Our Team

Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Research for National Laboratories
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- Leads the Office for National Laboratories with the aim to strengthen and expand Northwestern's partnerships with National Laboratories
- Facilitates large scale, multi-institutional team collaborations with National Laboratories and other partners
- Oversees ONL-affiliated University Research Institute and Centers

Begum Gulsoy, Ph.D.
Director of Research
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- Primary contact for technical or partnership inquiries
- Connector for identifying collaborators at Northwestern and at National Laboratories
- Strategic research development
- Leads technical meetings, research programs and workforce development/training events
- Guides multi-institutional proposal development

Emilie Giacobbe, Ph.D.
Director of Operations and Outreach
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- Oversees operations and finance for Office
- Primary payroll approver, Level 2 NUFinancials approver
- Coordinates administrative reporting
- Manages administrative staff
- Research staff hiring and visa processing

Jordan Price
Business Administrator
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- Post Award Grant Monitoring and Management including Subawards, Opening Chart Strings, No-Cost-Extension, Award Close-outs
- Level 2 NUFinancial Approver
- Non-Sponsored Account Monitoring and Management including Gifts
- Capital Equipment

Iustitia Ko
Program Assistant
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- Logistics and Event Planning
- Purchasing, invoicing and requisition
- Reimbursements