Research Administrative Services

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’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 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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 UºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ 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

 

Title

Name Contact

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
Carolyn Harrison caharris@ualberta.ca
780-492-6294
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

Kiran Bokhari ksangher@ualberta.ca
Contract Specialists Kristi Evans kristi.evans@ualberta.ca
780-492-1449
Shawna Forrest sforrest@ualberta.ca
780-492-6289 
Ian Forsythe ian.forsythe@ualberta.ca
780-492-5670
Marjorie Grady marjorie.grady@ualberta.ca
780-492-8655
Colleen Hanrahan colleen.hanrahan@ualberta.ca
780-492-2650
Mary Trush trush2@ualberta.ca
780-492-5360
Sarah Litvinchuk

skeen@ualberta.ca
780-492-1011

Sarah MacFarlane sarah.macfarlane@ualberta.ca
780-492-2762
Michelle Marchand michelle.marchand@ualberta.ca
780-492-5805
Martha Smith martha.smith@ualberta.ca
780-492-6145
Helga Toleikis helga.toleikis@ualberta.ca
780-492-1301
Gavin Whitelock whiteloc@ualberta.ca

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

jyeo1@ualberta.ca

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

Ramses Ilarraza

ilarraza@ualberta.ca
780-492-2753
Finance Analysts Moiz Akber akber@ualberta.ca
780-492-6490
Kris Biffis biffis@ualberta.ca
780-492-6260
Yuting Hao yhao8@ualberta.ca
780-492-9798

Provides financial expertise and support for researchers and for the VPRI portfolio

Title

Name Email and Phone

Manager, Finance & Quality Assurance

Lorena Li lorena.li@ualberta.ca
780-492-6284

Quality Assurance Analysts

Lana Law lana.law@ualberta.ca
780-492-6953

 

Olivia Cai olivia.cai@ualberta.ca
780-492-9165
Finance Analysts Amy Swearingen amy.swearingen@ualberta.ca
780-492-0795
Ariam Araya ariam.araya@ualberta.ca
780-492-8817
Branislav Sajlovic bsajlovi@ualberta.ca
780-492-2782
Cameron Blackmore cameron.blackmore@ualberta.ca
780-492-2782
Clara Mtsigwah mtsigwah@ualberta.ca
780-492-6955
Grace Tian grace.tian@ualberta.ca
780-492-3295
Javien Ta javien1@ualberta.ca
Jenny Zhang jenny.zhang@ualberta.ca
780-492-3663
Omosolape Idowu omosolap@ualberta.ca
780-492-5214
Rachel Zhang

qinzhi2@ualberta.ca
780-492-0949

Tanya Boguslavska

boguslav@ualberta.ca
780-492-6225

Terry Leechen

tleechen@ualberta.ca
780-492-6956

Yolanda Tsang tsang1@ualberta.ca
780-492-6955

Title

Name Contact

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

Title

Name Contact

Canada Research Chair Coordinator/Advisor

Glen Thomas, PEng crcadmin@ualberta.ca
780-492-6266