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Scripps Department Office

 

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

 

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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)

Sofia Rebollo Del Valle, Academic Personnel Analyst
858-534-6501, srebollodelvalle@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

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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. Geoffrey Cook, Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education
858-534-3406, gwcook@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. James Leichter,  Program Director, Ocean Biosciences Program (OBP)

858-822-5330, jleichter@ucsd.edu 
 

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Scripps Ombuds Contacts

Dr. Paul Jensen, Ombudsperson
858-534-7322, pjensen@ucsd.edu

Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon, Ombudsperson
858-822-3716, jmackinnon@ucsd.edu

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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. Andrew Barton
858-534-1758, adbarton@ucsd.edu 

Marine Biology - Dr. Deirdre Lyons
858-822-6579, d1lyons@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, mailto: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

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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

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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

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