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Arkansas Science and Technology Authority The Arkansas NSF EPSCoR office is supported within the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority located at 423 Main, suite 200 Little Rock.

Administrative Staff

Dr. Gail McClure
Program Director
Vice President EPSCoR, Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
(501) 683-4407
gail.mcclure@arkansas.gov

Ms. Cathy Ma Ms Cathy Ma
Program Administrator/Assistant Director
Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
(501) 683-4422
cathy.ma@arkansas.gov

Ms. Becky Hart
Educational Outreach Coordinator & Professional Development Supervisor
Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
(501) 682-8187
becky.hart@arkansas.gov

Communication Intern
Slade Wright
(501) 683-4404
slade.wright@arkansas.gov

STEM Intern
Jeremy Lusk
(501) 683-4404
jeremy.lusk@arkansas.gov

Accounting Intern
Andrea McShane
(501) 683-4404
andrea.mcshane@arkansas.gov

ASSET Initiative Executive Management Team
The Arkansas EPSCoR Executive Management Team is headed by Program Director, Dr. Gail McClure who serves as the PI for the Arkansas ASSET Initiative RII. Dr. McClure is responsible for overall program management and directs all outreach and oversight of professional development efforts. Dr. Carole Cramer, Director of the Arkansas BioSciences Institute, Arkansas State University, (ccramer@astate.edu) and Dr. Vijay Varadan, 21st Century Endowed Chair in Nano- and Bio-Technologies and Medicine, University of Arkansas (vjvesm@engr.uark.edu), serve as Co-PIs and Technical Leaders. The Co-PIs are responsible for research leadership, inter-university collaborations, and mentoring. Dr. Elizabeth Hood (ASU) ehood@astate.edu, Dr. Keith Hudson (UALR) mkhudson@ualr.edu , and Dr. John Hehr (UA) jghehr@uark.edu serve as Campus Coordinator/Administrators to ensure project implementation and information flow between campuses and the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority. The Executive Management Team receives the support of an External Advisory Board (PDF) and two Technical Advisory Committees specific to the two research focal areas.

STATE EPSCoR Committee
The Arkansas EPSCoR Committee is an advisory committee to the Board of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority, making recommendations for strategies, research focal areas and partnerships that will benefit the state of Arkansas, help accomplish the mission of the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority and align with the goals of targeted federal sponsors.

	Dr. Thomas J. Flammang Associate Director, Office of Research National Center for Toxicological Research 3900 NCTR Rd Jefferson, AR 72209 (870)-543-7291; FAX: (870)-543-7576 thomas.flammang@fda.hhs.gov
	Alternate: Dr. Robert Heflich robert.heflich@fda.hhs.gov National Center for Toxicological Research

	Mr. Tom Chilton Technology Development Manager Arkansas Department of Economic Development One Capital Mall Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 682-7322; FAX (501) 682-2703 TChilton@1800arkansas.com
	Alternate: Mr. Brad Henry Bhendry@1800arkansas.com Arkansas Department of Economic Development

	Dr. Mary Good Dean, Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 S. University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 569-3333 (8189); FAX: (501) 569-8002 mlgood@ualr.edu
	Alternate: Dr. Patrick Pellicane pjpellicane@ualr.edu University of Arkansas at Little Rock

	Dr. Michael Dockter Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer Arkansas State University PO Box 2760, State University, AR 72467 (870) 680-8427; FAX: (870) 972-2336 mdockter@astate.edu
	Alternate: Dr. Greg Phillips gphillips@astate.edu Arkansas State University

	Dr. Antonie Rice Department of Chemistry and Physics Mail Slot 4941 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, AR 71601 (870) 575- 8759; FAX (870) 575- ricea@uapb.edu
	Alternate: Dr. Ebo Tei tei_e@uapb.edu University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

	Dr. Stephen Addison Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy Office: LSC 170 (501)450-5900 (5933; FAX: 501-852-2286 saddison@uca.edu
	Alternate: Dr. Steven Runge stevenrunge@mac.com University of Central Arkansas

	Dr. John Ahlen President, Arkansas Science & Technology Authority Arkansas Science & Technology Authority 423 Main Street, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 683-4400; FAX: (501) 683-4420 john.ahlen@arkansas.gov
	Alternate: Dr. Blake Perry blake.perry@arkansas.gov Arkansas Science & Technology Authority

	Dr. Robert McGehee Dean, UAMS Graduate School University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Pediatrics, Slot 512-B 4301 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 603-1998; FAX: 501-603-1425 McgeheeRobertE@uams.edu
	Alternate: Dr. K. David Straub John L. McCellan Memorial VA Medical Center & UAMS

	Dr. George Ransford Acting R & D Manager Inspec Foams, Inc. P. O. Box 99 Magnolia, AR 71754-0099 870-234-0286; FAX: (870) 234-9271 george.ransford@degussa.com

	Dr. Tom Schweiger Associate Director, Acxiom Laboratory for Applied Research (ALAR) Acxiom Corporation 700 Research Center Blvd Fayetteville AR 72701 501-342-6294 Tom.Schweiger@acxiom.com
	Alternate: Ms. Kimberly Eagle Kimberly.Eagle@acxiom.com Acxiom Corporation

	Mr. Phillip Stafford President, University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation 535 Research Center Blvd Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-8411 Fax: 479-575-5717 psstaff@uark.edu
	Alternate: Dr. Dennis Brewer dbrewer@uark.edu University of Arkansas

	Dr. Cynthia Moten Coordinator for Academic Programs Arkansas Department of Higher Education 114 East Capital Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 371-2016; FAX: (501) 371-2003 cynthiam@adhe.arknet.edu
	Alternate: Dr. Karen Wheeler karenw@adhe.arknet.edu Arkansas Department of Higher Education

Ex-officios:

	Dr. Collis Geren DEPSCoR and DOE EPSCoR coordinator for Arkansas Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School University of Arkansas 119 Ozark Hall Fayetteville, AR 72701 (479) 575-5900; FAX: (501) 575-5908 cgeren@uark.edu
	Dr. Gail McClure NSF EPSCoR Project Director Arkansas Science & Technology Authority 423 Main, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 683-4407; FAX: (501) 683-4420 gail.mcclure@arkansas.gov
	Dr. Keith Hudson Director, NASA Space Grant Consortium University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 South University, ETAS 329 Little Rock, AR 72204 (501) 569-8211; FAX: (501) 569-8039 mkhudson@ualr.edu

	Dr. Larry Cornett NIH EPSCoR Co-project Director University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 541 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5689; FAX: (501) 686-8137 milnelarryd@uams.edu
	Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill EPSCoR Foundation member Professor and Director Center for Translational Neuroscience Dept. Neurobiology & Dev. Sci. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4301 W. Markham St., Slot 847 Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: (501) 686-5167; Fax: (501) 526-7928 GarciaRillEdgar@uams.edu