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Dr. Dean A. Dunn
Assistant Director
Assistant Director for Research Grants and Program Administrator, The ACS Petroleum Research Fund.
Phone: (202) 872-4083
Email: d_dunn@acs.org

Dr. Burtrand I. Lee
Program Manager
Manages review of ACS PRF research proposals in the areas of Surface Science and Materials Science (Panels 5 and 10), and supervises grant management for those proposals awarded grants.
Phone: (202) 872-6254
Email: b_lee@acs.org

Dr. Askar Fahr
Program Manager
Manages review of ACS PRF research proposals in the areas of Physical Organic/Mechanistic Chemistry and Chemical Physics/Physical Chemistry (Panels 4 and 6), and supervises grant management for those proposals awarded grants. He is also the Program Manager for Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowships.
                                Phone: (202) 872-6207
                                Email: a_fahr@acs.org

Dr. Thomas Clancy
Program Manager
Manages review of ACS PRF research proposals in the areas of Polymer Science, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (Panels 7 and 9), and supervises grant management for those proposals awarded grants. He is also the Program Manager for Herman Frasch Foundation for Chemical Research.    
Phone: (202) 872-6093
                                 Email: t_clancy@acs.org

Dr. Nancy Jensen
Program Manager
Manages review of ACS PRF research proposals in the areas of Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, which includes Homogenous Catalysis (Panels 1 and 3), and supervises grant management for those proposals awarded grants. She is also the Program Manager for Teva Pharmaceuticals Scholars Grants.
                                 Phone: (202) 872-6186
                                 Email: n_jensen@acs.org

Dr. Fritz Theyer
Program Manager
Manages review of ACS PRF research proposals in the areas of Geochemistry, Geology, and Geophysics (Panels 2 and 8).
Phone: (202) 872-6091
Email: f_theyer@acs.org

Ms. Gayle Peterman
Finance and Grants Manager
Manages the administration of all grants including grant payments, budgets, time extensions, transfers, and annual grant reporting by grantee institutions.
Phone: (202) 872-6092
Email: g_peterman@acs.org

Mr. David Riper
Research Database Manager
Manages the Office of Research Grants Gifts SQL Server database and web applications to ensure the operational availability, security, and data quality of systems and processes related to proposal submission (IGAM), external review of proposals (ReviewerConnect), and grant management administration.
                                 Phone: (202) 872-4482
                                 Email: d_riper@acs.org
                                 

Ms. Tara Romig
Executive Assistant/Meeting Coordinator
Executive Assistant to the Assistant Director for Research Grants, and Meeting Coordinator for the ACS Petroleum Research Fund.
Phone: (202) 872-4459
Email: t_romig2@acs.org

Ms. Patricia Haizlip
Senior Grants Assistant
Assists the Finance and Grants Manager with the administration of ACS PRF grants.  
Phone: (202) 872-4483
Email: p_haizlip@acs.org

Ms. Marie Edwards
Lead Program Associate
Manages proposal submissions for Panels 2, 7, 8 & 9 and edits reviews for the proposals submitted to these Panels.
Phone: (202) 872-6278
Email: k_edwards@acs.org

Mr. Anthony Kittrell
Lead Program Associate
Manages proposal submissions for Panels 3, 5 & 10 and edits reviews for the proposals submitted to these Panels.
Phone: (202) 872-4484
Email: a_kittrell@acs.org

Ms. Holly Spence
Lead Program Associate
Manages proposal submissions for Panels 1, 4 & 6 and edits reviews for the proposals submitted to these Panels.
Phone: (202) 872-6115
Email: h_spence@acs.org