Staff

Coordinates and manages all faculty affairs support for the department including reappointment, promotion, tenure, and hiring/onboarding of new faculty. Manages curricular and course scheduling needs. Supervises the front office staff.

Provides high level budgetary, financial, policy, and administrative support to the Chair. Primarily responsible for oversight and policy related to department operations including, finance, human resources, and business operations. Engages in long-term strategic projects, planning in consultation with the Chair and Associate Chair in addition to supervising business office staff. Lucas grew up in Arvada, Colorado before attending the University of Colorado, Boulder where he received a bachelor’s degree in...

Oversees departmental IT and general technical and software needs for IPHY. Serves as the main liaison with OIT and handles property management including inventory and disposal.

Provides program details to prospective students and current students at the graduate levels. Administers a wide range of support to current graduate students in managing their progression through the degree program.

Responsible for providing administrative and clerical support to the chair, faculty, students and staff. Main responsibilities include: managing undergraduate student services, including course registration; serving as building proctor for all IPHY spaces; administering undergraduate fellowships and prizes; publicizing the undergraduate major and special events within the department; coordinating student registration and final grades; maintaining undergraduate program content on department website.

Oversees purchasing (PCard), payments, financial rules/regulations, and faculty finances for the department. Serves as department research administrator in post-award management, close out, budget reports.

Supports faculty with new proposal submissions, and oversees research logistics and lab equipment in the department, providing research support to faculty and research laboratories.