Organising Committee

Cláudia holds a Licenciatura in German/English and a Ph.D. in Multimedia in Education from the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. As a research manager with over 20 years, she has led R&D project management with a focus on European funding initiatives. Her extensive experience includes serving as a coordinating project manager for numerous EU-funded projects, such as four FP7, four Horizon 2020, four Horizon Europe, as well as two NATO SPS projects. In addition, she is the work package leader responsible for training activities in two MSCA Doctoral Networks. Alongside her RMA role, she conducts research on technology-enhanced learning at DIGIMEDIA/DECA (Universidade de Aveiro). Cláudia is an active member of several organisations including the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), ARMA, EARMA, and is a founding member and a member of the Board of the Portuguese Research Management Association.

Senior Research Project Manager at KTH, passionate about bridging science and structured project management. With a PhD in Molecular Genetics and more than 10 years of experience, I focus on enabling researchers to succeed by managing complex projects efficiently.

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Jessica Schiller is a Research Project Manager at the University of Notre Dame, where she partners with principal investigators to navigate large and complex research projects and portfolios. She has nearly a decade of experience in post-award grants management and research project management. Jessica holds a Doctor of Education with a specialization in Higher Education Educational Practice & Leadership from the University of North Dakota, where her dissertation examined administrative burden in federal research grant management.

Her commitment to adult learning runs throughout her career. She has taught Introduction to Psychology at the college level for over ten years, holds graduate-level training in curriculum development and andragogy, and has presented at both NCURA and SRAI. Earlier in her career, while employed in Financial Aid, she designed and delivered financial literacy programming for undergraduate students at Saint Mary's College, and then again for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Notre Dame. When Jessica worked in crisis mental health and substance abuse services as a limited license psychologist, she partnered with Grand Valley State University to develop a clinical site rotation for physician assistant (PA) interns. This required consistent, comprehensive learning opportunities that met licensure and degree requirements for the PA students.

These cumulative experiences shaped her belief that well-designed learning opportunities can ameliorate knowledge gaps and move work and the field forward. Jessica sees INRPM's Education and Events committee as an opportunity to bring that same philosophy to a growing international community of research project managers.

As the Director of the Program Management Office (PMO) at the University of Colorado Boulder, I lead and inform strategic execution of research programs across campus. With more than 18 years of experience spanning government, industry, non-profit, and higher education in program development and management, project management, and business operations, I am passionate about connecting with the research project management community and partnering for joint development and fellowship. I focus on driving efficiencies, fostering collaboration, and ensuring compliance across complex, multidisciplinary teams ensuring the focus is on our ability to meet outcomes and impacts. I lead a team that supports research project strategy and execution while helping shape broader institutional approaches to research program management, partnering closely with university leadership, faculty, and administrators to advance project and campus goals. I also contribute actively to the broader research project management and research administration community through presentations, professional development, and community-building efforts (NCURA/SRAI/NYC RAD Series/UIDP to name a few), including as co-founder of the International Network of Research Project Managers. I am a co-PI and PM for an NSF GRANTED planning grant focused on research project management survey and data analysis to discover potential interventions in the RPM field. I also served on the EARMA PAPM core team and several groups including survey/studies, complexity tool, and global RPM certification before the PAPM was reorganized - work that I would like to continue. I am currently leading an effort, with other RPM colleagues, within SRAI to launch the first RPM certificate and within NCURA to create a new dedicated RPM theme group. I hold an EMBA and am certified as a PMP, CRA, and Prosci Change Practitioner, and am committed to strengthening communication, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement to help our RPM community research teams achieve high-performing, compliant outcomes.

Nicole Quartiero joined Notre Dame Research in 2022 as the inaugural Director of Research Project Management, where she leads the Research Project Management Team and oversees strategic initiatives supporting large and complex research efforts across the research enterprise. In this role, she partners with faculty, research leadership, and administrative stakeholders to strengthen research operations, improve project execution, and advance institutional research goals. She is also a member of the Notre Dame Project Management Community of Practice.

Prior to joining Notre Dame Research, Nicole spent more than a decade working across the full research lifecycle in academic and clinical research environments, building expertise in research administration, compliance, operations, and project management. She was recognized by the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) as a Future of the Field Rising Star in 2021 and later served as Chair of the Future of the Field Subcommittee. Nicole currently serves as a Board Member for SRAI and is a frequent national presenter and contributor focused on advancing research project management as a strategic function within the research enterprise.

Nicole earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Arizona State University and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Management. She is a Certified Research Administrator (RACC) and is currently preparing to sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam in June 2026.

Nicole Scott is a research project manager within the ResearchPOST team at Iowa State University. She has 20+ years of experience in research and a passion for interdisciplinary projects and team science. Previous to this role, she worked at ISU as the project manager for interdisciplinary and multi-institutional projects from NSF and USDA NIFA. She holds a B.S. in biology from Iowa State University, a M.Res in primatology from Roehampton University and a Ph.D. in cognitive science from University of Minnesota.
Nicole is a member of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) and co-organizer of the National Research Project Management Network (RPM-Net).

P. Alison Paprica PhD, PMP is a Senior Fellow and Professor (adjunct) at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and the Principal of Research Project Management (RPM).

Previously, Alison was a member of the Executive Committee at Health Data Research Network Canada; the inaugural Vice President, Health Strategy and Partnerships at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence; and the Director of Strategic Partnerships at ICES. From 2010 to 2013, she was the Director of the Planning, Research and Analysis Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Health, where she was responsible for up to $60 million annual applied health research investment and in-house knowledge translation activities to bring research findings into policy and practice. Before working in the public sector, Alison held scientist and management positions at three international pharmaceutical R&D companies.

Alison is an early adopter of project management and is among the first 3% of the ~1.6 million people worldwide who hold the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. As a strong supporter of research, and expert practitioner of project management, she has developed and delivered courses, workshops and webinars focused on the management and leadership of research to over 2,500 people, including for the University of Toronto, McMaster University, the Canadian Evaluation Society, CIHR Health System Impact Fellows, NSERC-funded CREATE programs, Cornell University, the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and many others.

In partnership with University of Toronto Press, Alison published Research Project Management and Leadership: A Handbook for Everyone in 2024.

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Pauline Rasera is European Project Manager at RMIT Europe, the European Hub of RMIT University. Pauline has been working as Project Manager for over 10 years in Spain, France and Slovenia. She has been involved in the preparation and management of a broad range of projects, including the successive EU framework programs, COST, Interreg, Erasmus, ANR (France)... and currently coordinates a MSCA-COFUND Program aiming at creating a doctoral network between France and Australia. As per her background, Pauline holds a Master's degree in European Studies from Aix-Marseille Université.