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DOE NEUP Staff

Aaron Gravelle

DOE Team Lead

Tony Feric, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Andrew Boulanger, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Jenna Payne

Program Manager

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John Gilligan, Ph.D.

NEUP Integration Office Director

Drew Thomas

NEUP Integration Office Manager

Angie Good​

Administrative Assistant, Innovations in Nuclear Student Paper Competition

Nick Case

Operations and Infrastructure Initiatives Lead

Cece Bell

Outreach and Communications Lead

Megha Dubey

CINR Phase II Continuation and Distinguished Early Career Lead

Tyler Newitt

Scholarship and Fellowship Lead

Joshua Peterson​

SBIR Coordinator and infrastructure Revitalization lead

Crystal Sosalla

Awards Maintenance, UNLP Data, Innovations in Nuclear Student Paper Competition

Joanna Taylor​

CINR R&D Lead

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NEUP – Nuclear Energy University Program

Aaron Gravelle

DOE Team Lead

(301) 903-7991

Aaron Gravelle is the NEUP Team Lead for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. His responsibilities include planning and executing DOE’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), Integrated University Program (IUP), and SBIR/STTR programs. Prior to his assignment, Gravelle worked as the DOE-ID Program Manager for NEUP.

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Tony Feric, Ph.D.

Program Manager

(240) 702-6390

Dr. Tony Feric is the Federal Program Manager for the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) Program and leads the Office of Nuclear Energy’s collaborations with the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), including the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF), Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC), Energy I-Corps, and EnergyTech University Prize. He will also be supporting the University Reactor Sharing and Outreach and University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization efforts.​

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Andrew Boulanger, Ph.D.

Program Manager

(301) 903-6210

Dr. Andrew Boulanger is the program manager for the University Fuel Services within the University and Competitive Research Team in the Office of Nuclear Energy Technologies. As part of the NEUP team, he leads the CINR Inrastructure and Reactor Sharing & Outreach funding opportunities.

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Jenna Payne

Program Manager

Jenna Payne is the program manager for the Office of Nuclear Energy’s University and Competitive Research Team. Payne oversees the university program’s R&D portfolio and NE’s scholarship and fellowship opportunities.

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John Gilligan, Ph.D.

NEUP Integration Office Director

(919) 515-3939

Dr. John Gilligan is the primary liaison for NEUP with universities, national laboratories, and industry and works with the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, the NEUP Engagement Committee and other organizations. He is responsible for general policies and procedures for the NEUP program.

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Drew Thomas

NEUP Integration Office Manager

(208) 526-1602

Drew Thomas manages the day-to-day operations of the Integration Office and works closely with the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy to administer NEUP.

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Angie Good​

Administrative Assistant

(208) 526-9613

Angie Good manages administrative duties within the office and assists with panel review. ​She also supports Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), and Innovations in Nuclear Student Paper Competition (INSC).

View Angie’s full bio here​​.

Nick Case

Operations and Infrastructure Initiatives Lead

(208) 681-3848

Nick Case manages the financial operations of the office. He leads CINR Infrastructure, University Reactor Sharing and Outreach, and University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization. He also oversees Integrated Research Projects (IRPs), and Industry (iFOA and GAIN) solicitations.

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Cece Bell

Outreach and Communications Lead

(208) 526-5210

Cece Bell leads all outreach and communications content for NE’s university program. She also supports University Reactor Sharing and Outreach.

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Megha Dubey

Phase II Continuation CINR Coordinator

(208) 526-5689

Megha Dubey leads review activities for Phase II Continuation CINR and assists with technical reviewers for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). She also supports the Distinguished Early Career Program (DECP).

View Megha’s full bio here​​.

Tyler Newitt

Student Educational Support

(208) 526-4990

Tyler leads the University Nuclear Leadership Program’s (UNLP) Scholarship and Fellowship processes. He also leads Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and the Innovations in Nuclear Student Paper Competition (INSC). Tyler provides support for the Civil Nuclear Credit Program and CINR R&D.

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Joshua Peterson​

Review and Data Specialist

(208) 526-5057​

Joshua Peterson manages the NE Reviewer Database. He also supports Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), CINR Infrastructure, and University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization​. He also assists with coordinati​on of NE’s portion of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and data projects for the Integration Office​.

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Crystal Sosalla

Awards Maintenance and UNLP Data Specialist

(208) 526-7203

Crystal Sosalla leads the program awards maintenance, which includes PICS:NE​. She also manages the UNLP reporting and data collections efforts, including processing of student travel and internships.

Joanna Taylor​

SBIR and TCF Reviewer Coordinator

(208) 526-9854

Joanna Taylor leads the coordinati​on of NE’s portion of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). She also supports Phase II Continuation CINR.

View Joanna’s full bio here​​.