
Jenny Grabmeier
Director of Research Strategy and Team Science Facilitator
she/her
350C Pomerene Hall
1760 Neil Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Office Hours
On campus Tuesday and Thursday
Areas of Expertise
- Science of team science
- Communication
Education
- M.A., Journalism, The Ohio State University
- B.A., English, The Ohio State University
Jenny Grabmeier is a strategist, storyteller and trained facilitator who works with researchers to develop interdisciplinary teams and proposals; initiate and execute large grants; and communicate and scale efforts. As a team science consultant for funded research teams, she designs and facilitates all-hands meetings, collaboration planning, capacity building trainings, community engagement programming, and more. She is also a published contributor to the science of team science, and a co-instructor of EEOB/ANTHRO/ENR 5510 Interdisciplinary Team Science.
Jenny has extensive experience leading high-performing, multidisciplinary creative teams, including co-owning Gifted Communications, a boutique agency that specialized in multi-media storytelling and proposal development for non-profit organizations, and directing the Ohio State University Foundation communications team to launch the university's first-ever $1B comprehensive campaign and brand guidelines. Previous positions also include communications manager for BalletMet Columbus, arts editor of "The Other Paper" weekly newspaper, and graphic designer for CM Media and a publicly traded homebuilder.
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
- Jiang G., Boghrat D., Grabmeier J., Cross J. (2023, July 26). Complexity Leadership in Action: A Team Science Case Study. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics.
Editor-Reviewed Publications:
- Jiang G., Grabmeier J., Boghrat D., Simkins S. (2025, Feb 4) Boundary spanning: A leadership perspective. Integration and Implementation Insights.
- Jiang G., Boghrat D., Grabmeier J. (2023, September 12). How to organize an “all-hands” meeting. Integration and Implementation Insights.
- Jiang G., Boghrat D., Grabmeier J. (2023, March 21). An effective way to organize research coordination meetings. Integration and Implementation Insights.