Contact us

Brock University’s Research Enterprise is comprised of several units, each with unique functions and responsibilities. Below is the contact information for staff members in our respective units, please use the following links to access the unit that you are looking to connect with:

Shawn Bukovac

Manager, Animal Care 
905 688 5550 x6340
[email protected]

Kristin Bray

Animal Care Technician 
905 688 5550 x5820
[email protected]

Dr. Alistair Ker

Clinical Veterinarian

For ACC and protocol related queries, send an email to [email protected].

Chandani Seegobin

Animal Care Technician
905 688 5550 x5820
[email protected] 

Alicia Van Osch

Animal Care Technician 
905 688 5550 x5820
[email protected] 

Dr. Shawn Davis

Clinical Veterinarian
[email protected]

Farzana Crocco

Executive Director, Innovation, Commercialization & Entrepreneurship 
905-688-5550 x6006
[email protected]

Georgios (George) Eftychiou

Business Development Manager, Research Partnerships
905-688-5550 x4572
[email protected]

Nahid Azizi

Research Partnerships Officer
905-688-5550 x4988
[email protected]

Karyn Gicante (on leave)

Innovation Program Coordinator
905-688-5550 x5183
[email protected]

Iva Bruhova

Innovation & Commercialization Manager
905-688-5550 x4449
[email protected]

Noshin Hashim

Innovation & Commercialization Manager
905-688-5550 x6607
[email protected]

Elina Ojanen

Research Commercialization Officer
905-688-5550 x3729
[email protected]

Tamara Jensen

Entrepreneurship Program Manager
905-688-5550 x4572
[email protected]

Cassie Conte

Entrepreneurship Program Manager
905-688-5550 x6306
[email protected]

Lori Walker

Manager, Research Ethics 
[email protected]

Carly MaGee

Research Ethics Officer, Health Sciences (HREB) 
[email protected]

Alyssa Bax

Research Ethics Officer, Social Sciences (SREB)
[email protected]

General Research Operations (ORS)

Agata D’Innocenzo

Director, Office of Research Services 
[email protected]

Darby Taylor

Research Project Facilitator
[email protected]

Research Accounting (ORS)

Koray Beduk

Manger, Research Accounting
[email protected]

Nicholas de Luca

Research Accountant
[email protected]

Mike Lostracco

Research Accountant
[email protected]

Bev Hill

Research Accountant
[email protected]

Research Funding (ORS)

Jasmine Little

Manager, Sponsored Research & Internal Programs
[email protected]

Samantha MacLean

Research Officer 
SSHRC Portfolio and Internal Programs
[email protected]

Tessa Mazachowsky (on leave)

Research Officer
Institutional and Strategic Programs
[email protected]

Julie Gregory

Research Officer
SSHRC Portfolio and Early Career Researchers
[email protected]

Laura Smithson

Research Officer
CIHR, NIH and Other Health Portfolios
[email protected]

Balaji Venkatesh

Research Officer
Mitacs, Other Partnership-Focused Grants, and NSERC Portfolio
[email protected]

Tyler Weaver

Research Officer
Institutional/Strategic Programs & Research Security
[email protected]

Patricia Okpara

Research Officer
NSERC Portfolio and Internal Programs
[email protected]

Tim Kenyon

Vice-President, Research 
905-688-5550 x3127
[email protected]

Kali Brix

Executive Assistant, Vice-President, Research
905-688-5550 x4315
[email protected]

Deborah O’Leary

Associate Vice-President, Research 
905-688-5550 x5024
[email protected]

Amy Tomaino

Executive Director, Office of the VP, Research 
905-688-5550 x4810
[email protected]

Edlira (Christina) Zahaj

Research Operations Manager
905-688-5550 x4200
[email protected]

Erika Penner

Administrative Assistant, Research Operations
905-688-5550 x5332
[email protected]

Anmolpreet Kaur

Compliance and Project Coordinator 
905-688-5550 x5277
[email protected]

Jayne Morrish

Manager, Research Impact
905-688-5550 x4566
[email protected]

Snežana Obradović-Ratković

Research Awards Program Facilitator
905-688-5550 x5233
[email protected]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization Advisor for Research
[email protected]

Larissa Barelli

CL3 Facility Manager and Interim VPMI Operations Manager
905-688-5550 ext. 3395
[email protected]

Tyler Kennedy Collins

High Performance Computing Specialist 
905-688-5550
[email protected]

James Desjardins

High Performance Computing Specialist 
905-688-5550 x4676
[email protected]

Newsletters

Brock’s research enterprise offers a variety of newsletters across its sub-units. Please see below for details on how to subscribe. 

The Research Ethics Beacon

Produced by the Office of Research Ethics and provides tips and information on human research ethics at Brock.

To join the Beacon mailing list, please email [email protected]

Brock Research Enterprise Alerts (BREA)

Produced by the Office of Research Services and provides monthly information regarding upcoming funding opportunities, events, and relevant news/updates.

To join the BREA mailing list, please email [email protected]

Brock LINC Newsletter

Produced by the Brock LINC and provides monthly updates on events, workshops and opportunities.

Please visit the Brock LINC website to subscribe