ORIS Staff List

Staff and teams serving the Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS) within the Research and Innovation Office (RIO). See more information about ORIS Services & Specialties.

For questions about research databases and tools, contact the Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS), oris@umn.edu, (612) 626-8707.

Polly Cashen
Director
(612) 624-8141 
peter362@umn.edu

Rosalie Dionne
Operations Coordinator 
(612) 626-7552 
pete5789@umn.edu
 

Research Systems Support

The research systems support team provides business analysis, project management, and system support services across the entire portfolio of research information systems.

Francine Anderson
Research System Support (RSS) Team Manager
(612) 625-0715
ande9576@umn.edu

Rod Chaffee
Business Analyst
(612) 625-8353
chaff001@umn.edu

Andrew Erickson-Peterson
Business Analyst
(612) 626-3832
eric4779@umn.edu

Dawn Graff
Project Manager
(612) 624-0583
dawng@umn.edu

Rachel Greaner
Business Analyst
(612) 626-1003
rgreaner@umn.edu

Denise Pech
Project Manager
(612) 624-0984
pech0090@umn.edu

Sonnia Peters
Business Analyst
(612) 626-0178
pete5555@umn.edu

Mat Moore
Business Analyst
(612) 624-4042
moor0055@umn.edu

Doug Nelson
Business Analyst
(612) 624-2040
nels8204@umn.edu

Eric Vegoe
Business Analyst
(612) 625-4636
vegoe004@umn.edu
 

Data Services

The data services team provides reporting and analysis, local systems development, and infrastructure support.

Sijia Ai
Developer
(312) 625-1763
aixxx033@umn.edu

Michelle Beaman
Data Analyst
(612) 624-6555
mbeaman@umn.edu

Aaron Bratlie
Customer & Technical Support Specialist
(612) 626-4207 
abratlie@umn.edu

Eric Sanford
System Administrator/Developer 
(612) 626-6974
esanford@umn.edu

Josh Miraglia
Data Analyst
(612) 626-4963
mirag006@umn.edu

Vern Wehrle
Data Services Mgr.
(612) 624-4051
wehrl001@umn.edu