager	Robert.Mitchell@utsa.edu
Melisa Perez Trevino	Sr. Admin Manager	Melisa.Perez@utsa.edu
Mary Lybrand	Volunteer	Mary.Lybrand@utsa.edu

Lab Safety & Hazardous Materials Management

Name	Title	Email
Anthony Vallejo	Director, Lab Safety	Anthony.Vallejo@utsa.edu
Richard M. Garza	Assistant Director, Lab Safety	Richard.Garza@utsa.edu
Quy Fung	Radiation & Laser Safety Coordinator	Quy.Fung@utsa.edu
Cynthia Galindo	Phys & Eng Safety Coord	Cynthia.Galindo@utsa.edu
Mohammad Khan	Biosafety Officer	Mohammadsr.Khan@utsa.edu
Felipe Villanueva	Chemical Safety Specialist	Felipe.Villanueva@utsa.edu
Kimberly Moore	Lab Safety Specialist I	Kimberly.Moore@utsa.edu
Yulissa Stevens	Hazardous Materials Management Specialist I	Yulissa.Stevens@utsa.edu
Keith Slater	Hazardous Materials Management Coordinator	Keith.Slater@utsa.edu
Luke Salazar	Hazardous Materials Management Specialist III	Luke.Salazar@utsa.edu

Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC)

Name	Title	Email
Marcel Perret-Gentil	Director	Marcel.Perret@utsa.edu
Miguel Angel Torres Martinez	Animal Breeder/Vet Technician	Miguel.Torres@utsa.edu
Laurie Long	QA/Training Coordinator	Laurie.Long@utsa.edu
Luis Zorrilla Melendez	Assistant Director, LARC	Luis.Zorrilla@utsa.edu
Vanessa Contreras	Administrative Associate II	Vanessa.Contreras@utsa.edu
Rebeca Velasquez	Animal Attendant I	Rebeca.Velasquez@utsa.edu
Cody Pancake	Animal Res Bus Oper Spec	Cody.Pancake@utsa.edu
Adrian Ambriz	Animal Attendant II	Adrian.Ambriz@utsa.edu
Eligio Alavez	Animal Attendant I	Eligio.Alavez@utsa.edu
Jose Hernandez	Animal Attendant I	Jose.Hernandez4@utsa.edu
Abby Ibarra	Animal Resource Sup II	Abby.Ibarra@utsa.edu
Donald Atkins	Sr Animal Tech	Donald.Atkins@utsa.edu

Office of Research Finance & Operations

Business Service Center

Name	Title	Email
Jacqueline Ortiz	Sr. Director Fiscal Administration	Jacqueline.Ortiz@utsa.edu
Salina Cannon-Ruiz	BSC Manager	Salina.Cannon-Ruiz@utsa.edu
Johnnie Montalvo	BSC Specialist III	Johnnie.Montalvo@utsa.edu
Angela Trejo	BSC Specialist III	Angela.Trejo@utsa.edu
Jazmin Elguezabal	BSC Specialist II	Jazmin.Elguezabal@utsa.edu
Vacant	BSC Specialist II
Mitchell Knight	BSC Specialist I	Mitchell.Knight@utsa.edu

Post Award Administration

Name	Title	Email
Jennifer Silver	Director	Jennifer.Silver@utsa.edu
Justin Marmolejo	Asst Dir Post Award Admin	Justin.Marmolejo@utsa.edu
Ariana Aguillon	Sr. Research Award Coordinator	Ariana.Aguillon@utsa.edu
Aaron Farnon	Sr. Research Award Coordinator	Aaron.Farnon@utsa.edu
Cedric Williams	Sr. Research Award Coordinator	Cedric.Williams@utsa.edu
Sabrina Fernandez	Research Post Award Admr III	Sabrina.Fernandez@utsa.edu
David Diaz	Research Post Award Admr II	David.Diaz2@utsa.edu
Jomyra Pena	Research Post Award Admr II	Jomyra.Pena@utsa.edu
Amanda Ritchey Key	Research Post Award Admr II	Amanda.Key@utsa.edu

Office of Commercialization & Innovation

Business Development, IP & Technology Management

Name	Title	Email
Christine Burke	Director	Christine.Burke@utsa.edu
Robert Graham	Technology Licensing Associate	Robert.Graham@utsa.edu
Edward Rodriguez	Technology Licensing Associate	Edward.Rodriguez2@utsa.edu
Neal Guentzel	Technology & IP Management Specialist	Neal.Guentzel2@utsa.edu
Roland Vasquez	Contracts & Agreements Coordinator	Roland.Vasquez@utsa.edu

New Venture Incubator

Name	Title	Email
Christine Burke	Director	Christine.Burke@utsa.edu
Suzette Vallejo	Research Compliance Coordinator	Suzette.Vallejo@utsa.edu
Roland Vasquez	Contracts & Agreements Coordinator	Roland.Vasquez@utsa.edu

