About the Division
The division is committed to a truly comprehensive university where students, researchers, and inventors bring scholarship and innovation to bear for the benefit of the community, the state, and the nation.
Jack G. Baldauf
Vice President for Research
As vice president for research, Jack Baldauf leads in the delivery of strategic support to further the University’s research mission, facilitate collaborations to increase federal funding, strengthen the research infrastructure, encourage commercialization partnerships, and ensure research compliance.
Division of Research Mission Statement
Texas A&M is one of the world’s leading research universities. The Division of Research will advance and strengthen all aspects of the research enterprise by implementing an enhanced, integrated, and strategic approach to:
- Capitalize on our research strengths and knowledge to deliver solutions to serve the public good
- Grow our resources, infrastructure, data, and technology
- Align opportunities with potential collaborators and research teams
- Support interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary collaborations to advance research
- Increase federal, state, and private funding
- Provide effective research support
- Build capacity through collaborations and strategic investments
- Promote creativity and innovation, while ensuring the highest standards of research integrity in proposing, conducting, and reporting research, and promote and facilitate safe, ethical, and scholarly activity that reflects the university’s mission and core values
- Increase communication and enhance visibility with stakeholders to promote the value of research and the research enterprise
Senior Administrative Leadership Team
Jack G. Baldauf
Vice President for Research
Office of the Vice President for Research
Gerianne Alexander
Associate Vice President For Research
Office of the Vice President for Research
Henry Fadamiro
Associate Vice President for Research, Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Vice President for Research
Matt Fry
Associate Vice President
Office of the Vice President for Research
E. Brendan Roark
Associate Vice President For Research, Centers and Institutes
Office of the Vice President for Research
Katherine Rojo del Busto
Associate Vice President
Office of the Vice President for Research
Annette Shenkir
Associate Vice President
Office of the Vice President for Research
Kristi Billinger
Associate Vice President for Research and Executive Director of Sponsored Research Services
Kris Guye
Assistant Vice President
Technology Services-Strategic Alliances & Partners
Stacy L. Cohn
Director
Human Resources and Administrative Operations
Rusty Cawley
Director
Research Communications
Lesa Feldhousen
Executive Director
Research Security and Export Controls
Faculty Research Organizations
The Council of Principal Investigators (CPI)
Works with administration to provide an effective and efficient research organization to achieve the goal of being nationally recognized and competitive in research and teaching.
The University Research Council (URC)
Provides advice and assistance to the Vice President for Research on the development of research, research planning, and research policy.
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