MANAGEMENT
Chief Administrative Officer
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.
MPL Business Operations Officer
Irene Xavier
Senior Financial Analyst
Natalia Kornoukhova (Fund Manager for Gerald D'Spain)
Fund Managers
Angela Douglas (for William Kuperman, William Hodgkiss, Janet Shields, Peter Gerstoft, and Heechun Song)
Daniel Gunderson (for David Chadwell, Andrew Dickson, Jules Jaffe, Aaron Thode)
Debi Pollard (for Mike Buckingham, Peter Lonsdale, Ken Melville, Clarissa Anderson, and Eric Terrill)
Linda Sawyer (for Simone Baumann-Pickering, Grant Deane, Kaitlin Frasier, John Hildebrand, Ana Sirovic, Malcolm Stokes, Dariusz Stramski, Rick Reynolds, Sean Wiggins, and Peter Worcester)
Tiffany Plengsangtip (for Matthew Alford, Andrew J. Lucas, Jennifer MacKinnon, Jerry Smith, Gunnar Voet, and Robert Pinkel)
Rose Keuler (for NOAA Cooperative Institute of Marine Ecosystems and Climate - CIMEC)
Recharges and Billing
Jill Lonsdale - Recharge Manager
Janessa Goncalves - Financial Services Analyst and Service Contracts for Eric Terrill
FACULTY ASSISTANT SUPPORT / TRAVEL
Any travel arrangements including computing and the preparation of reimbursement vouchers and expense accounts are handled by the travel office.
BethAnn Clausen (Spiess Hall)
Heather Fryling (Isaacs Hall & MESOM)
Beverly Kennedy (Ritter Hall & Vaughan Hall)
Eva Friedlander (OAR/Keck Building & Nierenberg Hall)
Sienna Thomas (Ritter Hall & Isaacs Hall)
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
Annastaccia Gibaud - Purchasing Administrator
Martha Flores - Purchasing and Shipping Coordinator
Leticia Harrison - Purchasing Coordinator
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 and Academic Personnel Manager (Academic reviews, leaves & sabbatical requests, H-1B Visas, PR etc.)
Tina Nguyen - HR Generalist (Staff HR, Recruitment, Contract and Short-term exception appointments, Reclassifications, Equity increases, STAR Awards, etc.), Visiting Scholars, and Postdoctoral Scholars
Colleen Leach - HR Assistant (Timekeeping, Payroll, Separations, Leave Accrual, Service Awards, Employee Benefits and Leaves, Graduate Students, Volunteers, Summer Intern Employment, Undergrad Employment and Visiting Graduate Students)
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
Visitor and badge requests are handled by our security office. Learn more about our Security Requirements and Clearances or contact our Facility Security Officer.