Commercialization & Innovation Programs

Name	Title	Email
Christine Burke	Director	Christine.Burke@utsa.edu
Vacant	Commercialization Program Manager
Suzette Vallejo	Research Compliance Coordinator	Suzette.Vallejo@utsa.edu

Valdez Institute for Economic Development

Institute for Economic Development

Name	Title	Email
Shawn "Rod" McSherry	Associate VP, Innovation and Economic Development	Rod.McSherry@utsa.edu
Kevin Wier	Director, Communications	Kevin.Wier@utsa.edu
Robert Bement	Assistant to the Associate VP	Robert.Bement@utsa.edu
Alicia Bernal	Research Post Award Administrator III	Alicia.Bernal@utsa.edu
Elba Ramos	Business Manager	Elba.Ramos@utsa.edu
Silvia Cano	Sr Director Finance & Admin	Silvia.Cano@utsa.edu
Janette Riddell	Assistant Regional Director	Janette.Riddell@utsa.edu

Center for Commercial & Business Research

Name	Title	Email
Thomas Tunstall	Senior Director	Thomas.Tunstall@utsa.edu
Javier Oyakawa	Business/Eco Res Associate V	Javier.Oyakawa@utsa.edu

Commercialization & Innovation

Name	Title	Email
Christine Burke	Director	Christine.Burke@utsa.edu
Marcia Grayson	Research Volunteer	Marcia.Grayson@utsa.edu
Roland Vasquez	Contracts & Agreements Coord	Roland.Vasquez@utsa.edu
Suzette Vallejo	Research Compliance Coord	Suzette.Vallejo@utsa.edu
Robert Graham	Technology Licensing Associate	Robert.Graham@utsa.edu

International Trade Center

Name	Title	Email
Cliff Paredes	Associate Regional Dir	Cliff.Paredes@utsa.edu
Diana Gonzalez	Bus/Eco Res Assoc III	Diana.Gonzalez2@utsa.edu
Stephanie Serrato	Student Assistant I	Stephanie.Serrato@utsa.edu
Renee Walter	Sr Administrative Associate	Renee.Walter@utsa.edu
Anabel Guerra	Sr Intl Bus Development Spec	Anabel.Guerra@utsa.edu
Minerva Garcia-Delgado	Global Small Bus Int Coord	Minerva.Garcia@utsa.edu
Jocelyn Garcia	Intl Bus Dev Specialist	Jocelyn.Garcia@utsa.edu
Richard Rayne	Sr Intl Bus Development Spec	Richard.Rayne@utsa.edu
Carla Cardenas	Sr Project Manager	Carla.Cardenas@utsa.edu
Julio Garcia de las Mestas	Sr Intl Bus Development Spec	Julio.Mestas@utsa.edu
Paul Smith	Sr Project Manager	Doug.Smith@utsa.edu
Monica Alcoz	Global Small Bus Int Coord	Monica.Alcoz@utsa.edu

Minority Business development Center

Name	Title	Email
Orestes Hubbard	Director	Orestes.Hubbard@utsa.edu
Ronald Wallace	Business Devlopmnt Spec	Ronald.Wallace@utsa.edu
Rosana Gomez	Project Manager	Rosana.Gomez@utsa.edu
Jennifer Mort	Sr Administrative Associate	Jennifer.Mort@utsa.edu
Vanessa Fajardo	Project Manager	Vanessa.Fajardo@utsa.edu
Charles Castro	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Charles.Castro@utsa.edu
Breanna Balderas	Administrative Associate II	Breanna.Balderas@utsa.edu
Javidreza Hajvaziri	Project Manager	Javidreza.Hajvaziri@utsa.edu
Marcus Thomas	Business Research Assistant	Marcus.Thomas@utsa.edu
Charles Moke	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Charles.Moke@utsa.edu
Todd Brauckmiller	Sr Project Manager	Todd.Brauckmiller@utsa.edu
Antonio Calzada-Rovirosa	Sr Intl Bus Development Spec	Antonio.Calzada-Rovirosa@utsa.edu
Jacqueline Jackson	Project Manager	Jacqueline.Jackson@utsa.edu
Jose Munoz	Project Manager	Jose.Munoz2@utsa.edu
Jesus Gonzalez	Sr Project Manager	Jesus.Gonzalez7@utsa.edu

Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)

Name	Title	Email
Curtis Mohler	Senior Project Manager	Curtis.Mohler@utsa.edu
Tommy Baker	Business Dev Specialist	Tommy.Baker@utsa.edu
Linda Gjergji	Program Specialist	Linda.Gjergji@utsa.edu
Paul Herrera	Business Dev Specialist	Paul.Herrera2@utsa.edu
Antonio Pala	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Tony.Pala@utsa.edu

Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Name	Title	Email
Richard Sifuentes	Director	Richard.Sifuentes@utsa.edu
Lorna Adams	Business Development Spec	Lorna.Adams@utsa.edu
Stephen Morgan	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Sam.Morgan@utsa.edu
Hector Ramirez	Business Development Spec	Hector.Ramirez@utsa.edu
Annalyse Vitali	Administrative Associate II	Annalyse.Vitali@utsa.edu
Lisha Garcia	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Lisha.Garcia@utsa.edu
Lucinda Vela	Project Manager	Lucinda.Vela@utsa.edu
Patrice McElfresh	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Patrice.McElfresh@utsa.edu
Crystal Darby	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Crystal.Darby@utsa.edu
Mariah Kilbourne	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Mariah.Kilbourne@utsa.edu
Laura Paschal	Administrative Manager	Janie.Paschal@utsa.edu
Maria Fernandez	Business Development Spec	Isa.Fernandez@utsa.edu
Ruben Lopez	Assistant Director	Ruben.Lopez@utsa.edu

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) - Contract Research Center

Name	Title	Email
Terri Williams	Associate Regional Director	Terri.Williams@utsa.edu
Clara Chavez-Cisneros	Administrative Analyst	Clara.Chavez@utsa.edu
Troy Richardson	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Troy.Richardson@utsa.edu
Deirdre Pattillo	Sr Project Manager	Deirdre.Pattillo@utsa.edu
Jaime Martinez	Sr Project Manager	Jaime.Martinez@utsa.edu
Rose Reyez	Administrative Associate II	Rosemarie.Reyez@utsa.edu
Susannah Munro	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Susannah.Munro@utsa.edu
Nestor Astorga	Sr Business Dev Specialist	Nestor.Astorga@utsa.edu
Daniel Olvera	Business Devlopmnt Spec	Daniel.Olvera@utsa.edu
Melody Cerna	Project Coordinator	Melody.Cerna@utsa.edu

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) - Network

Name	Title	Email
Matthew Jackson	Director	Matthew.Jackson@utsa.edu
Assel Krymkulova	Business Research Assistant	AsselKrymkulova@utsa.edu
Diljit Bal	Business Research Assistant	DiljitBal@utsa.edu
Geraldy Barron	Business Research Assistant	Geraldy.Barron@utsa.edu
Mario Salas	Business Research Assistant	Mario.Salas2@utsa.edu
Katlyn Sanders	Business/Eco Res Associate II	Katlyn.Sanders@utsa.edu
Yaksh Patel	Business Research Assistant	Yaksh.Patel@utsa.edu
Shelby Ivy	Business/Eco Res Associate II	Shelby.Ivy@utsa.edu
Peter Morales	Business/Eco Res Associate IV	Peter.Morales@utsa.edu
Rebecca Gomez	Administrative Associate Ii	Rebecca.Gomez@utsa.edu
Judith Johnson	Lead Librarian, SBDC	Judith.Johnson@utsa.edu
Veronica Rodriguez	Business/Eco Res Associate I	Veronica.Rodriguez@utsa.edu
Jake Billo	Student Assistant I	Jake.Billo@utsa.edu
Conrad Finos	Student Assistant I	Conrad.Finos@utsa.edu
Rostam Askari Sobi	Business Research Assistant	Rostam.AskariSobi@utsa.edu

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) - Regional Office

Name	Title	Email
Mary Peters	Associate Regional Director	Mary.Peters@utsa.edu
Norma VanWinkle	Administrative Associate II	Norma.Gomez@utsa.edu
Albert Salgado	Asst VP Small Bus & Comm Dev	Albert.Salgado@utsa.edu
Bridget Baumgardner	Administrative Manager	Bridget.Baumgardner@utsa.edu
Maria Holloway	Software Systems Spec III	Maria.Kelley@utsa.edu
Diana Mejia	Student Assistant I	Diana.Mejia@utsa.edu

Southwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center

Name	Title	Email
Richard Wyatt	Executive Director	Richard.Wyatt@utsa.edu
Madelaine Wallerstein	Project Manager	Madelaine.Wallerstein@utsa.edu
Danny Roman	Project Manager	Danny.Roman@utsa.edu
Mary Chavarria	Administrative Associate Ii	Maryjane.Chavarria@utsa.edu
Mario Kheirabadi Neira	Assistant Director	Mario.Neira@utsa.edu
Robyn Hill	Project Manager	Robyn.Hill@utsa.edu
Richard Sandoval	Sr Project Manager	Richard.Sandoval@utsa.edu
Joseph Morones	Project Manager	Joseph.Morones@utsa.edu

