To KU peer reviewers, with gratitude

One hundred forty-six.

Simon AtkinsonThat’s how many proposals and nominations the Office of Research received this academic year for our internal grant and achievement award programs and limited submission competitions. Each application represents many hours of thoughtful preparation — and many more years spent building the research, scholarship or creative trajectory that led to its submission.

Choosing recipients is never an easy task, but we strive to facilitate a peer review process that recognizes applicants’ tremendous effort. That process relies on faculty and staff experts who carefully evaluate proposals against selection criteria, provide constructive comments to applicants, discuss their assessments with fellow reviewers to reach consensus, and ultimately recommend the top-rated proposals or nominations.

As the semester winds down, I want to publicly thank the people — nearly 100 of them from a diverse range of disciplines — who graciously served in these roles during the 2022-23 academic year. Your behind-the-scenes work made it possible for our office to support a whole lot of outstanding researchers, scholars and creators. We appreciate your time and thoughtfulness!

Publishing this list is both an expression of gratitude and an effort to create more transparency. In response to feedback from KU community members, we piloted a number of reforms this year designed to minimize the potential influence of bias in the review process. This included publishing criteria for reviewer selection, providing bias training for reviewers, revising an evaluation rubric based on best practices for avoiding bias, and more. As we continue to assess and reflect on the process and its outcomes, please share your recommendations with us.

In the meantime, please join me in thanking this year’s reviewers. And please consider serving in this critical role if you are invited in the future.

Simon Atkinson
Vice Chancellor for Research
 

2022-23 Peer Reviewers

The following KU faculty and staff served as peer reviewers for one or more internal grant and achievement award programs or limited submission competitions sponsored by the Office of Research during the 2022-23 academic year. We are grateful to each of you for devoting your time and expertise to helping us identify promising research, scholarship and creative activity for support and recognition — and for providing constructive feedback to applicants as they continue to pursue their lines of inquiry.

Every effort has been made to ensure this list is complete. If you discover a name is missing, please alert Mindie Paget at mpaget@ku.edu.

