RESEARCH COUNCIL: This Council promotes excellence in research, scholarship, and other creative activity through the study and recommendation of policies. The Research Council shall initiate and support efforts to communicate an understanding of and appreciation for research, scholarship, and other creative activity to the campus community and the community at large. This Council co-administers some programs of the Office of Research and Engagement, as requested by the Vice Chancellor or the Associate or Assistant Vice Chancellors for Research. Areas of interest include research incentives and support, intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary research activities, compliance with state, federal and university regulations governing the conduct of research, rights to and commercialization of intellectual property, the broad range of research infrastructure including institutional facilities, computational support, and other research-related resources. The Research Council conducts the initial phase of the periodic review of research centers and units supported by and/or reporting to the Office of Research. Further, the Research Council shall concern itself with the institutional policy on research grants and funding, with copyright and patent policy, with protection of investigators, with the protection of human subjects of research, with the protection of experimental animals, and with policies affecting compliance of research activities with environmental and occupational health and safety requirements. In addition, the Council shall also encourage publications and the development of specialized research facilities for intercollegiate and/or interdisciplinary uses in accordance with any other policies pertaining to research programs. The Council shall furthermore encourage media releases of research successes by UTK, UTIA, and UTSI researchers. When appropriate, the Research Council shall report its actions for approval to the Faculty Senate. The Office of Research and Engagement has agreed to provide a member of the administrative staff to facilitate meeting functions and support the activities of the Research Council.
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Research Council 2023 – 2024
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| 1. | Andrew Steiner, Chair | Associate Professor | asteine1@utk.edu | Physics |
| 2. | Dania Bilal | Professor | dania@utk.edu | Information Sciences |
| 3. | Megan Bryson | Associate Professor | mbryson4@utk.edu | Religious Studies |
| 4. | Karen Franck | Associate Professor | kfranck@tennessee.edu | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| 5. | Brian Long | Associate Professor | long@utk.edu | Chemistry |
| 6. | Tadele Mengesha | Professor | mengesha@tennessee.edu | Mathematics |
| 7. | Amy Mundorff | Associate Professor | amundorff@utk.edu | Anthropology |
| 8. | Marcin Nowicki | Research Assistant Professor | mnowicki@utk.edu | Entomology and Plant Pathology |
| 9. | Angelica Palomino | Associate Professor | apalomin@utk.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 10. | Sean Schaeffer | Associate Professor | sschaef5@utk.edu | Biosystems Engineering |
| 11. | Timothy Truster | Associate Professor | ttruster@utk.edu | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 12. | Mariya Zhuravleva | Associate Professor | mzhuravl@utk.edu | Materials Science |
ORIED Members (Ex-Officio)
| Name | Title | Department | |
| 1. | Deborah Crawford | Vice Chancellor for Research | ORIED |
| 2. | Brad Day | Associate Vice Chancellor | ORIED |
| 3. | Jennifer Webster | Chief of Staff/ORIED Development Manager | ORIED |
| 4. | Paula Wyatt Brown | Administrative Coordinator | ORIED |
Other Members (Ex-Officio)
| Name | Title | Department | |
| 1. | David Goddard | Science Writer | Communications |
| 2. | Amber Roessner | Faculty Senate President | Journalism and Media |
| 3. | Dan Harder | Chief Academic Technology Officer | Office of Innovative Technologies |
| 4. | Tabitha Samuel | HPC Operations and NICS Deputy Director | |
| 5. | David Sholl | Interim Executive Director | UT-ORII |
ADR Members (Ex-Officio)
| Name | Department | |
| 1. | Suzie Allard | Communication and Information |
| 2. | Katherine Ambroziak | Architecture |
| 3. | David E. Anderson | UTIA Vet Medicine |
| 4. | Chad Autry | Business |
| 5. | Teri Baxter | Law |
| 6. | Michael J. Blum | Arts and Sciences |
| 7. | Ernest Brothers | Graduate School |
| 8. | Doug Coatsworth | Social Work |
| 9. | Bill Dunne | Engineering |
| 10. | Nathan Fleshner | Music |
| 11. | Holly Mercer | Libraries |
| 12. | Matt Murray | Baker Center |
| 13. | Hollie Raynor | Education, Health, and Human Sciences |
| 14. | Timothy Rials | UTIA |
| 15. | Jon Wall | UT Medical |
| 16. | Tami Wyatt | Nursing |
GSS Representatives (Ex-Officio)
| Name | |
| 1. | Jessica Barfield |
| 2. | Katrina Stack |
| 3. | Allison Jones |