Reporting directly to K-State's president, the VPR is responsible for encouraging and facilitating the integration and enhancement of research activities across the university's colleges and multiple research centers, and will lead universitywide strategic research growth activities.
Jesse Perez Mendez, co-chair, provost and executive vice president
Ruth Welti, co-chair, university distinguished professor of biology
Rachelle Banwart, executive director of corporate engagement
Brad Behnke, interim dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences
Blake Billings, deputy general counsel
Teresa Douthit, faculty senate president and professor of animal sciences and industry
Stacy Hutchinson, associate dean for research and graduate programs in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
Greg Lohrentz, senior vice president of operations and finance at the KSU Foundation
Paul Lowe, associate vice president for research
Susan Metzger, director of strategic interdisciplinary program development
Justin Mourn, research technician on the FarmsLab Team
Claudia Petrescu, vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School
Jürgen Richt, Regents and university distinguished professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases, and director of NIH COBRE Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Artem Rudenko, Cortelyou-Rust professor of physics and director of the James R. Macdonald Laboratory
Alysia Starkey, CEO and dean of K-State Salina
Marshall Stewart, executive vice president for external engagement and chief of staff
Marty Vanier, associate director of the Biosecurity Research Institute and director of the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center
Zane Whitney, president of Graduate Student Council and doctoral student in history