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Scripps Department Office
The Scripps Department Office is located on the second floor of the Eckart Building.
Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am -12:00 pm and 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Mailing address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0208
La Jolla, CA 92093-0208
If you are using a secondary courier (UPS or FedEx deliveries):
Eckart Building, 2nd floor
8755 Biological Grade
La Jolla, CA 92037
If you are looking for Scripps using an internet mapping guide:
8755 Biological Grade
La Jolla, CA 92037
Graduate Program
For general graduate program questions and admissions information, please contact the department by email at siodept@sio.ucsd.edu.
Graduate Program Contacts
Gilbert Bretado, Lead Graduate Student Affairs Advisor
858-534-1694, gbretado@ucsd.edu
Ph.D. and MS advising, doctoral committees, qualifying exam, advancement to candidacy and defenses, departmental exams, new student orientation, recruitment and outreach, diversity coordinator, leave of absence, withdrawal, and re-admissions
Dana Jimenez, MS Graduate Student Affairs Advisor
858-534-9967, dljimenez@ucsd.edu
MS and BS/MS advising, thesis committees, Master's advancement to candidacy and thesis defenses, recruitment, outreach, admissions. Ph.D program support, new student orientation and recruiting events.
Hannah Gruen, MAS Program Coordinator: Climate Science & Policy
hgruen@ucsd.edu
Admissions, capstone committees and symposium, data and statistic requests, people database updates, leave of absence, withdrawal, re-admission, half-time study, new student orientation and recruitment events, degree paperwork and student files, website and email listserv updates
Hannah Tannenbaum, MAS Program Coordinator: Marine Biodiversity & Conservation
858-822-2886, hmtannenbaum@ucsd.edu
Admissions, capstone committees and symposium, data and statistic requests, people database updates, leave of absence, withdrawal, re-admission, half-time study, new student orientation and recruitment events, degree paperwork and student files, website and email listserv updates
Carrie Owen, Instructional Scheduling Coordinator
858-822-4223, c2owen@ucsd.edu
Course scheduling, course evaluations, course approvals, educational facility access and maintenance requests, Surfside reservations, course reserves, website updates, data/statistics requests.
Renee Wilkinson Financial Analyst
rwilkinson@ucsd.edu
Room reservations, equipment check out, library book/course reserves assistance, mail distribution; administrative support for reimbursements and financial processing.
Josh Reeves, Student Affairs Manager
858-822-4559, jdreeves@ucsd.edu
Program administration and oversight of the student services: including both undergraduate and graduate advising services, instructional services, admission and recruitment, and teaching assistantships
Shelley Weisel, Graduate Student Funding Coordinator
858-534-1695, sweisel@ucsd.edu
Graduate student financial support: fellowships, scholarships, traineeships, employment, bridge funding requests, grad student income verification, international student visa matters, exceptions to policy, teaching assistantships
Maureen McGreevy, Financial Analyst
858-534-3207, mpmcgreevy@ucsd.edu
Financial administrator: student travel and seminar reimbursement, purchase orders,
Leslie Costi, Academic Personnel Analyst
858-534-8752, lcosti@ucsd.edu
Staff HR for the SIO Department, faculty recruitment, academic personnel files (lecturers)
Christina Mendez, Academic Personnel Analyst
858-822-1866, cgmendez@ucsd.edu
Academic personnel files and appointments, faculty PPS entries, and assistant to the Department Chair
Denise Darling, Department Manager
858-534-4794, ddarling@ucsd.edu
Department Chair and Program Directors
Dr. Lihini Aluwihare, Chair
858-822-4886, laluwihare@ucsd.edu
Dr. Eric Allen, Vice Chair
858-534-2570, eallen@ucsd.edu
Dr. Sarah Gille, Program Director, Scripps Department Education
