Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studies
"Our goal is to provide the best possible environment to conduct nationally recognized research and scholarly activity."
John G. Gilligan, Ph.D. | Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Meet the Vice Chancellor
Dr. John G. Gilligan, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies encourages and promotes research and graduate curricular development through partnership with the colleges of NC State University, their faculty, and staff. The Vice Chancellor's office plays an important role in the University's relationships with federal agencies, corporations, and foundations in their efforts to support international prominence of NC State's research, graduate program, and technology transfer missions with societal, scientific and commercially viable results.
Title and Responsibility
Dr. John G. Gilligan, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, North Carolina State University, is responsible for state, federal, industry, and foundation-sponsored programs (total NCSU research and development expenditures are approaching $315 million per year); university regulatory compliance, sponsored program support, university project development, technology transfer and commercialization, Centennial Campus and NC State University graduate school (over 7,000 graduate students in 10 colleges).
Dr. Gilligan has been an NC State University faculty member and administrator since 1983; and Vice Chancellor since 2002. He has mentored over 45 graduate students as a committee member and/or chair. An author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Vice Chancellor Gilligan is responsible for over $4 million in external grants/contracts; he is a member and officer of numerous professional organizations and sits on the board for several non-profit organizations. Dr. Gilligan’s areas of scholarly expertise include plasma physics, plasma-material interaction, fusion energy engineering, and engineering education.
Education
- BSE Engineering Sciences/Engineering
Purdue University, 1971 - MNE Masters of Nuclear Engineering
University of Michigan, 1973 - PhD Nuclear Engineering
University of Michigan, 1977
Research and Graduate Studies Staff
Chris Brown
cbrown@ncsu.edu
919 513-2457
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development
John Gilligan
john_gilligan@ncsu.edu
919 515-2117
Vice Chancellor, Research and Graduate Studies
Miriam Hines
miriam_hines@ncsu.edu
919 515-2117
Administrative Officer
Terri L. Lomax
terri_lomax@ncsu.edu
919 515-7956
Dean of the Graduate School
Steve Lommel
steve_lommel@ncsu.edu
919 515-6990
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Kannapolis Campus
Matt Peterson
matt_peterson@ncsu.edu
919 513-9340
Director of Federal Research Affairs
Matt Ronning
matt_ronning@ncsu.edu
919 513-2148
Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Administration
and Director of Sponsored Programs and Regulatory Compliance Services
Business Address
Office of Research and Graduate Studies
North Carolina State University
103 Holladay Hall, Box 7003
Raleigh, NC 27695-7003
919 515-2117 Phone
919 515-7521 Fax