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Committee on Research (COR)

Duties

The Committee on Research (CoR) formulates and advises the Chancellor or Chancellor’s designee on the Senate’s position on all matters pertaining to research in the Division. This includes matters relating to research and research safety policy, and the review of proposed and existing research units. CoR maintains liaison with the University Committee on Research Policy (UCORP).

For a complete description of CoR’s duties please see the committee’s bylaws.

AY 23-24 Meeting Schedule, Agendas, and Minutes

2023-2024 Membership

Tao Ye, Chair, School of Natural Sciences, UCORP representative
Jeanette Cobian, Vice-Chair, School of Engineering
Arvind Gopinath, School of Engineering
Andrea Joyce, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Brad LeVeck, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Xiaoyi Lu, School of Engineering
Andrea Merg, School of Natural Sciences
Ramendra Saha, School of Natural Sciences (Spring 2024)

Ex-Officio (non-voting):

Patti LiWang, Senate Chair, School of Natural Sciences
Matt Hibbing, Senate Vice-Chair, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Gillian Wilson, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
TBD, Graduate Student Representative

Corresponding System Committee:

University Committee on Research Policy (UCORP)

Office of Research:

UC Merced Office of Research

Senate Faculty Grant Recipients

Contact:

Simrin Takhar

Principal Analyst

209-228-4369

stakhar@ucmerced.edu