Richard McCullough, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Research

Holyoke Center Suite 836
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-9566
Richard_McCullough@harvard.edu

Richard McCullough, Ph.D., is the Vice Provost for Research, working with the President and Provost to encourage, cultivate, and coordinate high impact academic research across all of Harvard’s schools and affiliated institutions. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (VPR), which Dr. McCullough leads, has broad responsibility and oversight for the review, development, and
implementation of policies related to the organization and execution of
academic research, especially in the sciences, and to aspects of the
University's relations with foundations and industry. The office portfolio also
specifically includes interdisciplinary research, and research funding.

Led by Vice Provost McCullough, the Office of the VPR is particularly focused on removing barriers to collaboration, whether in University policies, or
financial or administrative systems. Additionally, the Vice Provost for
Research works with the President and Provost to foster and encourage
entrepreneurship, whether by undergraduates, graduate students, or faculty
members.

Prior to being named Vice Provost for Research, at Harvard, Richard McCullough was the Vice President for Research at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, where he also had served as the Dean of the Mellon College of Science, and head of the Department of Chemistry. The Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon, McCullough, whose research has principally been focused on developing printable electronic materials, founded two companies: Plextronics Inc, and Liquid X Printed Metals.  He is
a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Advanced Materials.

Richard McCullough has a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Texas, Dallas and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University, and did his postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University.

Kenneth L. Carson, J.D.

Assistant Provost for Research Policy
Holyoke Center Suite 836
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-9829
ken_carson@harvard.edu

Ken Carson's responsibilities include serving as liaison to the Harvard Catalyst Regulatory Group and to the University Human Research Protection Programs. He has worked in the Research Administration Services office of FAS, most recently as Research Integrity Officer for FAS.

Before joining Harvard, Mr. Carson practiced law in Boston, where he was active in the Boston Bar Association, serving as co-chair of the Intellectual Property Section and as co-chair of the Computer and Internet Law Committee. He has also worked in two start-up ventures: an Internet company delivering affordable legal services to consumers, and a management consulting and research firm. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

Elizabeth Langdon-Gray, LL.M.

Assistant Provost for Research Development and Planning
Holyoke Center Suite 840
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
elizabeth_langdon-gray@harvard.edu

Liz Langdon-Gray was educated in Scotland, receiving her MA from the University of St. Andrews and her LL.M. from the University of Edinburgh.  Liz spent 4 years as Senior Analyst for the Academic Senate of the University of California, San Francisco, where among other tasks she provided analytic and administrative support to the UCSF Committee on Research. 

From 2005-2008, Liz was Principal Research Policy Analyst in the University of California Office of the President, where she worked closely with the Vice-Provost for Research.  In 2008 Liz became Legislative Director, Research Policy in the UC Office of Federal Relations in Washington, DC.

Melissa J. Lopes, J.D.

Associate Director for Research Policy and Implementation
Holyoke Center Suite 840
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
melissa_lopes@harvard.edu

Melissa Lopes is a graduate of Boston College and Boston University School of Law. After practicing as a health care attorney with Choate, Hall and Stewart and a yearlong health policy fellowship with Community Catalyst, Melissa joined the Massachusetts Department of Public Health ("DPH"), where since August 2004 she served as Deputy General Counsel.

While at DPH, Ms. Lopes was very involved in developing the Massachusetts conflict of interest regulations and was the recipient of a 2009 Rx for Excellence Award and a Commonwealth Citation for Outstanding Performance for her efforts in COI regulatory oversight.  Ms. Lopes was also heavily engaged in stem cell regulatory oversight, drafting the Massachusetts Stem Cell Regulations and a significant Advisory Ruling interpreting the meaning of “Valuable Consideration” as it applies to donations to hESC research.

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