Meet the OVPR Staff

• OVPR Administration
• Office of Technology Commercialization & Business Development
• Office of Research Administration
  • Pre Award Management
  • Post Award Management
• Office of Electronics Research Administration
• Office of Research Compliance
  • Human Subjects - Clinical Research and IRB
  • Institutional Biosafety Staff
  • Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)

OVPR Administration

Stephen Nappi
Interim Vice President for Research

1801 N. Broad Street
Conwell Hall - Suite 401
Philadelphia PA 19122

Tel: (215) 204-5293
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: stephen.nappi@temple.edu

Bill Winston, MBA
Assistant Director of Finance & Accounting

Tel: (215) 204-6301
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: bcw@temple.edu

Lina Duffy
Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications

1801 N. Broad Street
Conwell Hall - Suite 401A
Philadelphia PA 19122

Tel: (215) 204-7551
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: linaduffy@temple.edu

Seema Freer, Ph.D.
Director of Research Development

Tel: (215) 204-6350
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: sfreer@temple.edu

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Office of Technology Commercialization & Business Development

1801 N. Broad Street
Conwell Hall - Suite 401C
Philadelphia PA 19122

Tel: (215) 204-5293
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: stephen.nappi@temple.edu 

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J. Todd Abrams, Ph.D.
Senior Director, New Ventures and Business Development

Tel: (215) 204-8823
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: todd.abrams@temple.edu

Niraj J. Muni, Ph.D., MBA
Associate Director Tech Commercialization

Tel: (267) 721-2901
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: nmuni@temple.edu

Jeffery Tolliver, MBA
Director of Pre Award and Research Contracts

Tel: (215) 204-6875
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: jeff.tolliver@temple.edu

Partha P. Choudhury, Ph.D
Technology Commercialization Manager

Tel: (215) 316-0735
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: partha.choudhury@temple.edu

Ramana V. Tantravahi, PhD, MBA
Innovation Manager

Tel: (215) 204-4075
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: rtantrav@temple.edu

Ted McIntosh
Contracts Specialist

Tel: (215) 204-2275
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: theodore.mcintosh@temple.edu

Dan Carr
Contracts Specialist

Tel: (215) 204-4321
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: d.carr@temple.edu

Mark Kats
Contracts Specialist

Tel: (215) 204-4137
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: mark.kats@temple.edu

Renita A. Fields
Coordinator, Intellectual Property and Business Operations

Tel: (215) 204-5732
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: reenie@temple.edu

Nasrine Hachem
IP Compliance Manager

Tel: (215) 707-5156
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: nasrine.hachem@temple.edu

Julie Stapleton Carroll, MSEd
Program Director, Temple University Blackstone LaunchPad

Tel: (215) 204-2499
Fax:(215) 204-4609
E-mail: jscarroll@temple.edu

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Office of Research Administration

1801 N. Broad Street
Conwell Hall - Suite 401
Philadelphia PA 19122

Tel: 617-877-2092
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: michael.barone0004@temple.edu

Karen D. Mitchell, MBA
Director of Special Projects, Research Administration

Tel: (215) 204-6875
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: karen.mitchell@temple.edu

Pre Award Management

Tel: (215) 707-8388
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: cblewett@temple.edu  

Tel: (215) 707-9227
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: gcalicat@temple.edu    

Quadirah Green
Grants and Contracts Specialist

Tel: (215) 707-3391
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: qbgreen@temple.edu

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Joshua Solomon
Grants and Contracts Specialist

Tel: (215) 707-3391
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: joshua.solomon2@temple.edu

Jamal Goodwin Jr.
Associate Grants/Contracts Specialist

Tel: (215) 707-3391
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: jamal.goodwin@temple.edu

Patrick Green
Grants Management

Tel: (215) 707-3391
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: patrick.green@temple.edu

Post Award Management

Tel: (215) 926-2063
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: adri@temple.edu

Jarrod Palmer
Grant Analyst

Tel: (215) 204-2362
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: jarrod.palmer@temple.edu

Office of Electronic Research Administration (ERA)

Joseph Smallberger, MBA
ERA Technical Manager

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Office of Research Compliance

Artur Slupianek, PhD
Senior Director of Research Regulatory Affairs

Tel: (215) 707-7263
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: aslupian@temple.edu

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Dwayne King, JD
Director, Conflict of Interest

Tel: (215) 707-7819
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: dwayne.king@temple.edu

Human Subjects - Clinical Research and IRB

Tel: (215) 707-1248
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: lashay.cobb@temple.edu

David Comalli, PhD
IRB Director

Yuri Pillai, PhD
IRB Program Coordinator

Tel: (215) 707-7780
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: yuri.pillai@temple.edu

Jennifer Francesconi, MS
IRB Program Coordinator

Tel: (215) 707-7145
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: jennifer.francesconi@temple.edu

Sudeep Pakyanadhan, MBBS
IRB Program Coordinator

Tel: (215) 707-2678
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: sudeep.pakyanadhan@temple.edu

Bria Reid, MS
IRB Program Assistant Coordinator

Tel: (215) 707-1293
Fax: (215) 204-4609
E-mail: bria.reid@temple.edu

Audrey Uknis, M.D.
Chairperson

Email: irb@temple.edu

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Institutional Biosafety Staff

Tel: (215) 707-5677
Fax: (215) 204-4609
Email: claudia.chan0001@temple.edu