Bob Currey has served as Assistant VP for Research at The University of Texas at El Paso since the summer of 2009. His expertise and responsibilities include: congressional and federal relations; promoting and facilitating research in the defense and security and energy/environment/sustainability sectors; management and governance of organized research units and consortia; liaison with area military installations; establishment of the physical and administrative infrastructure to support sensitive and classified research activities at UTEP; and special, time-sensitive projects. He is a member of the UT System National Security Advisory Group. He is a proven director/manager of large, grant-funded, multi-institution, multi-discipline research programs and organizations. Prior to becoming AVPR he was a program manager, assistant director, associate director and director of UTEP’s Center for Environmental Resource Management. He has served on university committees to develop research strategic plans, and on binational (US-Mexico) committees and task forces addressing the environmental problems of the border region shared by the two countries, especially in the areas of air quality and its impact on health.