  1. Brian Ackley, associate professor, molecular biosciences
  2. Alan Allgeier, associate professor, chemical & petroleum engineering
  3. Giselle Anatol, professor, English and interim director, Hall Center for the Humanities
  4. Simon Atkinson, vice chancellor for research and professor, molecular biosciences
  5. Meredith Bagwell-Gray, assistant professor, social welfare
  6. Beth Bailey, Foundation Distinguished Professor, history
  7. Reza Barati, associate professor, chemical & petroleum engineering
  8. Theodore Bergman, Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor, mechanical engineering
  9. Cindy Berrie, professor, chemistry
  10. Sharon Billings, University Distinguished Professor, ecology & evolutionary biology
  11. Michael Blum, Ritchie Distinguished Professor, geology
  12. Justin Blumenstiel, associate professor, ecology & evolutionary biology
  13. Nancy Brady, professor, speech-language-hearing: sciences & disorders
  14. Michael Branicky, professor, electrical engineering & computer science
  15. Nicholas Britt, assistant professor, pharmacy practice
  16. Wai-Lun Chan, associate professor, physics & astronomy
  17. Hyesun Cho, associate professor, curriculum & teaching
  18. Kelly Chong, professor, sociology
  19. Ian Crossfield, assistant professor, physics & astronomy
  20. Sarah Deer, University Distinguished Professor, women, gender & sexuality studies
  21. Dale Dorsey, professor, philosophy
  22. Jaclyn Dudek, assistant professor, curriculum & teaching
  23. Ben Eggleston, professor, philosophy
  24. Rana Esfandiary, assistant professor, theatre & dance
  25. Christopher Fischer, professor, physics & astronomy
  26. Teri Finneman, associate professor, journalism
  27. Vincent Francisco, Kansas Health Foundation Professor of Community Leadership, applied behavioral science
  28. Craig Freeman, senior scientist, Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research
  29. Lisa Friis, professor, mechanical engineering
  30. Mary Fry, professor, educational psychology
  31. Jeff Girard, assistant professor, psychology
  32. Jean Hall, research professor, Life Span Institute
  33. Heidi Hallman, professor, curriculum & teaching
  34. Lynn Hancock, associate professor, molecular biosciences
  35. Paul Hanson, Chancellors Club Teaching Professor, chemistry
  36. Misty Heggeness, associate professor, public affairs & administration
  37. Michael Hoeflich, John H. & John M. Kane Distinguished Professor of Law
  38. Erik Holmstrom, assistant professor, molecular biosciences
  39. Scott Ishman, associate director for research & senior scientist, Kansas Geological Survey
  40. Mark Jakubauskas, director for research, Edwards Campus and teaching professor, Environmental Studies Program
  41. Mat Johnson, professor, mathematics
  42. Mark Joslyn, professor, political science
  43. Jay Kalbas, director, Kansas Geological Survey and professor, geology
  44. Masoud Kalantari-Dahaghi, associate professor, chemical & petroleum engineering
  45. Megan Kaminski, associate professor, English
  46. John Kelly, professor, ecology & evolutionary biology
  47. Hyunjoon Kim, assistant professor, pharmaceutical chemistry
  48. Min-Young Kim, assistant professor, curriculum & teaching
  49. Kathleen Lynne Lane, associate vice chancellor for research and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, special education
  50. Zhipeng Liu, associate professor, mathematics
  51. Erik Lundquist, associate vice chancellor for research and professor, molecular biosciences
  52. Ward Lyles, associate professor, public affairs & administration
  53. Meggie Mapes, assistant specialist, communication studies
  54. Daryl Mellard, retired research associate, Life Span Institute
  55. Richard Miller, senior scientist, Kansas Geological Survey
  56. Ludwin Molina, professor, psychology
  57. Mark Mort, professor, ecology & evolutionary biology
  58. Minae Mure, associate professor, chemistry
  59. Jennifer Ng, associate vice provost for faculty affairs and professor, educational leadership & policy studies
  60. Trung Van Nguyen, professor, chemical & petroleum engineering
  61. Karen Nordheden, associate professor, chemical & petroleum engineering
  62. Dennis O'Rourke, Foundation Distinguished Professor, anthropology
  63. Chang Hoon Oh, William & Judy Docking Professor of Strategy, business
  64. Susan Palmer, professor emerita, Life Span Institute
  65. Meagan Patterson, professor, educational psychology
  66. A. Townsend Peterson, University Distinguished Professor, ecology & evolutionary biology
  67. Mabel Rice, Fred & Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies, speech-language-hearing: sciences & disorders
  68. Christopher Rogan, J.D. Stranathan Assistant Professor of Experimental Physics, physics & astronomy
  69. D. Christopher Rogers, associate research professor, Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research
  70. Panying Rong, assistant professor, speech-language-hearing: science & disorders
  71. Jarron Saint Onge, associate professor, sociology
  72. Frank Schoenen, associate research professor, Higuchi Biosciences Center
  73. Steve Schrock, professor, civil, environmental & architectural engineering
  74. Hyunjin Seo, Oscar Stauffer Professor of Journalism
  75. Mark Shiflett, Foundation Distinguished Professor, chemical & petroleum engineering
  76. Jorge Soberón, director, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum and Foundation Distinguished Professor, ecology & evolutionary biology
  77. Kwangok Song, associate professor, curriculum & teaching
  78. Steven Soper, Foundation Distinguished Professor, chemistry and bioengineering
  79. Russell Swerdlow, Gene & Marge Sweeney Professor, KU Medical Center
  80. John Symons, professor, philosophy
  81. Nicholas Syrett, professor, women, gender & sexuality studies
  82. Daniel Tapia Takaki, associate professor, physics & astronomy
  83. Candan Tamerler, associate vice chancellor for research and Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor, mechanical engineering
  84. David Tell, professor, communication studies
  85. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, De-Min & Chin-Sha Wu Associate Professor of Economics
  86. Jon Tunge, professor, chemistry
  87. Peter Ukpokodu, professor, African & African-American Studies
  88. Rob Unckless, associate professor, molecular biosciences
  89. Dale Walker, associate research professor, Life Span Institute
  90. Jamie Walters, associate professor, ecology & evolutionary biology
  91. Maggie Witek, associate research professor, chemistry
  92. Michael Wolfe, Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
  93. Liang Xu, professor, molecular biosciences
  94. Hui Zhao, professor, physics & astronomy
  95. Liqin Zhao, associate professor, pharmacology & toxicoloy
  96. Cuncong Zhong, assistant professor, electrical engineering & computer science