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Business Operations

Business Operations provides HR and office administration support for the Division of Research.
Business Operations:
  • Accounts Payable and Purchasing
  • Research Investment Funds
  • Internal Awards
  • Royalty Distributions and Payments
  • Budgeting, Accounting, & Reconciliations
  • Division Certifying Signature
  • Manage Annual Budgeting Process
  • Monthly reconciliation
  • Reallocations
  • Create and Close Cost Centers
  • Departmental Oversight and Support
  • Policies and Procedures Administration
  • Business Training and Development

Staff

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Cris Milligan is the Assistant Vice President for Research Administration and joined the University of Houston in 2011. Milligan oversees the division's Business Operations, Data Assessment and IT, and Research Core Facilities units.
cmilligan@uh.edu
713-743-9201

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Ron Mesa
Executive Administrative Assistant
rmmesa@central.uh.edu
713-743-9488

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Claude Abner
Assistant Business Administrator – Finance
cabner@uh.edu
713-743-0160

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Timothy Alicea
Accountant 2
tbalicea@central.uh.edu
713-743-8658

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Ken Jones
Accountant 3
kjones31@uh.edu
713-743-7727

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Sharon Kuang
Accountant 4
skuang@uh.edu
713-743-6875


Information Technology

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Hao Yu
Systems Administrator 1
hyu19@uh.edu
713-743-8406