People

Staff

Tampa Campus

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Christine Brubaker

Academic Services Administrator (ASA)
Office: SCA 112C
Email

Core Responsibilities

Administration and support of Tampa campus graduate program

    • Admissions
    • Committees, exams, defenses
    • Recruitment and appreciation events
    • Onboarding
    • Training
    • Graduate student timeline guidance
    • Graduation processes 
  • Tuition waivers

 

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Ozlem Hizli

Academic Program Specialist (APS)
Office: SCA 112E
Email

Core Responsibilities

Support of Tampa campus academic programs

    • Academic course schedule
    • Course syllabi
    • Collaboration with BioAdvise
    • Textbook orders
    • Undergraduate research permits
    • Graduate course permits
    • Enrollment reporting
  • Room bookings
  • Office purchasing
  • Key Requests
  • Travel arrangements for university guests

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Giovanni Luciano 

Department Operations Manager (DOM)
Office: SCA 112A
Email

Core Responsibilities

  • Manages Integrative Biology office and staff
  • Departmental HR liaison 
  • Oversight of departmental operating budgets
  • Faculty assignments, T&P, and annual evaluations
  • General office questions
  • Payroll processing
  • Travel and purchasing support
  • IB website administrator

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Olivia Mclamma

Unit Research Administrator (URA)
Email

Core Responsibilities

  • Grants administrator (federal, state, student, private and international fund sources)
  • Pre- & Post-award support
  • Preparation and submission grant proposals in compliance with sponsor and university policy
  • Monitors and reconciles expenditures on sponsored projects, start-up, and research initiatives
  • Departmental Liaison to USF Division of Sponsored Research
  • Grant funded travel
  • Research appointments

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Mary Mangiapia, M.S.

Teaching Laboratory Manager
Email

Core Responsibilities

  • Laboratory curriculum development and TA supervision of BSC2011L – Bio II
  • Laboratory purchasing for teaching labs
  • Biohazardous waste disposal
  • Specimen collection and tank maintenance
  • Teaching laboratory safety officer

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Richard "Romeo" Romeo

Research Engineering Technologist
 Email 

Core Responsibilities

  • Maintenance of research and teaching laboratory equipment
  • Department vehicle and vessel maintenance
  • Autoclave maintenance and safety training
  • Environmental chamber and greenhouse

St. Petersburg Campus

Name/Role/Contact

Core Responsibilities
Kirrin Chew

Administrative Specialist
Email

  • CAS graduate & undergraduate permits

  • Independent Study/Research Contracts

  • Graduate Admissions, paperwork and permits

  • CAS event planning and admin for all search committees to facilitate travel & itinerary for candidate visits

  • Assist in various student-facing activities
Harriet Fletcher

Academic Program Specialist
Email

  • Office Keys

  • Student notifications

  • CAS directory management

  • Degree certification transcripts

  • Academic Advising Appointments
Deborah L. Howard, M.S., M.A.

Teaching Lab Manager
Email

  • Laboratory curriculum development and TA supervision of BSC2011L – Bio II

  • Laboratory purchasing for teaching labs

  • Teaching laboratory safety officer
Catherine Koziol, MBA

Internship Coordinator
Email

  • Undergraduate Advising representative for internships

  • Development of internship opportunities with community partners

  • Student application review and placement in internships
Mahmoud Mohammed, Ph.D.


Research Lab Manager
Email

  • Responsible for all St. Petersburg research labs (Biology, ESP, and Chemistry)

  • Repairs and maintains research instrumentation, vessels, and vehicles

  • Research lab hurricane preparations

  • Training of grad students