Marsha G. Braxton
Office Assistant 2

Suite 312 SR1
(713) 743-3399
mgbraxton@uh.edu

• 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

• 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

• Creates Travel Requests
• Processes Travel Reimbursements
• Field camp travel arrangements
• Field trip travel arrangements

 Shayla Silas
Payroll/HR Coordinator for EAS

Suite 312 SR1
(713)  743-4349
sssilas@uh.edu

• Posts vacant positions (staff)
• Processes paperwork for new hires, job changes and terminations
• Processes Time sheets.
• Handles payroll reports
• Handles Effort Reporting

Payroll/HR Coordinator for EAS

Suite 312 SR1

• Post vacant postitions (staff)
• Processes paperwork for new hires, job changes and terminations
• Processes time sheets
• Handles payroll reports
• Handles Effort Reporting

• 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

• 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

Smita Ketkar
Asst. Dept. Business Administrator

Suite 312 SR1
(713) 743-6049
smita@uh.edu

• Reconciles cost centers and gives account balance information to faculty.
• Assists with budgeting
• Assists DBA with general oversight of departmental staff.

 Keah Walker
Deptarment Business Administrator

Suite 310A SR1
(713) 743-6492
kcwalker@uh.edu

•  Manages Department Business, IT and Administration Staff.

Graduate Academic Advising Staff

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

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

Departmental IT Staff

• 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.

• Responsible for hardware/software in EAS Teaching Lab
• Manages the data clusters in the department server room
• Coordinates annual updates of software licenses
• Assists faculty with purchasing quotes for IT equipment
• Assists with IT equipment on departmental property inventory list
• Other duties as assigned.