PeopleStaff
People
- Oversees operations and finance
- Manages staff and HR-related matters
- Administers department space and coordinates major facility requests
- Prepares and administers annual budget
- McCormick Mental Health Ally
- Manages payroll for postdocs and visiting scholars
- Reconciles payroll transactions
- Department Level 1 Approver
- Manages MSE Academic and Outreach Team
- Organizes department seminars and events
- Oversees key distribution (key assignments, returns, and deposit reimbursements)
- Assists with general office management, including room reservations, website support, Wildcard access requests, faculty appointments, printer registration, and mail intake
- Provides event and administrative support to MSE community
Christopher Kelly
Sr. Research AdministratorPhone: 847-491-5935
Office: 1007 Church St.
Email Christopher
- Manages pre-award and post-award activities for Barnett, Dravid, Lauhon, Rondinelli, Truby, Wolverton
- Administrative & academic support for Professor Stupp & Stupp Research Group
- Manages pre-award and post-award activities for Bedzyk, Chung, Dunand, Fowlie, Hersam, Marks, Schuh, Snyder, Stair, Voorhees
- Manages payroll for graduate, temporary hires, and work-study students
- Department Level 1 Approver
- Assists with graduate applications, admissions, and recruitment
- Assists with registration, enrollment, and quarterly class schedules
- Facilitates department seminars and events
- Provides administrative support to MSE community
Claudia Madrid
Associate Research AdministratorPhone: 847-491-3213
Office: 1007 Church St.
Email Claudia
Supports pre-award and post-award activities for Alvares, Chazot, Joester, Petford-Long, Seidman
- Manages MSE Finance Team
- Department Level 2 Approver
- Processes purchase order requests for MSE labs, principal investigators, and offices
- Prepares vendor additions and maintains vendor relationships
- Generates payment requests and initiates wire transfers
- Manages pre-award and post-award activities for Barton, Haile, Luijten, McCue, Olvera de la Cruz, Shull, Wang
- Supports MSE Chair and Advisory Board
- Administrator for Faculty Search process
- Coordinates annual Hilliard Symposium
- Manages graduate applications, admissions and recruitment
- Primary contact for graduate student affairs, including:
- Registration and enrollment (e.g. permission numbers)
- Textbook ordering
- Quarterly class schedules
- Provides assistance with fellowships
- Process expense reports for MSE students and postdocs and faculty for MSE related expenses
- Process payment requests
- Department Level 1 Approver
Vanessa V. Gutierrez
Program AssistantPhone: 847-491-7817
Office: Silverman 4617
- Administrative & academic support for Professor Olvera de la Cruz