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
Thom Bateman
Program Coordinator SeniorPhone: 847-467-2740
- Manages MSE Academic and Outreach Team
- Supports post-award activities for Professors Abdeljawad, Lauhon, Wolverton, Rondinelli, and King
Cathleen Dettling
Research Administrator- Manages pre-award and post-award activities for Profs. Abdeljawad, Barnett, Bedzyk, Chung, Dunand, Hersam, Luijten, Olvera de la Cruz, Rondinelli, Schuh, Snyder, and Voorhees
- Manages payroll for postdocs and visiting scholars
- Reconciles payroll transactions
- Department Level 1 Approver
- Supports graduate students and programs
- Supports graduate payroll and projection team
Scott Julio
Accounting SpecialistOffice: Cook 2036
- Supports post-award activity for Professors Barnett, Fowlie, Shull, Snyder, and Wang
- 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
- Supports post-award activity for Professors Chazot and Haile
- Administrative & academic support for Professor Stupp & Stupp Research Group
- Supports post-award activity for Professors Luijten, Schuh, and Stupp
- 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
- Supports purchasing and reimbursement for MatSAIC, NURPH, and MatSci student groups
- Facilitates department seminars and events
- Provides administrative support to MSE community
- Supports post-award activity for Professors Barton and Truby
Claudia Madrid
Associate Research AdministratorPhone: 847-491-3213
Office: 1007 Church St.
Email Claudia
- Manages pre-award and post-award activities for Alvares, Chazot, Dravid, Joester, Petford-Long, Seidman, Wolverton
- Manages MSE Finance Team
- Department Level 2 Approver
- Manages pre-award and post-award activities for Barton, Haile, Lauhon, Luijten, McCue, Olvera de la Cruz, Shull, Truby, Wang
- Supports MSE Chair and Advisory Board
- Administrator for Faculty Search process
- Coordinates annual Hilliard Symposium
- Supports post-award activity for Chung, Hersam, Marks (Laurie), Marks (Tobin), Petford-Long, Seidman, Voorhees
- 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
- Supports purchasing and reimbursement for Professors Emery, Kumar, Stair, as well as MSSA and MSUS student groups
- Process expense reports for MSE students and postdocs and faculty for MSE related expenses
- Process payment requests
- Department Level 1 Approver
- Supports post-award activities for Professors Bedzyk, Dunand, Joester, Alvares, McCue, and Wang
Vanessa V. Gutierrez
Program AssistantPhone: 847-491-7817
Office: Silverman 4617
- Administrative & academic support for Professor Olvera de la Cruz
- Supports post-award activity for Professor Olvera de la Cruz