Research and Graduate Studies
Our Team
Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Location: 248 Sciences Center Classroom Building
General office email: cosamresearch@auburn.edu
Office fax: 334-844-5255
Mark Liles, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Phone: 334-844-9226
Email: lilesma@auburn.edu
Amy Thomas, Director of Research Program Development and Grants
Phone: 334-844-1644
Email: alt0009@auburn.edu
Role: COSAM point of contact for proposal development, pre- and post-award management
Leslie Chambers
Email: beechla@auburn.edu
Role: Manager of Financial Administration overseeing COSAM Centers and Institutes
Sharon Godbee,
Contracts and Grants Specialist II
Phone: 334-844-4264
Email: sdg0028@auburn.edu
Role: Pre-award and post-award proposal development; college-wide complex proposals; back up to Department of Physics
Katie Brown
Phone: 334-844-4894
Email: ksn0006@auburn.edu
Role: Conference/Meeting/Workshop development, post-award support (25% assignment)
Cory Unruh, Contracts and Grants Specialist III
Phone: 334-844-1642
Email: cmu0005@auburn.edu
Role: Pre-award and post-award proposal development for the Auburn University Museum of Natural History and Davis Arboretum; college-wide complex proposals; back up to Department of Biological Sciences
Kristy Rinker, Contracts and Grants Specialist I
Email: kww0002@auburn.edu
Role: Back up for Mathematics and Statistics; back up for Chemistry and Biochemistry; back-up for Geosciences; COSAM Dean's Office; COSAM OIED; COSAM STEM Outreach