Council on Research Leadership

COR Leadership
The Council on Research is led by an Executive Committee comprised of three cohorts of senior research officers, those at the Vice President/Provost/Chancellor of Research level. Each cohort of eight members is elected for a three-year term by COR members. A Steering Committee that includes the COR Chair and Chair-elect works with APLU staff to highlight material for discussion during monthly Executive Committee meetings which guide COR future activity.

Chair Leadership

Susan Martinis

Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chair 2023-2024

Irem Turmer

Vice President for Research and Innovation,
Oregon State University

Chair-Elect (2024-2025)

Lynne Chronister

Vice President for Research and Economic Development,
University of South Alabama

Former Chair (2022-2023)

Class of 2026

Penny Gordon-Larsen

Vice Chancellor for Research,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Victor McCrary

Vice President for Research,
University of the District of Columbia

Kate C. Miller

Vice President for Research and Innovation,
University of Texas at Arlington

Sally Morton

Executive Vice President, Knowledge Enterprise,
Arizona State University

Mari Ostendorf

Vice Provost for Research,
University of Washington

Shashank Priya

Vice President for Research and Innovation,
University of Minnesota

David Rosowsky

Vice President for Research,
Kansas State University

Karl V. Steiner

Vice President for Research and Creative Achievement,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Class of 2025

Christopher Brown

Vice President for Research,
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Colleen Fitzgerald

Vice President for Research and Creative Activity
North Dakota State University

Julie Jordan

Vice President for Research and Economic Development,
Mississippi State University

Pramod Khargonekar

Vice Chancellor for Research,
University of California, Irvine

Rupa Iyer

Vice President of Research Innovation and Economic Development,
Tarleton State University

Susan McDowell

Vice President for Research and Innovation,
Miami University

Corinne Peek-Asa

Vice Chancellor for Research,
University of California, San Diego

Magesh Rajan

Vice President of Research and Innovation,
Prairie View A&M University

Class of 2024

Lisa Berreau

Vice President of Research,
Utah State University

Jasbir Dhaliwal

Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation,
The University of Memphis

Ellen Fisher

Vice President for Research,
University of New Mexico

Mridul Gautam

Vice President for Research and Innovation,
University of Nevada, Reno

Christopher Nomura

Vice President for Research and Economic Development,
University of Idaho

Janaka Ruwanpura

Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Research (International),
University of Calgary

Marty Scholtz

Vice President for Research,
University of Iowa

Anthony Tongen

Vice President and Chief Research Officer,
James Madison University

If you have any questions, please contact Director, Research Policy Kevin Cooke.