diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 6ab66091be996263f2dad35fc5a0b96d198205c6..67d95f094d08eb617275ef0711c014da46060732 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   scope :ordered, -> { order(:last_name, :first_name) }
 
   def to_s
-    "#{first_name} #{last_name}"
+    "#{last_name} #{first_name}"
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/research/researchers/_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/research/researchers/_form.html.erb
index aea62c4a05857e79ca7be037c4ba7c065a01a6fd..aa0ad38d19d94731434ed2819a17f1b8a3c1759e 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/research/researchers/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/research/researchers/_form.html.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <div class="col-md-4">
     <%= f.input :first_name %>
     <%= f.input :last_name %>
-    <%= f.association :user %>
+    <%= f.association :user, collection: current_university.users.ordered %>
   </div>
   <div class="col-md-8">
     <%= f.input :biography, input_html: { rows: 5 } %>