Staff

Discover the wide-ranging teams dedicated to supporting the School of STEM.

Dean’s Office
Division Coordinators
Operations
Personnel

Fiscal
Laboratory Management
IT Liaisons
Marketing & Communications

Student Success
Office of Graduate Studies
Center for Biotechnology Innovation & Training

Dean’s Office

Stephanie Buckles

Assistant to the dean
DISC-452L
sbuckles@uw.edu

Division Coordinators

Elizabeth Byrne

Physical Sciences Division Coordinator
UW2-134
ebyrne9@uw.edu

Liezel Hackett

Engineering & Mathematics Division Coordinator
UW2-134
butiki@uw.edu

Dana Nakashima

Biological Sciences Division Coordinator
UW2-134
dnakas4@uw.edu

Jessica Paz

Computing & Software Systems Division Coordinator
UW2-134
jesspaz@uw.edu

Operations

Lynette Vega

Leadership Coordinator
DISC-452U
lynetv@uw.edu

Mahshid Rowhani

Academic Coordinator
DISC-452U
mahshidr@uw.edu

Personnel

The Personnel Team supports administrative processes at the school level for faculty and staff, including hiring, review processes and payroll. You can reach the team at stemahr@uw.edu for questions regarding faculty processes or stempers@uw.edu for staff and other personnel process questions.

Grace Ryan

Associate Director of Faculty & Staff Administration
DISC-452A
gnryan@uw.edu

Annie Brelsford

Faculty & Academic Affairs Specialist
DISC-452
annieb05@uw.edu

Lexi Hennequin

Staff Personnel Coordinator
DISC-452U
hennequi@uw.edu

Fiscal

Email stemfisc@uw.edu for help with purchasing, reimbursement, and travel requests, as well as questions about accessing School funds and managing resources. The Fiscal Team is happy to meet with you to review fiscal policies and procedures and walk you through processes so you can make an informed decision.

Christine Howard

Administrator
DISC-452B
visconti@uw.edu

Ellis Zhuang

Fiscal Services Manager
DISC-452B
visconti@uw.edu

Skyler Klagenberg

Fiscal & Logistics Program Coordinator
DISC-452U
skylerk@uw.edu

Sabra Varney

Fiscal Specialist 1
DISC-452U
sabra11@uw.edu

Laboratory Management

The Laboratory Management team supports courses in the chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and biology teaching laboratories. We purchase and prepare materials and equipment, set up and clean up laboratory exercises, coordinate hazardous waste disposal, as well as many other support tasks. We also support STEM’s research laboratories by purchasing supplies and equipment, assisting with equipment maintenance and repair, and providing instrument training.

Christy Cherrier

Science Lab Manager
DISC-452T
ccherr@uw.edu

Kelly Carter-Lynn

Biology Lab Coordinator
DISC-452
kcarlynn@uw.edu

Glen Gullickson

Chemistry Lab Coordinator
DISC-452
gullicgc@uw.edu

Kyoung Tae Kim

Engineering Lab Coordinator
DISC-452
kkt5648@uw.edu

James Kussy

Lab Instrumentation Coordinator DISC-452
jkussy@uw.edu

Jacob Roth

Mechanical Engineering Lab Coordinator
DISC-452
jzroth@uw.edu

Sam Shupe

Physics Lab Coordinator
DISC-364A
samshupe@uw.edu

David Symon

Chemistry Lab Coordinator
CC1-320A
dasymon@uw.edu

Environmental Science Lab Coordinator, School of IAS: Jennifer Cabarrus, jc242@uw.edu

IT Liaisons

IT STEM liaisons support faculty and computer labs with technical issues. Email uwbit@uw.edu for help with computer labs, technical problems, or other tech questions.

Sinchai DeLong

STEM/CSS IT Liaison
LB2-208
sinchai@uw.edu

Rene Gomez

STEM/CSS IT Liaison
LB2-208
regomez@uw.edu

Marketing & Communications

Email stemcomm@uw.edu if you have a request or question about the School of STEM website, social media, newsletter, branding, strategic communications, advertising, event promotion, print/digital materials, promotional items, or have exciting news to share!

Lacey Arnold

Associate Director of Marketing & Communications
DISC-452N
llarnold@uw.edu

Student Success

The Student Success team serves as a liaison, connecting students with vital campus resources such as academic advising, career services, diversity equity & inclusion, connected learning and research opportunities. Additionally, we directly lead and support STEM educational activities such as capstones and symposiums. Our goal is to foster a supportive and inclusive environment where students can access the tools necessary to succeed and work diligently to identify and remedy systemic barriers.

Sarah Eyster

Associate Director of Student Success
UW2-134C
seyster@uw.edu

Janet McDaniel

STEM Capstone Coordinator
UW2-134A
macdee@uw.ed

Office of Graduate Studies

Center for Biotechnology Innovation & Training

Guy Hamilton

CBIT Director
DISC-452M
guyham@uw.edu