University Committee on Research

Charge

(a) To serve as the primary committee for faculty to inform the administration of any problems and opportunities, including suggested policy changes, that relate to the ability of the faculty to engage in research and other scholarly activities

(b) To initiate studies of various aspects of research and other scholarly activities with the intent of improving the climate for these activities at the University and articulating faculty vision on research issues.

(c) To become familiar with the functions of the Office of Research and provide feedback to the Vice Provost of Research when requested.

(d) To assist the Faculty Senate by investigating issues brought to it relating to research.

(e) To provide feedback to the Research Administration Advisory Group when the opinions of a broad representation of faculty on research-related issues are needed.

(f) To prepare a brief, written report of the Committee’s activities at the end of each academic year and to submit copies of this report to the President of the University, Vice Provost of Research, Provost and the Faculty Senate.

(g) To oversee a university-wide laboratory safety committee (LSC), which actively monitors research laboratories along with EH&S personnel and updates the Committee on Research (COR) biannually about any pressing safety matters.

2024-2025 Membership

Name School/Dept
László Kürti, Chair Chemistry
Bruce Carlin Business
Juan Jose Castello Gonzalez Architecture
Rajdeep Dasgupta Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Pat DeLucia Psychological Sciences
Andrea Isella Physics and Astronomy
Jaymin Kim Transnational Asian Studies
Qilin Li Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peter Loewen Music
Moramay Lopez Alonso History
Lane Martin Materials Science and Nanoengineering
John Mellor-Crummey Computer Science
Andriy Nevidomskyy Physics and Astronomy
Beatrice Riviere Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Eduardo Salas Psychological Sciences
Kevin Schoenberger Transnational Asian Studies
Omid Veiseh BioEngineering
Han Xiao Chemistry
Pablo Yepes Physics and Astronomy
Carlos Garcia ex officio, Research Operations and Administration
Chris Mize ex officio, Environmental Health and Safety Office
Mingling Liao non-voting graduate student representative
Jieze Zhang non-voting graduate student representative
Cindy Pierard non-voting library representative

September 11, 2024