Administrative Contacts

Department Chair

Jessica Werk

Professor and Chair

astrochr@uw.edu 

Finance and Administration

Melisa Anderson

Administrator    
Finance and Budgeting; Policy and Compliance; Personnel; Operations and Administration

melisa3@uw.edu 

Ashley Detert

Human Resources Specialist
HR and Payroll; Workday; Hiring & Personnel Actions; Costing allocations; Academic HR

detera@uw.edu  astrohr@uw.edu  (HR) astropay@uw.edu (Payroll)

Jessica Ness

Senior Grants Manager 
Grants Management; Compliance; Pre-award; Post-award, Financial Reporting; Fiscal administrative support; GCCR's

crabbj@uw.edu 

Liza Young

Office Manager, Administrative Specialist
Managing front office, Purchasing; Reimbursements; Travel; Communications and Website; Keys; Academic support

liza14@uw.edu 

Front Office:  uwastro@uw.edu 

Academic Services

 

Senior Academic Counselor
Graduate Program Advisor (GPA)   Undergraduate Advising

astroadvising@uw.edu  

Matt McQuinn

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Associate Professor

mcquinn@uw.edu 

Mario Juric

Graduate Program Coordinator 
Professor

mjuric@uw.edu  

Computing Support (PACS)

Emile Bakelaar Sarah Kaye Shane Debolt Alan Jedlow Bill Somsky

Physics and Astronomy Computing Support

IT helpdesk; Computing equipment; System administration

help@astro.washington.edu 

Facilities/Building Support

Jason Alferness

PAB Building Coordinator

Building and Maintenance Resources

alf@uw.edu 

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