Location

585 Cobb Ave, MD 0111
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Phone: (470) 578-6046

Office of Research:
3424 Kennesaw Hall

Office of Undergraduate Research:
5500 Academic Learning Center

Kennesaw Campus Map
Kennesaw Hall, at Kennesaw State University is a modern brick building with a large glass dome, stands illuminated against a twilight sky. The building is surrounded by green lawns and trees.

Staff Directory

  • Name
    Position

    • Dr. Karin Scarpinato, Vice President for Research

      Executive Vice President for Research and Professor of Biology

      kscarpin@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6354
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3423

    • Executive Director, Strategic Operations & Research Chief of Staff

      jdavi170@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6046
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3413

    • Heather Hedgepeth, Executive Assistant

      Research Engagement Lead

      hhedgepe@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5833
      Marietta Campus, 970 Shore Innovation Center, Room 2520

    • Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Research

      aellith1@kennesaw.edu

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    Position

    • Director, Administration and Operations, Research

      aroper10@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6918
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3413

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      Senior Business Operations Manager

      kbramham@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3692
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3421

    • David Roberts

      Research Communications Lead

      drobe189@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3447
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3422

    • Strategic Business Data Analyst

      rmoona@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6638
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3429

    • Alyssa Ozment

      Marketing and Communications Specialist

      aozment@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4296

    • Michelle Chatelain

      Business Operations Specialist

      mchatela@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4884
      Kennesaw Campus, 480 Academic Learning Center, Room 5500C

    • Debbie Ridley

      Office Manager

      dridle11@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4979
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3426

    • Andrea France

      Strategic Project Consultant

      afrance4@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2541
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3419

    • katerina townsend

      Communications and Outreach Manager

      ktowns33@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5301
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3422-A

    • Katrina Colbeck

      Administrative Coordinator

      kcolbeck@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6679
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3420

    • Research Liaison

      tbertra1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5308
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3431

    • Research Liaison

      kgreer18@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5717
      Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3502

    • Junior Software Engineer

      wdoyle1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2951
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3429

    • AI Engagement Communications Strategist

      lharr260@kennesaw.edu
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3429

    • Director, Comparative Medicine Resources

      knestor@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2790
      Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 124A

    • Animal Care Assistant, Comparative Medicine Resources

      ktenhous@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5105

    • Makerspace Facility Manager

      sthom546@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4834
      Marietta Campus, 970 Shore Innovation Center, Room 2526

    • Facilities Operations Manager, Research

      lvoss2@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4898
      Marietta Campus, 970 Shore Innovation Center, Room 1315

    • Events Manager

      ksliger@kennesaw.edu

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    Position

    • Dr. Amy Buddie

      Executive Director, Office of Undergraduate Research, and Professor of Psychology

      abuddie@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6255
      Kennesaw Campus, 480 Academic Learning Center, Room 5501

    • Jennifer Harb

      Administrative Coordinator, Undergraduate Research

      jharb@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6976
      Kennesaw Campus, 480 Academic Learning Center, Room 5500G

    • Michelle Chatelain

      Business Operations Specialist

      mchatela@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4884
      Kennesaw Campus, 480 Academic Learning Center, Room 5500C

    • Christin Richardson

      Program Manager

      crich115@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4799
      Kennesaw Campus, 480 Academic Learning Center, Room 5500

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    Position

    • Dr. Kristine Nowak, Director

      Director, Research Integrity

      knowak@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4941
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3401

    • Dr. Sandra Arntz, Assistant Director

      Assistant Director, Research Integrity for Human Subjects

      sarntz@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2106
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3415

    • Research Security Officer

      amart617@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5886
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3401

    • Institutional Review Board Coordinator

      mbarke26@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4934
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3415

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    Position

    • sierra hovet

      Research Development Specialist

      shovet@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5753
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3420

    • Dr. Heather Abbott-Lyon, Director

      Director of Research Development and Professor of Chemistry

      habbott@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6140
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3425

    • Katrina Colbeck

      Administrative Coordinator

      kcolbeck@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6679
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3420

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  • Name
    Position

    • Rachel Kinney, Executive Director of Sponsored Programs

      Executive Director, Sponsored Program Administration

      rkinney6@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2922
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3417

    • Director, Sponsored Programs Administration

      lhornsb4@kennesaw.edu
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3405

    • Associate Director, Pre-Award

      ssam3@kennesaw.edu
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3404

    • Associate Director, Post Award

      korisma@kennesaw.edu
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3408

    • Pre-Award Lead Specialist

      jlawr108@kennesaw.edu
      (404) 413-2000

    • andrea kellum

      Pre-Award Senior Specialist

      akellum2@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4880
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3408

