{"id":8967,"date":"2026-11-03T11:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/?page_id=8967"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T18:56:04","slug":"leadership-and-governance-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/leadership-and-governance-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership and Governance 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Vice President of RIED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Dr. Rupa Iyer\u2019s Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rupa Iyer is the inaugural Vice President of Research, Innovation and Economic Development and Professor of Biology at Tarleton State University and is leading the planning, implementation, and oversight for a university-wide strategic initiative to expand sponsored research and innovation and promote partnerships to stimulate economic development. During her tenure, she has implemented cohesive collaboration and communication strategies to engage internal and external stakeholders to organize the Division from ground up. She has brokered new partnerships to successfully increase new funding, large funding and led creation of new research strengths, developed tools to enhance faculty research, capture research expenditures. In the last 3 years, Tarleton State consistently increased research expenditures and HERD rankings in her history. Iyer led the creation of the first EDA funded Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in North Texas to support rural entrepreneurs. She has also led the creation of two new institutes, The Biotechnology Research and Innovation Institute (TAMUS -Fort Worth) and the Institute for Rural Research and Economic development, both to support regional innovation ecosystems and drive economic development through research, especially in underserved communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Division of Research, Innovation and Economic Development<\/h2><\/div>
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Assistant Vice President of Research Development
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Dr. Deborah Roark<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Vice President of Grant Management<\/em>
Research Building Office 156<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kat Keith<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research Services Coordinator<\/em>
Research Building Office 152<\/em>
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Dulce Vidal<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Operations Manager and Executive Assistant to VP of RIED<\/em>
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Grant Administrator II<\/em>
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Contracts and Grants Administrator II
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Research Compliance Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Rupa Iyer<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director
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Dr. Kolawole Ogundari<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Senior Research Scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grants Administrator
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Dulce Vidal<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Operations Manager and Executive Assistant to VP of RIED<\/em>
Research Building Office 151<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Deborah Roark<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Vice President of Grant Management<\/em>
Research Building Office 156<\/em>
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Kat Keith<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research Services Coordinator<\/em>
Research Building Office 152<\/em>
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