The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering administrative team is a group of highly dedicated, multi-talented, and cross-functional professionals who provide administrative support to our internal and external stakeholders.
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Melissa Abraham
Assistant Dean of Strategic Communications and Marketing
MeMo
773.834.5064 melissaabraham@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 134
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Kristi Woodward Bain]()
Kristi Woodward Bain
Quantum Institute Manager
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773.795.7571 kwbain@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 109B
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Alicia Bearden-Mannie]()
Alicia Bearden-Mannie
Assistant Director of Administrative and Operational Support
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773.834.2351 amannie@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 108
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Joshua Berg]()
Joshua Berg
Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.6793 jaberg@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 299A
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Eric Bottger]()
Eric Bottger
IT Desktop Support Administrator
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ericbottger@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 140
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Derek Boyd]()
Derek Boyd
IT Desktop Support Administrator
MeMo
derekboyd@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 140
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Santana Bradford]()
Santana Bradford
Human Resources and Academic Affairs Generalist
MeMo
773.834.3307 sbradford@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 131
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Elizabeth Brown]()
Elizabeth Brown
Assistant Director of Academic Programs
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773.702.1913 kent1@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 182
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Derek Burns]()
Derek Burns
Shipping & Receiving Clerk
Eckhardt Research Center
773.702.3280 dburns1@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 148
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Marco Calderon]()
Marco Calderon
Assistant Building Manager
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773.702.3165 calderonm@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 104
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Brandi S Carr]()
Brandi S Carr
Senior Executive Assistant
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773.834.3184 bscarr@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 110
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Danyel Cavazos]()
Danyel Cavazos
Quantum Educational Laboratory Instructor
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773-702-2256 cavazos@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 147
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Sonja Coates]()
Sonja Coates
Program Manager of the Scientists, Technologists, and Artists Generating Exploration (STAGE) Lab
773.702.5299 scoates@uchicago.edu See profile![Paul Dailing]()
Paul Dailing
Communications and Content Manager
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dailing@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 134
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Michelle Dassinger]()
Michelle Dassinger
Business Administrator, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.3548 michelle.dassinger@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 105A
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Austin Druse]()
Austin Druse
Communications Manager for Student Engagement
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773.702.7893 adruse@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 136
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![LaNée Preshon Ellis]()
LaNée Preshon Ellis
Senior Director, HR & Academic Affairs Operations
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773.834.9267 lpreshonellis@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 133
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Jered Feldman]()
Jered Feldman
Associate Process Engineer, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.7564 jeredf@uchicago.edu See profile
LL180
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Vanessa Fortenberry]()
Vanessa Fortenberry
Executive Assistant
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vanessaf@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 108
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Charon Franklin]()
Charon Franklin
Financial Administrator
MeMo
cmfranklin@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 143
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Daphne D. Gavins]()
Daphne D. Gavins
Manager of Human Resources and Academic Affairs
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ddgavins@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 139
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Ryan Goodwin]()
Ryan Goodwin
Senior Communications Manager
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rygoodwin@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 134
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Philip Griffin]()
Philip Griffin
Director, Soft Matter Laboratory
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.0806 pjgriffin@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 105B
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Melyssa Guzman]()
Melyssa Guzman
Communications Coordinator
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melyssag12@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 134
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Joshua Hammond]()
Joshua Hammond
Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing
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joshhammond@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 134
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Ozge Kocak Hemmat]()
Ozge Kocak Hemmat
Assistant Dean of Students for Registration and Data Management
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773.834.4791 kocakozge@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 170
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![William Hyland]()
William Hyland
Associate Process & Equipment Engineer, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.4978 whyland@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room LL
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Karen Jackson]()
Karen Jackson
Assistant Dean for Human Resources, Academic Affairs & Faculty Affairs
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773.834.5349 kjackson10@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 135
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Kerensa Jackson-Burton]()
Kerensa Jackson-Burton
Executive Assistant
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krjburton@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 110
