Who We Are

RI-NEST Principal Investigators

Director, Coastal Institute

University of Rhode Island

elintorell@uri.edu

RI STAC Co-Chair, Professor of Mathematics

Brown University

Jill_Pipher@brown.edu

SURF Coordinator

Roger Williams University

jlemire@rwu.edu

Assistant Professor, Biology

Rhode Island College

aresendedamaia@ric.edu

Director, Edna Lawrence Nature Lab

Rhode Island School of Design

jbissonn@risd.edu

RI NSF EPSCoR Staff 

Project Administrator

RI NSF EPSCoR/RI-NEST

401.874.6880
hdooley@uri.edu

Scientific Research Grant Assistant

401.874.6234
bcarangia@uri.edu

Communications & Outreach Coordinator

401.874.6888
skirby@uri.edu

Rhode Island Science & Technology Advisory Council (RI STAC)

This council serves as the state’s EPSCoR Jurisdictional Steering Committee

RI STAC Co-Chair, Vice President of Research & Economic Development

University of Rhode Island

RI STAC Co-Chair, Professor of Mathematics

Brown University

Jill_Pipher@brown.edu

Vice Provost for Strategic Partnerships

Rhode Island School of Design

Staff Vice President – Principal Innovation Specialist

FM Global

Dean of the College of Food Innovation and Technology

Johnson & Wales University

Executive Director

SENEDIA

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

New England Medical Innovation Center

Associate Professor

Biology, Marine Biology & Environmental Science, Roger Williams University

RI STAC Staff

RI STAC Executive Director, Vice President of Innovation Initiatives

Rhode Island Commerce

info@commerceri.com

Innovation Initiatives Director

RI Commerce

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Senior Grants Administrator

Rhode Island Commerce

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