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Vice President for Research

Robert Walters

Robert Walters

The Vice President and division of Research are responsible for:

  • Supporting and promoting Virginia Tech faculty members, staff, and student research, scholarship, and creative activity;
  • Policies regarding regulatory compliance and ethical conduct of research;
  • Communicating research capabilities and achievements to the university community and the public;
  • Supporting the university community and its missions by fostering quality research and scholarship;
  • Providing access to funding information;
  • Enhancing the ability to respond to national research priorities and pursue opportunities;
  • Encouraging and directing inquiry into new and emerging fields;
  • Promoting solutions to problems and advances of basic knowledge in diverse disciplines and through interdisciplinary cooperation;
  • Ensuring compliance with policies and procedures related to research;
  • Marketing faculty talent and university capabilities within the university community and to external audiences;
  • Fostering partnerships with outside agencies and businesses.

Offices

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties

  • Mark Coburn | Executive Vice President, VTIP
    (540) 231-3593 or (540) 951-9374

Research Contract Affairs

  • Carol Roberson | Special Assistant for Research Contract Affairs
    (540) 231-5520

Research Program Development

  • Randy Murch | Associate Director
    (703) 518-2719

Research and Computing

  • Terry Herdman | Associate Vice President
    (540) 231-7667

Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS)

  • Roop L. Mahajan | Director
    (540) 231-6876

Research Compliance

  • David Moore | Assistant Vice President
    (540) 231-4991

Research and Interdisciplinary Programs

  • Tom Inzana | Interim Associate Vice President (Life Sciences)
    (540) 231-5188
  • Robert Walters | Interim Associate Vice President (Physical Sciences/Engieering)
    (540) 231-5410

Office of Sponsored Programs

  • Linda Bucy | Interim Director
    (540) 231-5281

Research Faculty Administration

  • Sandra Muse | Director
    (540) 231-9380

Other

  • Jack Lesko | Faculty Administrative Fellow
    (540) 231-5259 (ESM); (540) 231-5196 (Res. Div.)
  • Richard Hirsh | Faculty Administrative Fellow
    (540) 231-5259 (ESM); (540) 231-5601 (Hist/jSTS)
  • Susan Trulove | Public Relations Manager
    (540) 231-5646
  • Tim Pickering | Centers & Institutes Coordinator
    (540) 231-5452

Administrative Staff

  • Pamela Pettry | Executive Administrative Assistant
    (540) 231-1483

Contact Info

Mailing Address
301 Burruss Hall (0244)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone
(540) 231-6077

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