Dr. Justine Reel
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

910.962.7341
reelj@uncw.edu 

BIO

Areas of Expertise:

• Grant proposal reviews
• Internal grant reviews
• Faculty writing circles
• Interprofessional collaborations and matchmaking
• Innovation projects
• Training

Kristi Ramadani
Executive Assistant
 
910.962.0598 
ramadanik@uncw.edu 

Areas of Expertise:

• Special project, Administrative, Interprofessional collaborative event, Research productivity report, and Research events support
• Emergency contact for the Research and Innovation Team

Vacant
Pre-Award Grant Support Specialist

910.962.7759

Areas of Expertise:

• Grant proposal development and budget support
• Finding funding opportunities
• Funding calendar
• Assisting with grant submissions
• External grant consultation
• Grant training

Richard Huse
Research Grant Administrator 

910.962.0598
huser@uncw.edu 

Areas of Expertise:

• Post-award grant support with emphasis on budget monitoring and management
• Faculty support on the pre-award side with proposal development activities for both internal and external grants

Dr. Valerena Candy
Professional Editor

Areas of Expertise:

• Manuscripts
• Grant Proposals
• Book chapters
• Conference Abstracts

Robert Bucciere
Program and Technical Data Support Specialist

buccierer@uncw.edu 

Areas of Expertise:

• Serve as liaison to Institutional Research and College for data systems
• Train and provide consultation to faculty for activity insight/Digital Measures activity
• Help with research productivity tracking and reporting to College

Rachel Kantor
Data Support Specialist

rk3614@uncw.edu 

Areas of Expertise :

• Graphical Data Representations
• Quantitative Data Analysis
• Tabular Data Representations

Kori Meyer
Data Support Specialist

kem4966@uncw.edu  

Areas of Expertise :

• Graphical Data Representations
• Quantitative Data Analysis
• Tabular Data Representations

Nathan Holtsclaw
Business Officer, Business Core Service Team

910.962.7849
holtsclawn@uncw.edu 

Areas of Expertise :

• Post-award grant support
• Internal and external grants