| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Centola, MHS, CIP | Associate Vice President for Research Integrity | 860.205.3702 | centola@uchc.edu |
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Research Development Contacts
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Mroz, PhD | Manager of Research Development Services | 860.486.6378 | matthew.mroz@uconn.edu |
| Julie Schwager | Associate VP for Research Research Financial Services |
860.679.7649 | schwager@uchc.edu |
| Deanna Thibodeau | Director, Research Finance | 860.679.6731 | dthibodeau@uchc.edu |
Export Control Contacts
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bieu Tran | Export Control Officer | 860.486.3994 | bieu.tran@uconn.edu |
| Export Control | General Mailbox | 860.486.3994 | exportcontrol@uconn.edu |
Animal Research Contacts
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Moré, MS, CPIA | Director of Research Compliance | 860.486.2459 | karen.more@uconn.edu |
| Ramaswamy M. Chidambaram, DVM, PhD | Director, Center for Comparative Medicine | 860.679.2731 | clac@uchc.edu |
| Alison D. Pohl, MS, rLATg, CPIA | IACUC Administrator | 860.679.4129 | ooacc@uchc.edu |
Environmental Health & Safety Contacts
Environmental Health & Safety
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, MC 1514
Farmington, CT 06030-1514
860.679.2723
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven R. Jacobs | Director | 860.679.2723 | jacobs@uchc.edu |
| Robert Gottlieb | Chemical Safety Officer | 860.679.3512 | gottlieb@uchc.edu |
| Vacant | Biological Safety Officer | 860.679.3781 | |
| Elizabeth Pokorski | Business Services Manager | 860.679.2723 | epokorski@uchc.edu |
| Lucy Piechowski | Administrative Program Coordinator | 860.679.2250 | piechowski@uchc.edu |
| Ryan Cawley | Environmental Health & Safety Specialist II | 860.679.4638 | rcawley@uchc.edu |
| Daniel Sasso | Environmental Health & Safety Specialist II | 860.679.4062 | sasso@uchc.edu |
| Robert Bush | Environmental Health & Safety Specialist I | 860-679-4241 | robush@uchc.edu |
| Thomas Costello | Environmental Health & Safety Specialist I | 86-679-4703 | thcostello@uchc.edu |
OCTR Forms & Templates
SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund aims to support innovative proof-of-concept studies seeking to translate research discoveries into products, processes, and other commercial applications. We invite proposals from across all disciplines for projects related to commercialization activities. We are eager to identify and support UConn-developed inventions and technologies that address unmet needs and have potential for commercial application.
To learn more about the SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund, visit the OVPR Storrs site.
Our Team
Vice President
Pamir Alpay
Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Pamir Alpay is UConn’s vice president for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He oversees the University’s $375 million research enterprise at the main campus in Storrs, the UConn Health campus in Farmington, the School of Law in Hartford, and the regional campuses across the state. He was appointed interim vice president following a successful tenure as executive director of the Innovation Partnership Building at UConn Tech Park, where he served as the University’s chief advocate for industry-informed research and prime liaison between the research community and government collaborators. In September 2023, President Radenka Maric announced that Dr. Alpay was the permanent Vice President. A professor of materials science & engineering and physics, Alpay was also the associate dean for research and industrial partnerships for the UConn School of Engineering.
Dr. Alpay is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering (CASE). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, ASM International, and the American Ceramic Society. Alpay’s research is at the intersection of materials science, condensed matter physics, and surface chemistry. He has over 200 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings, five invited book chapters, and a book on the physics of functionally graded smart materials.
He has raised more than $30 million for research and development from federal and state agencies and industry. Dr. Alpay is the PI of an $18 million interdisciplinary Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) contract dedicated to optimization of high value-added manufacturing technologies for aerospace components.
As executive director of the UConn Tech Park, Alpay established partnerships with industry, state government, and federal agencies and built several interdisciplinary research teams that successfully competed for large-scale funding. Since 2017, industry partners have invested more than $125 million for applied research at the Tech Park, corresponding to over $30 million per year in research and development funding. Alpay also established partnerships with small to medium-size regional businesses as part of core outreach efforts, critical to UConn’s mission of supporting economic growth in the state.
Alpay earned his B.S. and M.S. from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.
pamir.alpay@uconn.edu | 860.486.3621
Executive Assistant: Joanna Desjardin
Associate Vice Presidents
Biosafety Training
Biosafety Cabinet (BSC):
- BSC Basics
- NuAire BSC Training Course
- Selection, Installation, and Use of BSCs – see Appendix A in the BMBL (page 290)
Centrifuge Aerosol Biosafety:
Various Topics in Biosafety:
- Exposure to Aerosols
- Practical Information About Aerosols (and the procedures/equipment that generate them)
- Aspirator Set Up
- Import, Export & Shipping of Biological Materials
- Discussion about Tissue/Cell Culture Contamination
- Autoclave Safety
- Sharps Containers
- Lab Hygiene and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Regulated Medical Waste Definitions & Guidance
- General Biological Spill Protocol
Training Completion form:
- CT DPH annual BSL-2 refresher training form
CT Department of Public Health (CT DPH) Forms & Checklists
- All laboratories in Connecticut that work with known infectious agents (Risk Group 2 or above) need to register with CT DPH. For an overview of the CT DPH registration process you can contact the BSO. The process has changed somewhat recently.
- You can get the same checklist that the State Inspector uses to inspect your lab from the BSO to prepare for the inspection. You don’t need to fill it out.
- If you’re working at BSL-2 with animals (ABSL-2), you can get the same checklist the State Inspector uses to inspect this kind of laboratory from the BSO.
- A few things are supposed to be posted in the lab. One is an emergency plan and procedure for cleaning up a spill of biological materials. The other is the Eyewash Log for weekly eyewash station testing.
- For training documents applicable to laboratories with a CT DPH registration you can contact the BSO.
- Please document all training that is completed within the laboratory or from this website.