Christopher Lawson, PhD
Executive Director, Alabama EPSCoR
Professor of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Chair, Coalition of EPSCoR/IDeA States

Dr. Lawson has been the Executive Director of AL EPSCoR since 2010.  He is also a Professor of Physics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a research specialty in optical sensing and nonlinear optics.  Dr. Lawson has published over 70 journal articles and 10 books or book chapters in these areas.

University of Alabama at Birmingham
701 20th Street South, AB 770P
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 975-5059
Email:  lawson@uab.edu
Linkedin: Christopher Lawson

Charlotte Nix
Program Administrator

Ms. Nix is a graduate of the University of Alabama and has been a member of the Alabama EPSCoR staff since 2006.  She currently serves as the Program Administrator for Alabama EPSCoR.

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Phone: (205) 348-7079
Email:  cnix@aalan.ua.edu

Briauna Perryman
Program Coordinator II

Ms. Perryman  graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2017 with her degree in Marketing Management and plans to return for her MBA.  As of October 2017, she diligently serves as the Program Coordinator II for Alabama EPSCoR.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 996-7168
Email:  briaunap@uab.edu