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. 

Front Desk & General Inquiries

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
Building Operations

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
Undergraduate Program

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 

 

Graduate Program

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

 

Human Resources

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

Department Operations

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)

 

Finance

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

 

Chemistry Storerooms (ChemStores)

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
Emergency Phone Numbers

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

911

911

 

 

(303) 492-5522

(303 492-8656

(303) 492-5511

 

 

911

(303) 492-6025

911

 

(303) 492-5500

(303) 492-7233

(303) 441-4444