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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 | President, VTIP
    (540) 231-3593 or (540) 951-9374

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

Fralin Life Science Institute

  • Dennis Dean | Director
    (540) 231-6100

Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment

  • Karen A. Roberto | Director
    (540) 231-7157

Research Compliance

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

Research and Interdisciplinary Programs

  • Rodd Hall | Associate Vice President for Research
    (540) 231-5410
  • Bill Knocke | Associate Vice President for Research
    (540) 231-9050
  • Tom Inzana | Research Integrity Officer
    (540) 231-5188

Office of Sponsored Programs

  • John Rudd Jr. | Assistant Vice President for  Sponsored Programs
    (540) 231-5281

Administrative Services

  • Sandra Muse | Senior Director
    (540) 231-9359

Other

  • Randy Murch | Associate Director for Research Development Team, NCR
    (703) 518-2719
  • Susan Trulove | Public Relations Manager
    (540) 231-5646

Administrative Staff

  • Deborah L. Nester | Executive Secretary Senior
    (540) 231-1483
  • Shelly Key | Administrative and Fiscal Assistant
    (540) 231-4785