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Director of Administration - Larry Lauer (301-405-4876)

Assistant Director of Administration - Dorinda Kimbrell (301-405-4827)

  • Assist faculty with proposals, preparation of complex budgets, and completion of all non-technical aspects of proposals.
  • Handle the finance, accounting and travel transactions for grants and contracts.
  • Provide analysis and reporting on IPST's research portfolio.
  • Function as a team member of the IPST Business Office.
  • Interact with Director of Administration on other categories.
  • Serve as Director of Administration when appropriate.

Administrative Staff - Computer & Space Science Building - Denise Abu-Laban* (301-405-4814), Alice Ashton** (301-405-4889), Regina Ives (301-405-4834), Debbie Jenkins*** (301-405-4780)

  • Provide administrative support to faculty research groups, including travel, proposal preparation, procurement, correspondence, visitor accommodations (such as visa assistance, appointment paperwork, lodging accommodations, etc.), email and computer needs, and receptions.
  • Assist the general Institute with special lectures, manuscripts, travels, special projects, web sites, etc.

*Serves as Assistant to the Director.

**Assists Burgers Program; Maintenance of IPST web site.

***Serves as Program Management Specialist to the Chemical Physics Graduate Program administered by IPST.

Administrative Staff - IPST Building - Stacey Bremerman (301-405-4811), Caricia Fisher* (301-405-9307), Timmeca Wilson (301-405-4782)

  • Provide administrative support to faculty research groups, including travel, proposal preparation, procurement, correspondence, visitor accommodations (such as visa assistance, appointment paperwork, lodging accommodations, etc.), email and computer needs, and receptions.
  • Assist the general Institute with special lectures, manuscripts, travels, special projects, web sites, etc.

        *Serves as Program Coordinator for the Biophysics Graduate Program administered by IPST.

Business Services Specialists (Payroll, VISAs, Appointment, Benefits)

Sokhan Min (301-405-4879)

  • Prepare all aspects of PHR.
  • Process journals and certification cards.
  • Process honorariums and fellowships, tax forms and verification letters.
  • Initiate all aspects of Academic appointments in ARS.  Prepare contract letters.
  • Prepare J1 and H1 visas.
  • Handle all benefits:  health insurance, retirement and SRAs.
  • Submit tuition remission for Fall, Spring and two Summer Sessions through ELF.
  • Responsible for leave adjustments and Faculty Leave Reporting.

Patty Wynn (301-405-7881)

  • Manage facilities needs for IPST including handling all work orders, working with in-house construction on major renovations, follow-up on daily facilities issues such as A/C, floods, key and space assignments.
  • Manage the IPST Manager System involving input and update of system.
  • Assist Director of Administrative Services with planning and developing long-term facilities plans.
  • Maintain records related to facilities for resource and planning.
  • Manage purchasing and procurement for IPST, including ISR, RM, and PO process.  VISA card transactions - assigning proper subcode for each purchase, allocating each charge to the appropriate account and reconciling the actual expenditures.
  • Manage the inventory process for IPST including a database and responses to campus requests.  Assist with the reconciliation process for State accounts and for reporting to DAS.
  • Supervise student workers.
  • Process forms for new telephone installations and data jacks.
  • Oversee distribution and/or billing of phone charges, monthly JV charges, copy charges and cash deposits.  Post appropriately to IPST Manager System.

Communications Coordinator - Sandy Ratke (301-405-4877)

  • Maintain the IPST and Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics web sites.  Serve as consultant for changes/updates to other IPST related web sites.
  • Chairs the Communications Committee at IPST.
  • Serve as point-of-contact for media requests.
  • Publish IPST Newsletter three times a year.
  • Offer one-on-one assistance on the use of PowerPoint and effective presentations.
  • Offer one-on-one assistance with publications (posters, flyers, announcements for special symposia).
  • Assist with reviews (both internal and external) of IPST in 2009-2010.

Computer Systems Manager - Alfredo Nava-Tudela (301-405-4843)

  • Maintain the IT infrastructure, which includes:  Beowulf clusters, Samba servers, Windows XP clients, and multiple flavor UNIX computers.
  • Interaction with the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Network Operations Center (NOC), and the College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CMPS) on all issues pertaining to Information Technology on behalf of the Institute.
  • Chairs the Computer Infrastructure Committee at IPST.
  • Assist faculty and staff with computer programs and needs.
  • Supervises IT student workers.

Engineering Technician - Edd Cole (301-405-4867)

  • Supervise the IPST Student Machine Shop.
  • Make tools, parts, etc. for experimental faculty needs.
  • Oversee students in the shop and assist with their training and development process.
  • Consult with faculty regarding research projects.
  • Departmental in-house technician.