Our Team

Administration

Maria Hernandez
Associate Vice President for Research Operations
509-335-7717
Maria.Hernandez4@wsu.edu

Sonja Hartwig
IBC Coordinator, Document Control Officer, & Training Coordinator
509-335-7183
katmere94@wsu.edu

Emily Vander Zanden 
Administrative Manager & Research Integrity Manager
509-335-1179
509-335-5238
emily.vanderzanden@wsu.edu  

Animal Welfare Program

Alan Ekstrand
Assistant Director
509-335-7951
alan.ekstrand@wsu.edu

Valeria Conforti
IACUC Compliance Specialist
509-335-1763
vconforti@wsu.edu

Carmen Haines
IACUC Compliance Specialist
509-335-5353
carmen.haines@wsu.edu

Kerri Kuykendall
IACUC Compliance Specialist & Post-Approval Reviewer
509-335-8043
kerri.kuykendall@wsu.edu

Human Research Protection Program

Joseph Crossno
Assistant Director
509-335-7195
joseph.crossno@wsu

Heather Brackett
Human Subjects Review Coordinator
509-335-2995
heather_brackett@wsu.edu

Malathi Jandhyala
Senior Compliance Specialist
509-335-3668
mjandhyala@wsu.edu

Tija Tippett
Human Subjects Review Coordinator
tija.tippett@wsu.edu 

Sydney Wirkkala
Compliance Specialist
509-335-1213
sydney.wirkkala@wsu.edu

Research Safety Program

Levi O’Loughlin
Associate Director & Biosafety Officer
509-335-1585
levi.oloughlin@wsu.edu

Doug Cuellar
Export Control Officer & Hazardous Material Shipping Specialist
509-335-0039
dcuellar@wsu.edu

Calvin Franklin
Biosafety Specialist
calvin.franklin@wsu.edu

Kathy Robertson-DeMers
Health Physicist
509-335-7058
k.robertson-demers@wsu.edu

Rey McGehee
Radiation Safety Officer
509-335-6763
rmcgehee@wsu.edu

John Sullivan 
Lead Health Physicist
509-335-4221
johns@wsu.edu