    • Pre-Award Senior Specialist

      ahorto43@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5346

    • Pre-Award Coordinator

      bdevoe1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5326
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3412

    • Pre-Award Specialist

      fusher@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5327
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3410

    • jennifer dunn

      Pre-Award Specialist

      jdunn99@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7720

    • Pre-Award Specialist

      bdinh1@kennesaw.edu

    • sophia elhadidi

      Post Award Specialist

      selhadid@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4063

    • Post Award Specialist

      aherri47@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2944
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3403

    • Post Award Specialist

      agrah112@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4530
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3406

    • Post Award Specialist

      tlong64@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5318
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3414

    • Post Award Specialist

      hscoggin@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2908

    • Post Award Coordinator

      kchang9@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7100

    • mariela alvarez

      Post Award Specialist

      malvar28@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5719
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3412

    • Post Award Coordinator

      jbush63@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5343
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3407

    • leslie jenkins headshot

      Post Award Lead Coordinator

      ljenki53@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3788
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3460

    • madison lynem

      Post Award Assistant

      mlynem@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4260
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3412

    • Contracts Manager - Office of Research

      fhaq@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7248
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3410

    • Contracts Coordinator

      szakari2@kennesaw.edu

    • Contracts Specialist

      pshaw19@kennesaw.edu

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    Position

    • Director, Grant Accounting

      rbridge7@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3622
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3411

    • Assistant Director, Grants Accounting and Finance

      amarsh35@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6214
      Kennesaw Campus, 3391 Town Point, Room 3707

    • Senior Accountant

      tclar151@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7478
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3409

    • Accountant, Grants

      dholme73@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3637
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3409

  • Name
    Position

    • Dr. Christopher Cornelison, Director

      Assistant Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships and Associate Professor of Microbiology

      ccornel5@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5115
      Marietta Campus, 970 Shore Innovation Center, Room 2524

    • Executive Director, Incubation and Commercialization

      cake@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3689

    • Director, HatchBridge Incubator

      warnol16@kennesaw.edu
      Kennesaw Campus, 1111 HatchBridge, Room 1122

    • Director, Technology Transfer

      twater34@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5348
      Marietta Campus, 970 Shore Innovation Center, Room 2518

    • Katrina Colbeck

      Administrative Coordinator

      kcolbeck@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6679
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3420

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    Position
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Research Centers

  • Name
    Position

    • Dr. Ramazan Aygün, Director

      Director, Center for Research Computing and Professor of Computer Science

      raygun@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5606
      Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3054A

    • Tom Boyle, Director, Data Compliance and Computing Operations

      Director, Data Compliance and Computing Operations

      tboyle@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6180
      Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3431

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  • Name
    Position

    • Dr. Brian Moore, Director

      Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Associate Professor of Psychology

      bmoore50@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7281
      Off Campus, 3333 KSU Center, Room 601

    • Research Operations Specialist, AMES

      esanch49@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3465
      Off Campus, 3333 KSU Center, Room 626

    • Associate Professor of Social Work

      bchanner@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7530
      Kennesaw Campus, 520 Prillaman Health Sciences, Room 3321

    • Case Manager

      kmoor219@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3033
      Kennesaw Campus, 3217 Campus Loop Road, Room 201

    • Assistant Professor of Psychology

      tcollet1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6225
      Off Campus, 3333 KSU Center, Room 617

    • Assistant Professor of Sociology

      chess11@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6739
      Kennesaw Campus, 375 Pilcher Public Service Bldg, Room 252

    • Associate Professor of Psychology

      khoran1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6225
      Kennesaw Campus, 3217 Campus Loop Road, Room 104A

    • Program Manager, AMES Research Center

      etorre27@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4369

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    Position

    • sylvia bhattacharya

      Scientific Director and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology

      sbhatta6@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7311
      Marietta Campus, 840 Engineering Technology Center, Room 226

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    Position

    • ayse tekes

      Director of the Mobility for Everyone (MOVE) Center and Professor of Mechanical Engineering

      atekes@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7518
      Marietta Campus, 834 Heatherington Engineering Lab, Room 236

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    Position

    • victoria lagrange headshot

      Interim Director of the Center for Interactive Media and Assistant Professor of English

      vlagrang@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7611

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