Research Staff Assignments

Office of Research

Atam P. Dhawan Senior Vice Provost for Research (973) 596-8566 atam.p.dhawan@njit.edu	Chief Research Officer for the NJIT Research Enterprise Executive Director Undergraduate Research Innovation	All University (Research Domain)
Director Eric Hetherington (973) 596-3631 eric.d.hetherington@njit.edu	Director for the SRA (Sponsored Research Administration) and GCA (Grant and Contract Accounting) Contract Negotiation Research Validation Research Audits and Compliance	All University (Research Domain)
Sonia V. Henderson Administrative Assistance Office of Research OR (973-642-4877 sonia.v.henderson@njit.edu	Administrative Support for the Office of Research Event Planning and Coordination	All University (Research Domain)
Director, Special Projects and Liaison to Graduate Studies Daljit Singh Ahluwalia (973) 596-4874 daljit.ahluwalia@njit.edu	Director for Special Projects and Liaison for Graduate Studies	All University (Research Domain)

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Office of Research
Suite 340, Fenster Hall
323 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
Main Phone: (973) 596-5275
Fax: (973) 596-6056

Sponsored Research Administration (SRA)

E-mail: srard@njit.edu (Will deliver the message to everyone in SRA)

SRA Individual	Major Responsibilities	Area
Associate Director (Pre Award) Justin Samolewicz (973) 596-3145 jsamolew@njit.edu	Pre Award Actions Proposals Proposal Budgets Award Set Up with Grants & Contracts Newark College of Engineering (NCE)	All University (Back up I. Pantoja, J. Novoa, M. Petit & T. Bozza)
Assistant Director (Post Award) Rose Federici (973) 596-3428 rose.m.federici@njit.edu	Proposal logistics help Subcontracts/Consultant agreements Courtesy Appointments Research Centers	NJII Business & Economic Development All university All university
Project Manager Felicia Margolies (973) 596-5377 felicia.h.margolies@njit.edu	Pre & Post Award Actions & Financial Management Subcontracts & Consulting Contracts Project Manager on assigned Specific Projects College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA)	Center For Solar Terrestrial Research Physics Researches (Assigned Specific Projects)
Grant Specialist Matthew Pettit (973-596-5518) matthew.l.pettit@njit.edu	Pre Award Actions Proposal logistics Review RFP or BAA with faculty and staff for agency solicitations Maintain templates & info sheets Database: Annual Awards & Proposal Listings	All University (Research Domain) Pre-College Programs
Grant Specialist Thomas Bozza (973-596-5352) bozza@njit.edu	Program Manager for Streamlyne implementation Responsible for Streamlyne training Pre Award Actions Proposal logistics	All University (Research Domain)
Director Research, CSLA Cristo Leon (973-596-6425) leonc@njit.edu	Pre Award Actions Proposal preparation and logistics Review RFP or BAA with faculty and staff to respond to agency solicitations Reports on Awards, Proposals, etc. Courtesy Appointments For Visiting Scholars –PAFS and Post Award actions	College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA)
Grant Specialist Jesus Novoa 973-642-4074 Jesus.novoa@njit.edu	Pre Award Actions Proposal logistics Review RFP or BAA with faculty to respond to agency solicitations Streamlyne and GCA IT functions Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC)	All university (Research Domain) Back-up For YWCC
Project Manager, YWCC Nancy Henderson (973-596-5352) nancy.henderson@njit.edu	Pre Award Actions Proposal preparation and logistics Review RFP or BAA with faculty and staff to respond to agency solicitations Reports on Awards, Proposals, etc. Courtesy Appointments For Visiting Scholars – PAFs and Post Award actions	Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC)
Director Research, NCE John McCarthy (973-596-3247) john.p.mccarthy@njit.edu	Pre Award Actions Proposal preparation and logistics Review RFP or BAA with faculty and staff to respond to agency solicitations Reports on Awards, Proposals, etc. Courtesy Appointments For Visiting Scholars-– PAFs and Post Award actions	Newark College of Engineering (NCE)
Project Manager, CoAD and MTSOM Iris Pantoja (973-642-4483) iris.pantoja@njit.edu	Pre Award Actions Proposal preparation and logistics Review RFP or BAA with faculty and staff to respond to agency solicitations Reports on Awards, Proposals, etc. Courtesy Appointments For Visiting Scholars – PAFs and Post Award actions Maintains Login Listing	College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSOM)
Administrative Coordinator, Undergraduate Research & Innovation Angela Retino (973-596-5504) angela.c.retino@njit.edu	Coordinator to the Undergraduate Research & Innovation (URI) programs Planning and Managing URI Coordinate URI Events Resource for Institutional Review Board & Institutional Biosafety Committee	Undergraduate Research Innovation All University (Research Domain)

Grant and Contract Accounting (GCA)

E-mail: gca@njit.edu (Will deliver the message to everyone in GCA)

GCA Individual	Major Responsibilities	Area
Associate Director Bobby Vadasserril 973-596-2941 bobbyv@njit.edu	GCA Audits and Reports Task Coordination	Back Up: All University (GCA Domain) ERC Award from NSF Business and Technology Development New Jersey Innovation Institute
Assistant Director Lian Cheng 973-596-5209 lian.cheng@njit.edu	GCA	College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) Civil & Environmental Engineering Center for Building Knowledge Graduate Studies Transportation Center Center for Natural Resource Development & Protection (NRDP) Center for Resilient Design
Accountant Hattie Yeung 973-596-5734 hiumui.yeung@njit.edu	GCA	Newark College of Engineering (Dean's Office) Chemical, Biological & Pharmaceutical Engineering Center for Membrane Technologies Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering Technology (CIM) Defense Procurement Learning Center NJ Transportation Plan Authority
Accountant Darryl Rivera 973-596-5462 Darryl.J.Rivera@njit.edu	GCA	Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSOM) Ying Wu College of Computing (Dean's Office) Chemistry & Environmental Science Computer Science Engineering Technology EOP Humanities Information Systems and IT Pre-College Consortium Pre-College Programs Polymer Processing Institute (PPI) Office of Academic Affairs Library
Accountant TBA 973-596-2945 Azhao@njit.edu	GCA	Biomedical Engineering Center for Brain Injury Center for Brain Imaging Center for Solar Terrestrial Research
Accountant Elvin Martinez 973-596-5738 Elvin.j.martinez@njit.edu	GCA	College of Science and Liberal Arts (Dean's Office) Physics Continuing Education Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Department of Intellectual Property and Patents *

DIPP Individual

Major Responsibilities

Area

Manager, Patents & Licensing Administration
Sangeeta Bafna
973-642-4295
sangeeta.bafna@njit.edu

Invention Disclosures
Patents
Licensing

NJIT
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII)

Assistant General Counsel for Patents and Intellectual Property
Sanjiv M. Chokshi, Esq.
973-642-4285
Sanjiv.m.chokshi@njit.edu

Invention Disclosures
Provisional Patents
Full Patents
IP

NJIT
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII)

* Jointly reporting to the Office of General Counsel

Research Information Systems **

RIS Individual	Major Responsibilities	Area
Director, Research Information Systems Norma Rubio 973-596-6053 norma.rubio@njit.edu	Research and Grant Management Information Systems	Research Information Systems Streamlyne Grant Management Information System Research Compliance Management Information System

* Jointly reporting to the Office of Information Services & Technology