Research Advisory Board

The Research Advisory Board’s charge is advising the Office of Research and Economic Development in the emergence of new and existing initiatives that will energize Nebraska’s research culture and enhance competitiveness for sponsored funding, along with maximizing societal impacts of interdisciplinary research, scholarship, creative works and entrepreneurial activities.

Research Advisory Board Members

NameDepartment/CenterTerm BeginsTerm Ends
Ken BloomPhysics and Astronomy8/23/20218/22/2023
Nick BrozovicDaugherty Water for Food Institute/Agricultural Economics8/23/20218/22/2023
Joy CastroEnglish/Institute of Ethnic Studies8/23/20218/22/2024
Carrie ClarkEducational Psychology8/23/20218/22/2023
Deirdre Cooper OwensHistory/Humanities in Medicine Program8/23/20218/22/2024
Megan ElliottJohnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts8/23/20218/22/2024
Ron FallerMidwest Roadside Safety Facility/Civil and Environmental Engineering8/23/20218/22/2023
Shane FarritorMechanical and Materials Engineering8/23/20218/22/2023
Samodha FernandoAnimal Science8/23/20218/22/2023
Yufeng GeBiological Systems Engineering8/23/20218/22/2023
David HageChemistry8/23/20218/22/2023
Justin (Gus) HurwitzLaw8/23/20218/22/2024
Margaret JacobsCenter for Great Plains Studies/History8/23/20218/22/2024
Anna JaffePsychology8/23/20218/22/2023
Martha MamoAgronomy and Horticulture8/23/20218/22/2024
Julia McQuillanSociology8/23/20218/22/2024
Angie PannierBiological Systems Engineering8/23/20218/22/2024
Julie PetersonWest Central Research and Extension Center/Entomology8/23/20218/22/2023
Mario ScaloraPublic Policy Center/Psychology8/23/20218/22/2023
Daniel SchachtmanAgronomy and Horticulture/Center for Biotechnology8/23/20218/22/2023
Francisco SoutoSchool of Art, Art History and Design8/23/20218/22/2024
Tsegaye TadesseNational Drought Mitigation Center8/23/20218/22/2023
Sergio WalsPolitical Science8/23/20218/22/2023
Karrie WeberSchool of Biological Sciences/Earth and Atmospheric Sciences8/23/20218/22/2023
Rick BevinsORED8/23/2021
Nathan MeierORED8/23/2021
Jen NelsonORED8/23/2021
Becky ZavalaORED8/23/2021