Leadership
CRSC Members
2025-2026 members
Revised: 1/27/2026Council on Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Roster (PDF)
Richard Heller, PhD (Chair)
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Medical Engineering Department
rheller@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Nicole Discenza, PhD (Vice Chair)
College of Arts & Sciences
English Department
ndiscenza@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
College of Nursing
Biostatistics and Data Science
ahmmad@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Kimberly Badanich, PhD
Sarasota-Manatee, Member-at-Large
Department of Psychology
badanich@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Lauren Bates, PhD
Patel College of Global Sustainability
Academic Capstone Experience (ACE)
lbates@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Libraries
Digital Scholarship and Publishing
jboczar@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2026
Sriram Chellappan, PhD
Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing
sriramc@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Yi-Hsin Chen, PhD
College of Education
Educational Measurement and Research
ychen5@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Elizabeth Hadley, PhD
College of Education
Literary Studies Department
hadleye@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Health
ghalade@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Giti Javidi
Muma College of Business
School of Information Systems
javidi@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
USF Libraries
Research & Instruction – Tampa Campus
matthewjohnson@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Natasha Jonoska, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences, Member-at-Large
Mathematics & Statistics
jonoska@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
James W. Leahy, PhD
College of Arts & Sciences
Chemistry Department
jwleahy@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Sang-Hie Lee, PhD
College of Design, Art & Performance
Music Department
slee@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Kenneth Malmberg III, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology Department
malmberg@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Lanicia Marshall, PhD
College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
Behavioral Health Science & Practice
larnwine@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Erin Stewart Maudin, PhD
St. Petersburg, Member-at-Large
College of Arts & Sciences
Department of History
emauldin@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
College of Nursing
nairu@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Adriana Novoa, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English
ainovoa@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Jong Chool Park, PhD
Muma College of Business
Lynn Pippenger School of Accounting
parkj@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Clint Randles
College of Design, Art & Performance
School of Music
randlesc@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Arman Sargolzaei, PhD
College of Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
armans@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Kristina Schmidt, PhD
College of Arts & Sciences
Molecular Biosciences Department
kschmidt@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2026
Ehsan Sheybani, PhD
Sarasota-Manatee, Member-at-Large
Muma College of Business, USF Sarasota-Manatee campus
sheybani@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2027
Marilyn Stern, PhD,
College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
Child and Family Studies Department
mstern1@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Morsani College of Medicine, Member-at-Large
Molecular Medicine
sun5@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Yu Sun, PhD
Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing
yusun@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
College of Public Health
Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research
monica43@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
College of Public Health
Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research
dwildman@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
Catherine Wilkins, PhD
Judy Genshaft Honors College
Florida Studies
cjwilkins@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
College of Engineering
Industrial and Management Systems Department
josezaya@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
College of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
yuzhang@usf.edu
Term: 2025-2028
TBD
Immediate Past CRSC Council Chair
Voting, At-Large Member, if not otherwise a member
TBD
Vice President for USF Research
Ex Officio, Non-Voting
TBD
USF Research Designee
Ex Officio, Non-Voting
TBD
Provost’s Designee
Ex Officio, Non-Voting
TBD
Representative of the Associate Deans for Research (ADR)
Ex Officio, Non-Voting
Sandra Justice
USF Research
Director, USF Research Development Institute
sjustice@usf.edu
Ex Officio non-voting member
Support Staff
John Johnson
Associate Director, Research Development Institute
InfoReady
jtj2@usf.edu
Tina Lucas
CRSC Administrative Coordinator
Research Development Institute
tlucas@usf.edu