Technology Commercialization Center

Name	Title	Email
Bijo Mathew	Associate Regional Director	Bijo.Mathew@utsa.edu
Monique Long	Project Manager	Monique.Long@utsa.edu
Dana Fisher	Project Manager	Dana.Fisher@utsa.edu
Aung Moe	Project Manager	Aung.Moe@utsa.edu
Marta Petiton	Administrative Associate II	Marta.Petiton@utsa.edu
Lizeth Marroquin	Project Coordinator	Lizeth.Marroquin@utsa.edu

Office of Sponsored Project (OSP)

Name	Title	Email
Vacant	Assistant Vice President

Name	Title	Email
Neal A. Guentzel	Interim Director	Neal.Guentzel2@utsa.edu
Eric Hinojosa	Contract Negotiator II	Eric.Hinojosa@utsa.edu
Joshua Trigo	Contract Negotiator I	Joshua.Trigo@utsa.edu
Steffen Ngo	Contract Negotiator I	Steffen.Ngo@utsa.edu
Vacant	Contract Negotiator

Core Facilities

Research Infrastructure Support

Name	Title	Email
Vacant	Director
Ling Mason	Financial Analyst	Ling.Mason@utsa.edu

Cell Analysis Core

Name	Title	Email
Sandra Cardona	Dir I Research Core Facility	Sandra.Cardona@utsa.edu

Genomics Core

Name	Title	Email
Sean Vargas	Ast Dir Research Core Facility	Sean.Vargas@utsa.edu

Kleberg Advanced Microscopy Center (KAMC)

Name	Title	Email
Ana Stevanovic	Dir I Research Core Facility	Ana.Stevanovic@utsa.edu

Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics

Name	Title	Email
Wendell Griffith	Dir I Research Core Facility	Wendell.Griffith@utsa.edu

Stem Cell Core Facility

Name	Title	Email
Christopher Navara	Dir II Research Core Facility	Christopher.Navara@utsa.edu
Isamar Santana-Toro	Research Science Associate I	Isamar.SantanaToro@utsa.edu
Li-Hua Yen	Research Sci Assoc III	Li-Hua.Yen@utsa.edu

Research IT

Name	Title	Email
Enrique Guerrero	Technology Support Specialist II	Enrique.Guerrero@utsa.edu

Office of Strategic Research Development

Strategic Research Development

Name	Title	Email
Nicole Beebe, Ph.D.	Interim Associate VP, Strategic Research Development	Nicole.Beebe@utsa.edu
Ana Laredo	Manager, Special Projects	Ana.Laredo@utsa.edu
Lyndsey Lepovitz	Research Program Coordinator	Lyndsey.Lepovitz@utsa.edu
Marissa Mexquitic	Research Program Coordinator	Marissa.Mexquitic@utsa.edu
Michelle Atchison	Senior National Security Strategist	Michelle.Atchison@utsa.edu
Roseanne Hurst	Business Operations Manager	Roseanne.Hurst@utsa.edu
Tammy Ramos	Program Manager	Tammy.Ramos@utsa.edu

Faculty Research Development

Name	Title	Email
Nicole Beebe, Ph.D.	Assistant VP, Faculty Research Development	Nicole.Beebe@utsa.edu
Siobhan Fleming, Ph.D.	Senior Director, Faculty Research Development	Siobhan.Fleming@utsa.edu
Jessica Vela	Program Coordinator, Faculty Research Development	Jessica.Vela@utsa.edu

Strategic Proposal Development

Name	Title	Email
Carlos Aguirre	Senior Director	Carlos.Aguirre2@utsa.edu
Monique Long	Institutional Proposal Manager	Monique.Long@utsa.edu
Vacant	Senior Grant Development Manager	-
Vacant	Grant Development Manager	-
Jenna Gonzales	Sr. Grant Development Manager College of Liberal & Fine Arts (COLFA)	Jenna.Gonzales@utsa.edu
Helena Fischer	Sr. Grant Development Manager College of Business (COB)	Helena.Fischer@utsa.edu
Julia Wolf	Sr. Grant Development Manager College of Health, Community & Policy (HCaP)	Julia.Wolf@utsa.edu
Iwan Notowidigdo	Sr. Grant Development Manager College of Education & Human Development (COEHD)	Iwan.Notowidigdo@utsa.edu
Vacant	Sr. Grant Development Manager College of Engineering (COE)
Monica Trevino Mendez	Sr. Grant Development Manager College of Sciences (COS)	Monica.Trevino3@utsa.edu

Communications & Marketing

Name	Title	Email
Vacant	Director
Adrianna San Roman	Creative Service Project Manager	Adrianna.SanRoman@utsa.edu
Audrey Gray	Communications Coordinator	Audrey.Gray@utsa.edu
Nicholas Zamora	Senior Information Technology Associate	Nicholas.Zamora2@utsa.edu