Joyce Entrepreneurship

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Location and Hours of Operation

The Office is located in the Joyce Entrepreneurship Centre (JEC), Room 218.

Office Hours are between 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm daily, Monday through Friday (Holidays excepted)

In order to best serve our research community, appointments are encouraged. ORIS staff may not be in the office daily, in accordance with the University of Windsor's flexible working policy. Please contact your research coordinator by email to discuss your research application.


ORIS Staff

Jessica Lukas
Research Facilitator, Internal Grants and Canada Research Chairs

Contact for: General ORIS inquiries
519-253-3000 ext. 3919
jlukas@uwindsor.ca

Gagneet Kaur
Research Administrative Coordinator

Contact for: General ORIS inquiries
519-253-3000 ext. 3372
gagneetk@uwindsor.ca

Research Coordinators

Natasha Wiebe
Research Coordinator - Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact for: Grant programs related to social sciences, humanities, Tri-Council - SSHRC, etc.
519-253-3000 ext. 3953
nwiebe@uwindsor.ca

Nicole Noël
Research Coordinator - Institutional Projects and Communications

Contact for: CFI, ORF, ERA, and special large projects
519-253-3000 ext. 3916
nnoel@uwindsor.ca

Dominika Boron
Research Coordinator - Health Research

Contact for: Grant programs related to health, CIHR, NIH, Seeds4Hope, etc.
519-253-3000 ext. 3910
dominika@uwindsor.ca

Sara Kenno
Research Coordinator - Engineering and Human Kinetics
Contact for: Grant programs related to engineering, Tri-Council - NSERC
519-253-3000 ext. 3918
sara.kenno@uwindsor.ca

Michelle Nevett
Research Coordinator - Science and Business
Contact for: Grant programs related to science, Tri-Council - NSERC
519-253-3000 ext. 3918
michelle.nevett@uwindsor.ca

Kate Rosser-Davies
Research Systems and Metrics Coordinator
Contact for: ERSO Research Portal, research metrics and statistics
519-253-3000 ext. 3909
krdavies@uwindsor.ca

Research Partnerships/Technology Transfer

Tom Schnekenburger
Director, Research Partnerships

519-253-3000 ext. 3959
tschnek@uwindsor.ca

Vesna Kaps, L.L.B., J.D.
Contract/Technology Transfer Manager

Contact for: Contracts, Agreements, IP, Overhead, Tech Transfer
519-253-3000 ext. 3922
vesna@uwindsor.ca

Nicole Roberge
Innovation Administration Coordinator 

Contact for: IP/Tech Transfer matters, Research events
519-253-3000 ext. 3914
nicole.roberge@uwindsor.ca

Rahul Banerjee
Research Security Coordinator 

Contact for: Research security
519-253-3000 ext. 3926
r.banerjee@uwindsor.ca


Other Contacts Who May Assist You

Dr. Patti Weir
Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies

519-253-3000 ext. 2107
weir1@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Panayiotis Vacratsis
CIHR Delegate

519-253-3000 ext. 3541
vacratsi@uwindsor.ca


Associate Deans of Research

Dr. Tanya Basok
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

(519) 253-3000 ext. 2034 
basok@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Sujith Xavier
Faculty of Law

(519) 253-3000 ext. 4219
sxavier@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Michael Macdonald
Faculty of Education

(519) 253-3000 ext. 3826
micmac@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Susan Fox
Faculty of Nursing

(519) 253-3000 ext. 2284
sfox@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Sreekanta Das
Faculty of Engineering

(519) 253-3000 ext. 2693 
sdas@uwindsor.ca

Francine Schlosser
Faculty of Business

(519) 253-3000 ext. 3383 
fschloss@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Joel Cort (acting)
Faculty of Human Kinetics

(519) 253-3000 ext. 4980
cortj@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Dan Mennill
Faculty of Science

(519) 253-3000 ext. 3956
dmennill@uwindsor.ca


Contacts for Committees

Dr. John Hudson
Chair, Animal Care Committee

519-253-3000 ext. 2715
jhudson@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Ken Drouillard
Chair, Research Safety Committee

519-253-3000 ext. 2528
kgd@uwindsor.ca

Ms. Sherri Lynne Menard
Biological Safety Program
University of Windsor Chemical Control Centre

519-253-3000 ext. 2055
smenard@uwindsor.ca

Dr. Suzanne McMurphy
Interim Chair, University of Windsor Research Ethics Board (REB)

519-253-3000 ext. 3071
ethics@uwindsor.ca

Animal Care Coordinator
Cassandra Catalano
Contact for: Animal Care
519-253-3000 ext. 3741
acc@uwindsor.ca

Chemical Control Centre Coordinator
Sharon Lavigne
Contact for: Biosafety
519-253-3000 ext. 3523
ccc@uwindsor.ca

Research Ethics Board Coordinator
Mary Jane Nohra
Contact for: Research Ethics Board
519-253-3000 ext. 3948
ethics@uwindsor.ca

Research Safety Committee Coordinator
Kerri Rice
Contact for: Research Safety
519-253-3000 ext. 3923
rsc@uwindsor.ca