Our people
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Personnel
Melissa Nielsen
Profile of Melissa Nielsen
Director, Research Administrative
243 Graff Main Hall
mnielsen@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
- Authorized organizational representative (AOR) for UWL extramural grants & subawards
- Research compliance
- Post award modifications
- Budgets for extramural grants and sponsored research contracts
- Cost sharing/matching
- UW System and WiSys grants
- Federal electronic grant system access
- Guest lectures and faculty/staff presentations on grant development
Abigail Peschges
Profile of Abigail Peschges
Grant Specialist
243F Graff Main Hall
apeschges@uwlax.edu
608.785.8039
Chandra Hawkins
Profile of Chandra Hawkins
Undergrad Res/Internal Grants
243 Graff Main Hall
chawkins@uwlax.edu
608.785.8040
Specialty areas:
- Undergraduate Research & Creativity (URC)
- URCC grants
- Research & Creativity Symposium
- Symposia: NCUR, Research in the Rotunda, System Symposium, 7 Rivers
- Internal grants
- Research participant incentives questions
Sydni Durrstein
Profile of Sydni Durrstein
Grants/Compliance Coordinator
243 Graff Main Hall
sdurrstein@uwlax.edu
608.785.8007
Specialty areas:
- Research Compliance
- Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
- Subrecipient Risk Assessment & Monitoring
- Federal Lobbying Reporting
- Scientific Misconduct in Research (ORI reporting)
- CITI Program
- Grant review and approval process
- Internal grant submissions
- ORSP & URC meeting requests