Committee Members

University Research Committee (URC) Director

Kimberly Eck, MPH, PhD
Sr. Associate Vice President for Research
Office of the Senior Vice President for Research

URC Faculty Co-Directors

Roger Deal, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Eri Saikawa, PhD
Professor of Environmental Sciences
Emory College of Arts and Sciences

URC 2026 Subcommittee Co-Chairs

Arts: Visual and Performing

Bethany Mamola, PhD - Subcommittee Co-Chair
Assistant Teaching Professor
ECAS: Music

Jason Francisco, MFA - Subcommittee Co-Chair
Professor
ECAS: Film and Media

Biological and Health Sciences

Stella Papa, MD - Subcommittee Co-Chair
Professor
SOM: Neurology

Bing Yao, PhD - Subcommittee Co-Chair
Associate Professor
SOM: Human Genetics

Humanities

Paul Kelleher, PhD – Subcommittee Co-Chair
Associate Professor
ECAS: English

Daniel LaChance, PhD – Subcommittee Co-Chair
Associate Professor
ECAS: History

Interdisciplinary

David Lynn, PhD – Subcommittee Co-Chair
Asa Griggs Candler Professor
ECAS: Biology

Holli A. Semeko, PhD – Subcommittee Co-Chair
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Media and International Affairs and Professor
ECAS: Political Science

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Luiz Henrique Santos, PhD - Subcommittee Co-Chair
Associate Professor
ECAS: Physics

Matthias Chung, PhD - Subcommittee Co-Chair
Professor
ECAS: Mathematics

Social Sciences

Adam N. Glynn, PhD – Subcommittee Co-Chair
Professor
ECAS: Political Science

Kyungmin (Teddy) Kim, PhD – Subcommittee Co-Chair
Professor
ECAS: Economics