Administrative Contacts

Department Chair

NameTitleEmail
Jessica WerkProfessor and Chairastrochr@uw.edu 

Finance and Administration

NameTitleEmail
Melisa AndersonAdministrator    
Finance and Budgeting; Policy and Compliance; Personnel; Operations and Administration
melisa3@uw.edu 
Ashley DetertHuman 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 NessSenior Grants Manager 
Grants Management; Compliance; Pre-award; Post-award, Financial Reporting; Fiscal administrative support; GCCR's
crabbj@uw.edu 
Liza YoungOffice 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

NameTitleEmail
 Senior Academic Counselor
Graduate Program Advisor (GPA)   Undergraduate Advising
astroadvising@uw.edu  
Matt McQuinnUndergraduate Program Coordinator
Associate Professor
mcquinn@uw.edu 
Mario JuricGraduate Program Coordinator  
Professor
mjuric@uw.edu  

Computing Support (PACS)

NameTitleEmail
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

NameTitleEmail
Jason Alferness

PAB Building Coordinator

Building and Maintenance Resources

alf@uw.edu 
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