Vacant
Office Assistant 2

Job Duties

• Receptionist to department main number and office
• Assists others with filing and faxing
• Distributes mail and packages
• Assists with ordering office supplies
• Other duties as assigned

Sarai Hernandez
Assistant To The Chair

Job Duties

• Handles the chair’s calendar, purchasing and travel arrangements
• Takes minutes for faculty meetings
• Coordinates departmental events
• Coordinates promotion and tenures
• Coordinates faculty hiring and folders

Marsha G. Braxton
Travel Coordinator

Job Duties

• Creates travel requests
• Processes travel reimbursements
• Field camp travel arrangements
• Field trip travel arrangements

Keshia Groggs
Payroll/HR Coordinator

Job Duties

• Posts vacant positions (staff)
• Processes paperwork for new hires, job changes and terminations
• Processes time sheets
• Handles payroll reports
• Handles effort reporting

Mariela Raudales
Payroll/HR Coordinator

Job Duties

• Posts vacant positions (staff)
• Processes paperwork for new hires, job changes and terminations
• Processes time sheets
• Handles payroll reports
• Handles effort reporting

Lee Ann Carroll
Financial Coordinator 2

Job Duties

• Purchases research and teaching supplies
• Pays invoices
• Processes non-travel reimbursements
• Processes monthly P-card reconciliations
• Manages property/space inventory
• Processes work orders
• Other duties as assigned
• Handles cash deposits

Jennifer Dowell
Asst. Dept. Business Administrator

Job Duties

• Serves as a resource in determining allowable grant expenditures
• Reconciles grant cost centers
• Assists with no-cost extensions and following up on anticipated amendments or awards
• Assists with close outs and transfers to residual

Keah Walker
Department Business Administrator

Job Duties

• Manages department business, IT, and administration staff

Karen Maldonado
Academic Advisor 2

Job Duties

For all Geology graduate students:

• Advises current and prospective graduate students
• Provides information on application status, financial aid and prerequisites
• Provides course information
• Processes student petitions

Jim Parker
Academic Advisor 1

Job Duties

For all Geophysics and Atmospheric graduate students:

• Advises current and prospective graduate students
• Provides information on application status, financial aid and prerequisites
• Provides course information
• Processes student petitions

Jason Ognosky
Microsystems Analyst

Job Duties

• Handles all desktop support for faculty, staff and student offices
• Assists with annual software updates
• Assists with IT equipment on departmental property inventory list
• Other duties assigned

Jay Krishnan
Sr. Systems Administrator

Job Duties

• Departmental direction and full design, installation, implementation, support, training, systems and IT security administration, management authority for computational facilities/staff
• Administration of datacenters with several high-performance compute clusters, large capacity storage farms and numerous computer labs and a myriad of other IT equipment
• Management of Help Desk Support for over 300+ users and junior IT staff
• Interface with senior management to formulate budget, direction of IT, purchasing decisions