Administrators
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I. Administrators
Physics Department Chair
Onuttom Narayan
- Title
- Department Chair
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4123
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 241 ISB
Physics Graduate Chair
Wolfgang Altmannshofer
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2359
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 329 ISB
Physics Admissions Chair
Tesla Erin Jeltema
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2235
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, ISB 305
Physics Combined B.S./M.S. Coordinator
Stefano Profumo
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3039
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 328 ISB
Physics Department Manager
The Physics Department manager oversees the work of the department and deals with the โbig issuesโ such as accounting, personnel/payroll, office space, and facilities issues.
Theo-Alyce K Gordon
- Title
- Department Manager
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4121
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 209
- Office Hours
- On Campus Mondays-Thursdays; Remote Fridays
Physics Graduate Program Coordinator
The Graduate Coordinator is the primary contact in the department for graduate students in resolving issues. If he doesnโt know the answer to your question, he can refer you to someone who can help you.
Jeremy Ryan Parker
- Title
- Physics Graduate Coordinator
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-4122
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, ISB 207
- Office Hours
- Monday – Friday, 9am – 12pm, 1pm – 5pm
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) Director
Jason A Nielsen
- Title
- Professor / SCIPP Director
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3457
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Nat Sci 2 Main Building, Room 315
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) Staff
SCIPP Office: NS II 337
Jenna Scarpelli
- Title
- Assistant Director of Administration and Finance
- Department
- Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP)
- Phone
- 831-459-2635
- Campus Email
- Office Hours
- Remote Monday, Tuesday, Friday. On-site Wednesday, Thursday.
Laura Bakken
- Title
- Department Assistant and Outreach Coordinator
- Department
- Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP)
- Phone
- (831) 459-4842
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Nat Sci 2 Main Building, Room 337
- Office Hours
- On-site Monday and Wednesday 9am-5:30pm; remote Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8am-5pm
Lab Managers
Lower Division Instructional Lab Manager
Upper Division Instructional Lab Manager
Kenneth Ray Smith
- Title
- Lower Division Lab Manager
- Department
- Physics Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Thimann Laboratories, 371
George S Brown
- Title
- Research Professor
- Department
- Physics Department
- Phone
- 831-459-2327
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Nat Sci 2 Main Building, 176