URC Committee Members

URC Director

Kimberly Eck, MPH, PhD
Vice President for Research Strategy
Emory 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

Committee Members FAQs

Sub-committee members serve 36-month terms. In rare instances, a term may be extended for an additional 12 months upon recommendation of the subcommittee chair and approval by the URC co-Directors.

Subcommittee members may not submit proposals to any URC subcommittee while serving with the URC.  Subcommittee members who do not complete the full 36-month term for any reason, will be ineligible to submit a proposal until the full term ends, or 12-months from the time of their resignation, whichever is shorter. Resignations will not be back-dated.

Full-time faculty interested in serving as a URC subcommittee member may do so by contacting the URC.  Subcommittee candidates may also be recommended by other members of the URC committee.  Names of interested faculty, and recommendations by other committee members, will be presented to the URC co-Directors for consideration.

Subcommittee members are full-time Emory faculty whose responsibilities to the URC involve the review and critique of proposals submitted for URC awards.  Depending upon which committee you serve, attendance may be required at one meeting of the full subcommittee for selection of proposals to be presented to the URC co-Directors for award consideration.