Associate Deans for Research
Virginia Tech’s Associate Deans for Research serve as key partners and are liaisons to the Office of Research and Innovation’s administrative leadership team. They work closely and collaboratively with staff, students, faculty, and administration in their respective colleges, to foster academic and research excellence.
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Michael Borowski
Interim Dean for Research and Creative Scholarship,
College of Architecture, Arts, and Design
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Mary Burrows
Associate Dean for Research,
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Tom Ewing
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research,
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
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Keith Goyne
Associate Dean for Research,
College of Natural Resources and Environment
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Lara Khansa
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs,
Pamplin College of Business
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Leslie LaConte
Associate Dean for Research,
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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Margie Lee
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies,
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
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John Morris
Associate Dean for Research,
College of Science
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Ginny Pannabecker
Assistant Dean and Director,
Research Collaboration and Engagement
University Libraries