Marine Physical Lab Business Office
MANAGEMENT
Management Services Officer
RTAD Finance Manager
FINANCE / CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
Financial matters, contract and grant administration, funding actions, and overall functions of proposal processing and maintenance of record databases are handled through the Contracts and Grants and Accounting Offices.
Business & Finance Manager
Fund Managers
Paula Hodgkiss (for Andrew Dickson, William Kuperman, William Hodgkiss, Janet Shields, Peter Gerstoft, Rami Menon, and H-C Song)
Debi Pollard (for Mike Buckinhgam, Peter Lonsdale, Ken Melville, and Eric Terrill)
Linda Sawyer (for John Hildebrand, Grant Deane, Dale Stokes, Aaron Thode, Sean Wiggins, Ana Sirovic, Simone Baumann-Pickering, and Peter Worcester)
Tiffany Plengsangtip (for Dave Chadwell, Gerald D’Spain, Jerry Smith, Dariusz Stramski, Rick Reynolds, Robert Pinkel, and Jules Jaffe)
Rose Keuler (for NOAA Cooperative Institute of Marine Ecosystems and Climate [CIMEC])
Recharges / Billing
FACULTY ASSISTANT SUPPORT / TRAVEL
Any travel arrangements including computing and the preparation of reimbursement vouchers and expense accounts is handled by the travel office.
BethAnn Clausen (Spiess Hall & MESOM Laboratory)
Heather Fryling (Isaacs Hall)
Beve Kennedy (Ritter Hall & Vaughan Hall)
Eva Friedlander (OAR Building)
PURCHASING / SHIPPING / INVENTORY / INSURANCE
MPL provides support for procurement for all supplies and equipment for fabrications and technical support. All support is provided for the preparation, packing and monitoring of outgoing domestic and foreign shipments, as well as hazmat and customs clearance, inventory coordination, and the delivery of incoming shipments. For purchase requests, please email mpl-purchasing@sio.ucsd.edu
HUMAN RESOURCES
All aspects of recruitment, employment and separations, new employee orientation, compensation/classification, employee relations, and labor relations at MPL are handled through the MPL Human Resources Office. For general HR questions please email mpl-hr@sio.ucsd.edu
Earline Ventura - HR Manager and Academic Personnel (academic reviews, leaves & sabbatical requests, H-1B visas, PR etc.)
Tina Nguyen - Staff HR inquiries (new hires, replacements, short-term exceptions, reclassifications, equity increases, etc.), Visiting Scholars, Visiting Graduate Students, and J-1 visas.
Colleen Leach - Timekeeping, Payroll, Employee Benefits, Graduate Students, and Postdocs.
COMPUTER SUPPORT
Full technical support for MPL computer operations. Help with establishing computer accounts, virus protection, email, hardware and software problems are provided.
Rob Renstrom (Scripps IT Services)
SECURITY
Administration of classified documents, processing of clearance requests, and visitor and badge requests is handled by our security office. Learn more about our Security Requirements and Clearances.