Research

Associate Vice President for Research, Integrity and Facilities Directory

Associate Vice President for Research, Integrity and Facilities

Kathy Halvorsen

Kathy Halvorsen

  • Associate Vice President for Research, Integrity and Facilities
  • University Professor of Natural Resource Policy
  • Joint Appointment in Social Sciences and CFRES

Areas of Expertise

  • Climate change mitigation policy
  • Arctic climate change impacts
  • Energy conservation policy
  • Renewable energy policy
  • Indigeneity and climate policy

Research Integrity

Brent Burns

Brent Burns

  • Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity

Specialties

  • Manages human and animal subject research compliance areas including IRB and IACUC committees
  • Oversees and provides expert advice and leadership in areas related to research integrity and regulatory compliance issues for the University
  • Develops and conducts training for researchers in compliance areas
  • Leads research facilities and campus equipment search tool - Equipment Finder
  • Supports Laboratory Operations team efforts
Mike Reay

Mike Reay

  • Director of Research Integrity

Specialties

  • Manages Human Research Protection Program
  • IRB Administration
  • Reviews IRB protocol reviews
  • Policy and procedure development
  • Advises Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity on human subjects research federal regulations, policies and procedures
  • Laboratory Safety Inspector
Jari Sague

Jari Sague

  • Director of Research Support

Specialties

  • Manager of the Laboratory Inspection Program and Administrator of the IACUC and IBC programs
  • Assists in administrative reviews of research protocols and assists research faculty with navigating and using Cayuse
  • Curator of professional development opportunities for research faculty and staff
  • When not in the office, Jari enjoys sports like golf, basketball, curling, and disc golf
Kaitlyn Studinger

Kaitlyn Studinger

  • Director of Research Integrity

Specialties

  • Manages all Laboratory Animal Care and Use Facilities and Programs
  • Directs the Animal Care Facility (ACF) Shared Facility
  • Advises Assistant Vice President of Research Integrity on animal care and use program policies and procedures
  • Research animal care specialist
  • Laboratory Safety Inspector

Materials Characterization & Fabrication Facility (MCFF)

Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller

  • Director, Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory (ACMAL)
  • Staff, Materials Science and Engineering

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Jennifer Eikenberry

Jennifer Eikenberry

  • Assistant Research Scientist

Areas of Expertise

  • Stable isotopes
  • Forest ecology
  • Mass spectrometry
Erico Freitas

Erico T. F. Freitas

  • Research Scientist, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

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Specialties

  • TEM
  • STEM
  • EELS
  • EFTEM
  • EDX
  • Electron Diffraction (SAD, CBED, NBD)

Research Interests

  • Nanostructured materials characterization
Timothy Leftwich

Timothy Leftwich

  • Research Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

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Research Interests

  • Surfaces and interfaces
  • Surface functionalization, thin films, photovoltaics and catalytic surfaces
  • Material characterization by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS (ESCA)), SEM, Auger and Raman spectroscopy
Joey Tomei

Joey Tomei

  • Research Engineer I, Materials Science and Engineering

Specialties

  • SEM Imaging and EDS
  • EBSD
  • Metallography
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Sample Preparation Techniques
    • carbon coating
    • cross sectional polishing
    • anodizing, and so on
  • XRD
  • XRF
  • AZtec
Zhimin Song

Zhimin Song

  • Research Scientist, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
  • Lab Manager, Chemical Advanced Resolution Methods (ChARM) Lab
  • Research Associate, Chemistry

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