Office of Research
The Office of Research (OOR) provides the services required to support the development and growth of funded research and scholarship at Concordia. It is a professional service unit reporting to the Vice-President, Research, Innovation, and Impact.
Office of the Vice-President, Research, Innovation, and Impact, and Office of Research
Tim Evans, Vice-President, Research, Innovation, and Impact
Emad Shihab, Associate Vice-President Research, Policy, Entrepreneurship, and Impact
Aaron Johnson, Associate Vice-President Research, Strategic Institutional Initiatives and Innovation
William Cheaib, Associate Vice-President, International
Christian Moreau, Senior Advisor to the Vice-President, Research, Innovation, and Impact on Aerospace
Cameron Skinner, Research Integrity Officer
Shoghig Mikaelian, Manager of Operations, Vice-President, Research, Innovation, and Impact
Sabine Xia, Assistant to Associate Vice-Presidents
Angie Continisio, Administrative Assistant
Natallia Lapko, Administrative Assistant
Mona Hamzeh, Senior Advisor, Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives
Philippe Jacques, Administrator, Strategic & Institutional Programs and Infrastructure
Skye Soobin Kim, Coordinator, Strategic & Institutional Programs and Infrastructure
Eli Friedland, Senior Advisor, Institutional Equity and Recognition Initiatives
Andrea Rodney, Director
Marie-Elyse Lafaille-Magnan, Advisor, Business Development
Michael Verwey, Senior Advisor, Research Development
Andrea Rodney, Director
Areas of responsibility:
- Accountancy
- Finance
- Management
- Marketing
- Supply Chain and Business Technology Management
Michael Verwey, Senior Advisor, Research Development
Areas of responsibility:
- Applied Human Sciences
- Economics
- Education
- Political Science
- Religions & Cultures
- School of Community & Public Affairs
- Simone de Beauvoir Institute
- Sociology & Anthropology
Marjan Shayegan, Advisor, Research Development (engineering and computer science)
Areas of responsibility:
- Centre for Engineering in Society
- Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Computer Science & Software Engineering
- Cybersecurity and Intelligent Systems Engineering
Holly Nazar, Advisor, Research Development (engineering and computer science)
Areas of responsibility:
- Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Mechanical, Industrial & Aerospace Engineering
Nimalan Yoganathan, Advisor, Research Development (fine arts, humanities and Concordia Library)
Areas of responsibility:
- Art Education
- Art History
- Classics, Modern Languages & Linguistics
- Communication Studies
- Concordia Library
- Contemporary Dance
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Design & Computation Arts
- English
- Etudes françaises
- History
- Journalism
- Liberal Arts College
- Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
- Music
- Philosophy
- School of Canadian Irish Studies
- Studio Arts
- Theatre
- Theological Studies
Jessica Safarian (on leave), Advisor, Research Development (Sciences)
Areas of responsibility:
- Biology
- Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Geography, Planning & Environment
- Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Physics
- Psychology
Michael Guadagno, Manager, Research Grants
Badri Murali, Lead, Research Grants
Areas of Responsibilities:
- Post award grants: CFREF, NIH (including all US), NFRF, EU competitions
- Internal research awards: ARRE, FOP, SEED, PCYIAP
- Transfer of funds agreements
Tamara Chazin, Coordinator, Research Grants
Areas of Responsibilities:
- Post award grants: SSHRC, FRQNT, FRQS
- Transfer of funds agreements
Ann-Marie Giglione, Coordinator, Research Grants
Areas of Responsibilities
- Post award grants: CIHR, NSERC, FRQSC
- Transfer of funds agreements
Leandro Cuzzocrea, Assistant (general inquiries)
Monica Toca, Manager, Research Ethics
Karen Gregg, Coordinator, Research Ethics
Andrew Khoury, Coordinator, Research Ethics
David Nguyen, Director
Frédéric Poulin, Specialist, Research Agreements
Areas of responsibility:
- Building, civil and environmental engineering
- John Molson School of Business and the social sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Science (including geography, planning and environment)
- Faculty of Fine Arts and the humanities
- Next-Generation Cities Institute
Vikas Nehra, Specialist, Research Agreements
Areas of responsibility:
- Department of Cybersecurity and Intelligent Systems Engineering
- Mechanical, industrial and aerospace engineering
- Natural sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Science (except biology)
- Milieux Institute
Étienne Gagnon, Specialist, Research Agreements
Areas of responsibility:
- Computer Science and Software Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Center for Engineering in Society
- Biology
- Applied AI Institute
Valeria Marquet, Senior Specialist, Intellectual Property
Areas of responsibility:
- Intellectual property & technology transfer
- Interinstitutional agreements
- Administrative agreements
- Other agreements
Vanessa Buzzelli, Advisor, Internship and Service agreements
Areas of responsibility:
- Mitacs - all faculties
- Post-award administration
- Service agreements
Maureen Forrester, Coordinator, Post-Award Support
Gabriel Sales, Senior Advisor, Research Security
Jeremy Lemieux, Advisor, Research Personnel
Prem Sooriyakumar, Knowledge Broker
Brett Cox, Coordinator, Sustainability in Research
Matthew Adie, Analyst, Research Information Systems
Nada Hafez (on leave), Analyst, Research Data