People

Research development staff provide services including exploring potential funding opportunities, supporting application development, developing data management plans, assisting with application submission and providing research development workshops and trainings.

Name	Contact
Michael Beckstrand Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Associate	mjbeckst@umn.edu
Alexandra K. Brown Arts and Humanities Research Development Coordinator	akbrown@umn.edu
Philip Burton Neuroimaging Research Assistant	burto108@umn.edu
Jennifer Coffman Administrative Associate and Research Specialist	jcoffman@umn.edu
Abbey Hammell Survey Methodologist and Project Designer	hammell@umn.edu
Alicia Hofelich Mohr Research Support Coordinator	hofelich@umn.edu
Judy Kallestad System Engineer	kalle001@umn.edu
Kathy Kipp-Huspeni Grant Management Coordinator	k-kipp@umn.edu
Thomas Lindsay Director for Advancing Research	lindsayt@umn.edu
Seth Mayotte Information Technology Professional	mayotte@umn.edu
Ann Meier Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs	meierann@umn.edu
Pernu Menheer Research Project Programmer	pernu@umn.edu
David Olsen Research Systems Engineer	dolsen@umn.edu
Taylor Olson Tier 2 Support Coordinator	olsont@umn.edu
Chris Opsal Social Sciences Research Development Coordinator	opsal001@umn.edu
Sam Porter Research Project Specialist	port0228@umn.edu
Chris Scherr System Engineer, Computing and Engineering Team	cbs@umn.edu
Kevin Schmitt Lab Manager	kschmit@umn.edu
Joel Turbes Research Computing Coordinator	jrturbes@umn.edu
Peter Walz IT Professional	pnw@umn.edu
Robert Wozniak Infrastructure Coordinator	wozniak@umn.edu
Eric Wunderlin System Engineer	wunde005@umn.edu