Department Contacts
Please reference the listings below to find an appropriate point of contact for your inquiry. If unclear, please contact chemistry@colorado.edu to be routed to the correct team member.
Email: chemistry@colorado.edu
- EMS room reservations (Cristol & Ekeley)
- Manages email distribution lists
- Seminar & event coordination
- Website maintenance & edits
- Front Office contact for supplies & equipment concerns
Michael Firnhaber, Facilities & Asset Manager
Email: chemproctor@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-6546
- Functions as a liaison between a campus building, its occupants, and Facilities Management
- Point of Contact for Building Operations/Issues regarding Cristol and Ekeley
- Building access via Buff One Card and key distribution
- Submits and manages service requests for chemistry buildings
- Repairs, maintenance, custodial needs, HVAC, ventilation, etc.
- Notifies of possible working deterrents in buildings occupied by chemistry faculty; submits accident reports
- Responsible for equipment inventory: new, recording move, or disposal
- Building outage contact person, coordinates special work order requests
- Oversees construction and renovation projects in Chemistry Buildings
- Department Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Liaison
- Department OIT & Department Parking Liaison
Barbara Middlebrook, Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Email: chemundergrad@colorado.edu
- Registration/enrollment for undergraduate level courses
- Grievances and disputes
- ACS Certification
- Transfer Credit Evaluations, FCQ Coordinator
- Course and Classroom/Lab Scheduling, Exam Scheduling
- Undergraduate Awards & Scholarships
- Approved Tutor List
Jay Bolan, Graduate Program Manager
Email: chemgrad@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-6299
- Primary point of contact for current and prospective graduate students
- Inquires related to:
- Day-to-day operations of the Chemistry graduate program
- Graduate student recruiting
- Graduate Commencement
- Processes Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, & Fellowship appointments
- Processes funding changes for graduate student appointments
- Assists Finance staff with student stipends and fellowships
Maile Spenser, HR Coordinator
Email: chemhr@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 735-4566
HR
- Hiring process for postdoctoral research associates, research scientists, research techs, and visitors
- J-1 and H-1B Visa processing & issues, including checkout and transfers for postdocs
- Onboarding Information
- Departmental directory and listservs
- MyLeave submission questions/issues
- Paycheck issues
- Employee leave process/checklist and questions
Faculty Affairs
- P&T document assembly and submission
- Collection of Faculty Peer Reviews
- Document storage/archive: Reappointments, P&T, post tenure review, merit reviews, teaching buyouts, sabbatical forms, etc.
Benefits
Email: benefits@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 860-4200, option 3
Payroll
Phone: (303) 860-4200, option 2
Rob Stiner, Director of Finance & Business Operations
Email: Rob.Stiner@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-2670
- Point of contact for operational questions/issues: Finance and Administration
- Oversees faculty affairs, financial management & human resources
- Assists Department Chair (annual reporting, faculty and staff hiring, budget preparation, communications with College of Arts & Sciences)
- Departmental financial approver
- Oversees the Finance and Operations Managers (backup contact)
Sharon Thomas, Operations Manager
Email: Sharon.Thomas@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-3504
- Manages administrative processes: faculty affairs, HR, graduate program, undergraduate program
- Oversees Graduate Program Manager, HR Coordinator, and Undergraduate Program Coordinator (backup contact)
Kate Daugherty, Finance and Accounting Manager
Email: chemfinance@colorado.edu
Phone: 303-492-6469
Rishelle D’souza, Finance and Grant Professional
Email: chemfinance@colorado.edu
Phone: 303-492-4906
- Research and General Fund balances, expenses, allocations
- M-Fin (CU Data) reporting/access
- Cost Sharing
- Fabrication cost tracking
- Effort reporting Issues (ePERs)
- Grant Closeout
- Fabrication purchase fund setup
- Service Center Charges
- Gift Funds
- Gift Cards
Request to Process:
- Payroll Expense Transfers (PETs)
- (PI: Please Submit PET Request Form and include PI Justification)
- Journal Entries
Jack Gaston, Procurement & Chemistry ISC Manager
Email: chemstores@colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-3535
Student Assistants: Allie, Allison, Hayden
- Manages/maintains the Chemistry Storerooms (East and Main Campus)
- Contact for PRS purchasing questions
- Contact for new or existing accounts
- Provides customer assistance for the Chemistry Storerooms
- Storeroom inventory and accounting and special orders
- Dry Ice, Liquid Nitrogen, Specialty gases ordering and management
- Shipping and receiving
- Backup to Building Proctor
University of Colorado Police Department (CUPD)
Emergency (on campus)
Non-emergency
Fire Reports
Ambulance Requests
Facilities Management
Operations Control Center
Operations Control Center FAX
PD&C at RL2
Hazardous or Radioactive Materials
Emergency
Information--Environmental Health & Safety
Poison Control
Campus Closure
Night Ride
Boulder City/County Police--Non-emergency
911
(303) 492-6666
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(303) 492-5522
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(303) 492-5511
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(303) 492-6025
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(303) 492-5500
(303) 492-7233
(303) 441-4444