Research Programs » Support Staff and Services

The Associate Dean for Research is appointed by the Dean, serves as the chief administrator for the PAMS Research Office and is the principal administrative representative on all research matters for the college. The Associate Dean oversees the pre-award staff members who handle proposal processing for the college, the post-award staff members who work directly with faculty in the accounting and financial management of their grants, the Precision Instrumentation Shop and the Scientific Glass Shop. The Associate Dean also has responsibilities for space coordination and major construction projects.

The Research Office currently has three staff positions that assist in proposal processing-an Administrative Officer II, Administrative Officer I and an Administrative Assistant I. Staff members with post-award responsibilities include two Accountants who serve as Business Officer for the College and an Accounting Technician IV who supervises the college and departmental post-awards personnel. Two college level accounting staff and one departmental accounting staff member in each department provide assistance to faculty on grant and contract accounting issues.

There are four machinists in the Precision Instrumentation Shop and one master glass blower in the Scientific Glass Shop.

Pre-Award - 300 Cox Hall

Rory Loycano, Administrative Officer II, 515-7865
Joanna Jones, 515-7865
Catherine Reeve, 515-7865

Post-Award - 312 Dabney Hall

Xiaolin Wang, PAMS Post Awards Officer, 513-1000
Jennifer Bynum, Accounting Tech IV, 515-7047
Runeda Watson, Accounting Tech IV, 515-7445

Instrumentation Shop - 7 Cox Hall, 515-2508

Tim Harvell, Supervisor and Instrument Maker II
Chris Hewett, Instrument Maker
Frank Milkowski, Instrument Maker II
Robert Lynn Smith, Instrument Maker II

Computer Support Services: Bureau of Mines [more info]

Peter Evans, Director: Computer Information and Systems
Scott Callicutt, Systems Programmer/Administrator
Rick Johnson, Support Specialist