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

Claudia Ramirez-Wade 
Temporary Research Grant Administrator

ramirezwadec@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

Richard Huse
Research Grant Administrator 

910.962.3627
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
Systems Training & Reporting Specialist

910.962.2574
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

Jess Reich
Data Support Specialist

jcr2353@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