Research Administrative Services
The University of Alberta’s Research Administrative Services (RAS) is a part of the Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) portfolio and supports the U of A research community by helping researchers and administrators apply for, receive, and manage research funding. RAS’ goals are to enable leading-edge research at the University of Alberta by providing easy-to-use services and processing research awards efficiently and effectively.
Contact RAS
For general inquiries, please send an email to rsoinfo@ualberta.ca and include the Proposal/Project/RESxxx ID, Principal Investigator Name, or Sponsor name associated with the inquiry in the subject line. You can also contact RAS by phone at (780) 492-5787, or in person/by mail at:
Research Administrative Services
1-560 Enterprise Square
10230 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB
T5J 4P6
RAS Staff Directory
The Research Administrative Services team provides the operational and administrative framework to support UAlberta researchers and provide high-level tactical expertise to manage contracts/research grants.
Michael Walesiak
Director, Research Administrative Services
Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
walesiak@ualberta.ca
(780) 492-1642
Information Management/Helpdesk
rsoinfo@ualberta.ca
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Name | Contact |
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Pre-Award Support Administrator |
Fran Jackson | fran.jackson@ualberta.ca 780-492-1605 |
| Applications | Martine Desrochers Research Facilitator |
martine.desrochers@ualberta.ca 780-492-1575 | 780-886-9211 |
| Application Review Specialists | Denise Baker | denise.baker@ualberta.ca 780-492-8830 |
| Leona Erl | leona.erl@ualberta.ca 780-492-6149 |
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| Carolyn Harrison | caharris@ualberta.ca 780-492-6294 |
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| RF Support Administrator | Marissa Leslie | lmarissa@ualberta.ca 780-492-4685 |
| Agreements | Julaine Herst Assistant Director |
julaine.herst@ualberta.ca 780-492-7885 |
| Grants Administrator | Alina Ivannikova | alina.ivannikova@ualberta.ca 780-492-6247 |
| Teresa Lawrence | talawre1@ualberta.ca |
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| Kiran Bokhari | ksangher@ualberta.ca | |
| Contract Specialists | Kristi Evans | kristi.evans@ualberta.ca 780-492-1449 |
| Shawna Forrest | sforrest@ualberta.ca 780-492-6289 |
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| Ian Forsythe | ian.forsythe@ualberta.ca 780-492-5670 |
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| Marjorie Grady | marjorie.grady@ualberta.ca 780-492-8655 |
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| Colleen Hanrahan | colleen.hanrahan@ualberta.ca 780-492-2650 |
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| Mary Trush | trush2@ualberta.ca 780-492-5360 |
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| Sarah Litvinchuk |
skeen@ualberta.ca |
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| Sarah MacFarlane | sarah.macfarlane@ualberta.ca 780-492-2762 |
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| Michelle Marchand | michelle.marchand@ualberta.ca 780-492-5805 |
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| Martha Smith | martha.smith@ualberta.ca 780-492-6145 |
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| Helga Toleikis | helga.toleikis@ualberta.ca 780-492-1301 |
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| Gavin Whitelock | whiteloc@ualberta.ca |
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| Susan Wright | susan.e.wright@ualberta.ca | |
| MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Salsabila Natasha Andhika Putri | andhika@ualberta.ca 780-492-2155 |
| MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Alice Tinao | tinao@ualberta.ca |
| MTA/DTA/CDA Agreements Page | Jonathan Yeo | |
| Business Process Administrators | Allison Lipsett | alipsett@ualberta.ca |
| Xinyao Xu | xxu2@ualberta.ca | |
| CFI/Institutional Projects |
Amin Karim CFI coordinator |
amin1@ualberta.ca 780-492-1535 |
| CFI Liaison/ Contract Specialist |
Liz Huston | liz.huston@ualberta.ca 780-492-1430 |
| Contract Specialists | Kelly Fowler | kafowler@ualberta.ca 780-492-8378 |
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Ramses Ilarraza |
ilarraza@ualberta.ca 780-492-2753 |
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| Finance Analysts | Moiz Akber | akber@ualberta.ca 780-492-6490 |
| Kris Biffis | biffis@ualberta.ca 780-492-6260 |
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| Yuting Hao | yhao8@ualberta.ca 780-492-9798 |
Provides financial expertise and support for researchers and for the VPRI portfolio
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Title |
Name | Email and Phone |
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Manager, Finance & Quality Assurance |
Lorena Li | lorena.li@ualberta.ca 780-492-6284 |
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Quality Assurance Analysts |
Lana Law | lana.law@ualberta.ca 780-492-6953 |
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Olivia Cai | olivia.cai@ualberta.ca 780-492-9165 |
| Finance Analysts | Abby Zhang | abby.zhang@ualberta.ca 780-492-6285 |
| Amy Swearingen | amy.swearingen@ualberta.ca 780-492-0795 |
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| Ariam Araya | ariam.araya@ualberta.ca 780-492-8817 |
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| Cameron Blackmore | cameron.blackmore@ualberta.ca 780-492-2782 |
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| Grace Tian | grace.tian@ualberta.ca 780-492-3295 |
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| Jenny Zhang | jenny.zhang@ualberta.ca 780-492-3663 |
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| Kelly Hartley | kelly.hartley@ualberta.ca 780-492-6956 |
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| Linh Dang | ltd@ualberta.ca 780-492-7519 |
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| Neema Charania | neema.charania@ualberta.ca 780-492-5584 |
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| Omosolape Idowu | omosolap@ualberta.ca 780-492-5214 |
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| Yolanda Tsang | tsang1@ualberta.ca 780-492-6955 |
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Title |
Name | Contact |
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Senior Legal Counsel |
Heidi Robinson | heidi.robinson@ualberta.ca 780-492-1348 |
| Legal Counsel | Steve Hughes | steve.hughes@ualberta.ca 780-492-4712 |
| Legal Counsel | Francisco Marquez-Stricker | marquezs@ualberta.ca 780-492-4712 |
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Title |
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Canada Research Chair Coordinator/Advisor |
Glen Thomas, PEng | crcadmin@ualberta.ca 780-492-6266 |