Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPRED)

Staff members in the OVPRED support and engage all specialized VPRED units to ensure a broad range of services offered to faculty, staff and the community.

  • Joseph Balthasar.

    Joseph Balthasar

    Executive Director, Research Initiatives

    Research and Economic Development

    516 Capen, North Campus

    Phone: (716) 645-3321

    Email: jb@buffalo.edu

  • Elizabeth Cimasi.

    Elizabeth Cimasi

    Director, Resource Management

    518 Capen Hall, North Campus

    Phone: (716) 645-0320

    Email: eacimasi@buffalo.edu

  • portrait Venu Govindaraju.

    Venu Govindaraju, PhD

    Vice President for Research and Economic Development

    Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development

    516 Capen Hall, North Campus

    Phone: (716) 645-3321

    Email: vpr@buffalo.edu

  • Stanley Halvorsen

    Executive Director, Regulatory Support

    Research and Economic Development

    516 Capen, North Campus

    Phone: (716) 645-3321

    Email: stanh@buffalo.edu

  • Carol O'Connell.

    Carol L. O'Connell, MPA

    Director, Grant Initiatives

    Research and Economic Development

    515A Capen Hall, North Campus

    Phone: (716) 645-1758

    Email: caroloco@buffalo.edu

  • Chitra Rajan.

    Chitra Rajan

    Associate Vice President, Research Advancement

    Research and Economic Development

    UB Commons, Suite 114, 520 Lee Entrance, North Campus

    Phone: (716) 645-3321

    Email: chitrara@buffalo.edu

  • Amy Schmit.

    Amy Schmit

    Assistant Vice President

    Research and Economic Development

    516 Capen Hall, North Campus

    Phone: (716) 645-0314

    Email: amschmit@buffalo.edu