Jeffrey Underwood

Jeffrey Underwood is an associate vice president for research at Cal State LA and directs the University’s Office of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities. Since 2019, he has served as acting chair of Cal State LA BioSpace. He is a Certified Research Administrator (CRA) and is active with the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP), and the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and served as the Nevada state climatologist at the University of Nevada.