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Council Members

current members

Revised: 9/1/2026

• Council on Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Roster (PDF)

Richard Heller, PhD (CReSCA Chair)
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Medical Engineering Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittees: 1 and 3

Md Roungu Ahmmad, PhD
College of Nursing
Biostatistics and Data Science
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2

Lauren Bates, PhD
Patel College of Global Sustainability
Academic Capstone Experience (ACE)
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Jason Boczar
USF Libraries
Digital Scholarship and Publishing
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2

Kiyoung Chang, PhD
Muma College of Business
Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2

Sriram Chellappan, PhD
Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

Yi-Hsin Chen, PhD
College of Education
Educational Measurement and Research
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2 (Vice Chair)

Feng Cheng, PhD
Taneja College of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Science Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Kendra Daly, PhD
College of Marine Science
Biological Oceanography Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

Nicole Discenza, PhD
College of Arts & Sciences
English Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2

Elizabeth Hadley, PhD
College of Education
Literary Studies Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Loni Hagen, PhD
College of Arts & Sciences
School of Information
Term: 2026-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Ganesh Halade, PhD
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Health
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Giti Javidi, PhD
Muma College of Business
School of Information Systems
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

Matthew (Matty) Johnson
USF Libraries
Research & Instruction – Tampa Campus
Term: 2025-2028. | Subcommittee: 2

Natasha Jonoska, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences, Member-at-Large
Mathematics & Statistics
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

James W. Leahy, PhD
College of Arts & Sciences
Chemistry Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1 (Chair)

Sang-Hie Lee, PhD
College of Design, Art & Performance
Music Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Mark Luther, PhD
College of Marine Science
Physical Oceanography Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

Kenneth Malmberg III, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2

Lanicia Marshall, PhD
College of Behavioral & Community Sciences
Behavioral Health Science & Practice
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Erin Stewart Maudin, PhD
St. Petersburg, Member-at-Large
College of Arts & Sciences, Department of History
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2 (Chair)

Shyam Mohapatra, PhD, MBA
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Member-at-Large
Subcommittee: 3

Uma Nair, PhD
College of Nursing
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

Adriana Novoa, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Jennifer O'Brien, PhD
USF St. Petersburg Campus, Member-at-Large
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

Yashwant Pathak, PhD
Taneja College of Pharmacy
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 2

Clint Randles
College of Design, Art & Performance
School of Music
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 1

Arman Sargolzaei, PhD
College of Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Ehsan Sheybani, PhD
Muma College of Business
Term: 2025-2027 | Subcommittee: 3

Marilyn Stern, PhD
College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
Child and Family Studies Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3 (Chair)

Xingmin Sun, PhD
Morsani College of Medicine, Member-at-Large
Molecular Medicine
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Yu Sun, PhD
Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Monica Uddin, PhD
College of Public Health
Center for Global Health and Inter-Disciplinary Research
Term: 2025-2028. | Subcommittee: 1 (Vice Chair)

Catherine Wilkins, PhD
Judy Genshaft Honors College
Florida Studies
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Jose Zayas-Castro, PhD
College of Engineering
Industrial and Management Systems Department
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

Yu (April) Zhang, PhD
College of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Term: 2025-2028 | Subcommittee: 3

TBD
Immediate Past CRSC Council Chair
Voting, At-Large Member, if not otherwise a member

Matthew Anderson, PhD (Interim)
Vice President for USF Research
Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Sandra Justice
USF Research Designee
Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Steven Tauber, PhD
Provost’s Designee
Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Norma Alcantar, PhD
Representative of the Associate Deans for Research (ADR)
Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Support Staff

John Johnson
Associate Director, Research Development Institute
InfoReady

Tina Lucas
CRSC Administrative Coordinator
Research Development Institute