The Office of Research is proud to present the Research Rainmakers, faculty and staff researchers whose sponsored research awards in fiscal year 2025 placed them in the top 25% of earners at UC. Below is the full list of the researchers, their colleges, and the number of times they have been recognized for this accomplishment since fiscal year 2016.

Congratulations, Research Rainmakers!

Allied Health Sciences

Dana Michelle Harley, 5

Arts & Sciences

Sarah Whitton, 8
Anna Gudmundsdottir, 6
Ryan White, 6
Ashley Ross, 5
Wei Liu, 4
Colin Bischoff, 3
Elizabeth Hobson, 3
Yujie Sun, 3
Daniel Buchholz, 2
Anthony Grillo, 2
Joshua Gross, 2
Evgeny Mikheev, 2
Andrew Lewis, 1
Mark Raider, 1
Pietro Strobbia, 1
Hans Peter Wagner, 1
Jure Zupan, 1

Blue Ash

Robin Lightner, 1

Clermont

James Cullen, 9

Cooperative Education and Professional Studies

Emily Aleshire, 2

Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning

Myoung Kim, 2
Ashley Kubley, 2

Engineering and Applied Science

Ephraim Gutmark, 9
Jason Heikenfeld, 9
Kelly Cohen, 8
Frank Gerner, 8
John Marty Emmert, 6
Marc Cahay, 5
Whitney Gaskins, 5
Rashmi Jha, 5
Munir Nazzal, 4
Sundararaman Anand, 3
Daniel Cuppoletti, 3
Xiadong Jia, 3
Maobing Tu, 3
Manish Kumar, 2
Tao Li, 2
Ou Ma, 2
Anoop Sathyan, 2
Jing Shi, 2
Justin Zhan, 2
Soryong Chae, 1
Janet Dong, 1
Hazem Elzarka, 1
Dongmei Feng, 1
Vadim Guliants, 1
Gregory Harris, 1
Donghoon Kim, 1
Cederick Kwuimy, 1
Paula Lampley, 1
Zhixia Li, 1
Volha Liaudanskaya, 1
Eric Nauman, 1
Panagiotis Smirniotis, 1
Lei Wang, 1

Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services

Benjamin Kelcy, 10
Victoria Carr, 9
Deborah Telfer, 8
Orville Mcdonald, 5
Cory Haberman, 4
Amanda La Guardia, 4
Sarah Manchak, 4
Jennifer Ottley, 4
Tammy Lee Dean, 3
Hye Pae, 3
Eric Willoughby, 2
Samantha Giammarco, 1
Jessica Lee Huff, 1
Lori Beth Vincent, 1

Lindner College of Business

Katherine Harmon, 2

Medicine

Joseph Broderick, 10
Melissa Delbello, 10
Carl Fichtenbaum, 10
Michael Goodman, 10
Jun-lin Guan, 10
Pooja Khatri, 10
Francis McCormack, 10
Diego Perez-Tilve, 10
T. John Winhusen, 10
Daniel Woo, 10
William Davidson, 9
George Deepe, 9
Guochang Fan, 9
Timothy Pritts, 9
Mark Baccei, 8
Kelly Jo Brunst, 8
Jane Yu, 8
Jason Blackard, 7
Pamposh Kaul, 7
Ardythe Morrow, 7
Albert Owens, 7
Jiajie Diao, 6
Kristin Hudock, 6
Yu Luo, 6
Jeffrey Strawn, 6
Achala Vagal, 6
Trisha Wise-Draper, 6
Yanbo Fan, 5
Matthew Flaherty, 5
James Herman, 5
Hyacinth Idu Hyacinth, 5
Aram Zabeti, 5
John Byrd, 4
Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska, 4
Moises Huaman Joo, 4
Devendra Sohal, 4
Eric Wohleb, 4
Andrew Duker, 3
Jean Elwing, 3
Edward Faber, 3
Alan Fleischer 3
Nishant Gupta, 3
Amanda Jackson, 3
Hani Kushlaf, 3
Jennifer Leddon, 3
Satish Madala, 3
Fabiano Nery, 3
Richard Ryan, 3
Wei Shi, 3
Caleb Adler, 2
Kermit Davis, 2
Konstantinos Drosatos, 2
Rachel Foot, 2
Robert Franklin, 2
Michael Knopp, 2
Christopher Lemmon, 2
Eva Mistry, 2
Laura Ngwenya, 2
Luis Patino Duran, 2
Kyle Walsh, 2
Lily Wang, 2
Ervin Woodle, 2
Caroline Alquist, 1
Khurram Bari, 1
William Chapman, 1
Vladimir Cotarian, 1
Kara De Felice, 1
Stacie Demel, 1
Lane Frasier, 1
Dina Gomaa, 1
Erin Hertlein, 1
Kristine Karkoska, 1
Brittany Krekeler, 1
Kara Markham, 1
Alberto Martini, 1
Robert McNamara, 1
Zulfa Omer, 1
Katie Phillips, 1
Teresa Reyes, 1
Adam Rojan, 1
Francisco Romo-Nava, 1
Renu Sah, 1
Cristiano Spadaccio, 1
Dylan Steen, 1

Nursing

Randi Bates, 1

Office of Research

Steve Lange, 7

Pharmacy

Timothy Phoenix, 6
Yuhang Zhang, 6
Nanlinikanth Kotagari, 3
Bingfang Yan, 3
Matthew Robson, 1

Top Collaborative Awards

Cross-Department

Strategy for Improving Stroke Treatment Response (SISTER) Trial
$3,308,306
College of Medicine
Pooja Khatri, Yasmin Aziz, Joseph Broderick, Eva Mistry, Achala Vagal, Lily Wang

NIH StrokeNet National Clinical Coordinating Center (NCC)
$2,455,413
College of Medicine
Pooja Khatri, Joseph Broderick, Eva Mistry, Achala Vagal, Laura Benken, Jamey Frasure, Michael Linke

Cross-College

Accelerating Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems
$5,092,995
CECH: Hazem Said, Vineela Kunapareddi; CEAS: Hazem Elzarka, Zhixia Li

Development of Real-Time Camera-based Human Digital Twin for Improving Worker Safety in Manufacturing and Logistics
$2,000,000
CEAS: Manish Kumar, Sam Anand, Kelly Cohen; CoM: Amit Bhattacharya; OoR: Justin Ouwerkerk

Prototyping of Smart Safety Helmets for Reducing Work-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Due to Falls and Blunt Impacts
$1,966,457
CEAS: Jing Shi, Chong Ahn, Tao Li, Eric Nauman; CoM: Kermit Davis, Jed Hartings