858-534-3183, sgille@ucsd.edu
Dr. Joel Norris, Program Director, Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere Program (COAP)
858-822-4420, jnorris@ucsd.edu
Dr. Katherine Barbeau, Program Director, Geosciences of the Earth, Oceans, and Planets (GEO)
858-822-4339, kbarbeau@ucsd.edu
Dr. Ryan Hechinger, Program Director, Ocean Biosciences Program (OBP)
858-822-3778, rhechinger@ucsd.edu
Scripps Ombuds Contacts
Dr. Paul Jensen, Ombudsperson
858-534-7322, pjensen@ucsd.edu
Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon, Ombudsperson
858-822-3716, jmackinnon@ucsd.edu
Curricular Group Coordinators
Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere Program (COAP)
Applied Ocean Science - Dr. Mark Merrifield
858-534-4069, mamerrifield@ucsd.edu
Climate Sciences - Dr. Shang-Ping Xie
858-822-0053 sxie@ucsd.edu
Physical Oceanography - Dr. Ian Eisenman
858-224-2357, ieisenman@ucsd.edu
Geosciences of the Earth, Oceans, and Planets (GEO)
Geophysics - Dr. Matti Morzfeld
mmorzfeld@ucsd.edu
Geosciences - Dr. Emily Chin
858-246-0436, e8chin@ucsd.edu
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry - Dr. Todd Martz
858-534-7466, trmartz@ucsd.edu
Ocean Biosciences Program (OBP)
Biological Oceanography - Dr. Peter Franks
858-534-7528, pjfranks@ucsd.edu
Marine Biology - Dr. Eric Allen
858-534-2570, eallen@ucsd.edu
Graduate Admissions Chairs
Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere Program (COAP)
Applied Ocean Science - Dr. Kait Frasier
858-534-8036, kfrasier@ucsd.edu
Climate Sciences - Dr. Lynn Russell
858-534-4852, lmrussell@ucsd.edu
Physical Oceanography - Dr. Paola Cessi
858-534-0622, http://pcessi@ucsd.edu
Geosciences of the Earth, Oceans, and Planets (GEO)
Geophysics - Dr. Alice Gabriel
algabriel@ucsd.edu
Geosciences - Dr. Emily Chin
858-246-0436, e8chin@ucsd.edu
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry - Dr. Julia Diaz
858-246-5364, j2diaz@ucsd.edu
Ocean Biosciences Program (OBP)
Biological Oceanography - Dr. Moira Decima
858-246-4710, mdecima@ucsd.edu
Marine Biology - Dr. Lisa Zeigler 858-246-4651, lzeigler@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Program
For general program questions, please contact the Undergraduate office at 858-822-4604. The Undergraduate Office is located on the Revelle College campus at UC San Diego, in Galbraith Hall (mail code 0328). For information on admissions, please visit UC San Diego Admissions.
UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING INFORMATION
Advising meetings for current students are available by appointment both in-person and remotely via Zoom.
General Appointment Times:
Mon - Thurs, 10:00AM - 11:30AM & 1:30PM - 3:00PM
In-person Office Locations:
Mon - Wed: Galbraith 365 or 368
Wed & Thurs: Eckart 211 (located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Please contact a Student Affairs Officer with at least three times/locations that work within the above time windows. An advisor will respond with a confirmation.
Undergraduate Program Contacts
Please note that all academic advising questions (for current students) are now handled via the Virtual Advisor.
Sid Eads, Student Affairs Officer
858-822-4604, sleads@ucsd.edu
Student services, undergraduate advising, and general program administration. Maintains student records and provides administrative support for courses.
Karla Vega, Student Affairs Officer
858-534-8157, k3vega@ucsd.edu
Student services, undergraduate advising, and general program administration. Maintains student records and provides administrative support for courses.
Josh Reeves, Student Affairs Manager
858-822-4559, jdreeves@ucsd.edu
Program administration and student services, teaching assistantships
Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) Program Contacts
For general graduate program questions and admissions information, please contact the department.
Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Department contacts
Climate Science and Policy Department contacts