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Manna Jiang]()
Manna Jiang
Executive Assistant
MeMo
773.834.2290 mjiang2@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 112
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Keisha Johnson]()
Keisha Johnson
Human Resource and Academic Affairs Coordinator
MeMo 137
773.834.6781 keisha1@uchicago.edu See profile
5607 South Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Juan Jones]()
Juan Jones
Shipping and Receiving Clerk
Eckhardt Research Center
773.702.3280 jjones27@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 148
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Paul Julson]()
Paul Julson
Facilities Director
Eckhardt Research Center
773.702.4128 pjulson@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 144
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Sam Kaehler]()
Sam Kaehler
Equipment Engineer, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.4143 sakaehle@uchicago.edu See profile
Room LL180
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Tina Kemp]()
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Julia Krueger
Associate Process & Equipment Engineer, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility
Eckhardt Research Center
773.702.4741 jkrueger2@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room LL
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![LaKesha Lloyd]()
LaKesha Lloyd
Chief of Staff to the Dean
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.2023 lakesha@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 299B
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Joshua Lopez]()
Joshua Lopez
PME Dock Manager
Eckhardt Research Center
773.702.3684 jlopez17@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 148
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Scott Maguire]()
Scott Maguire
Senior IT Desktop Support Administrator
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smaguire@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 140
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Cecilia Martinez Jimenez]()
Cecilia Martinez Jimenez
Lab Safety Specialist
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834. 8845 ceciliamartinez@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 105
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Keturah Mitchell-McCall]()
Keturah Mitchell-McCall
Executive Assistant
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773.834.2201 Kkd7587@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 112
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Jessica Morgan]()
Jessica Morgan
Educational Outreach Coordinator
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773.702.5537 jmorgan2@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 163
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Diana Morgan Schmitt]()
Diana Morgan Schmitt
Strategic Operations Lead and Center for Molecular Engineering
9700 Cass Avenue
630.252.3858 djmorgan@uchicago.edu See profile
Building 241, Room A375
Argonne, IL 60439![Rovana Popoff]()
Rovana Popoff
Senior Associate Dean for Education and Strategy
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773.834.5549 rpopoff@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 165
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Afrika Powell]()
Afrika Powell
Research Administrator
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afrikapowell@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 151
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar]()
Sunanda Prabhu-Gaunkar
STAGE Director of Science
Young Memorial Building
spg@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 108
5555 S Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60637![Kerri Pride-Fair]()
Kerri Pride-Fair
Business Administrator
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773.834.3126 kpfair@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 132
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Maria A. Reyes]()
Maria A. Reyes
Director of Budget & Accounting
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773.702.9937 mareyes@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 145
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Hatticia Reynolds]()
Hatticia Reynolds
Research Administrator
MeMo
hatticiar@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 151
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Laura Rico-Beck]()
Laura Rico-Beck
Assistant Dean of Education and Outreach
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773.834.5602 lricobeck@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 161
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Erika Roditis]()
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Maria Rubio
Director of Operational Analysis
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773.834.4566 rubiom@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 141
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Vipul Sharma]()
Vipul Sharma
Director for Postdoctoral Affairs
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773-834-9841 sharmav@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 176
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Xiao Yun Sim]()
Xiao Yun Sim
Assistant Director of Employer Engagement
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xsim@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 174
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Brett Stachler]()
Brett Stachler
Associate Dean of Students, Recruitment and Admissions
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773.702.1592 bstachler@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 171
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![David Taylor]()
David Taylor
Dean of Students
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773.834.2057 davidtaylor@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 169
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Heather Upshaw]()
Heather Upshaw
Director of Development and Associate Dean of Alumni Relations & Development
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773.834.4818 hupshaw@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 141
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Tracy Walker]()
Tracy Walker
Director of Academic Programs & Diversity and Inclusion
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773.834.6202 twalker22@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 180
5607 South Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Stella Wang]()
Stella Wang
Assistant Director of Academic Programs
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773.834.6593 stellawang@uchicago.edu See Profile
Room 182
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Jennifer White]()
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Karen Wigle
Operations Associate
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kwigle1@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 141
5607 S. Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637![Matthew Williams]()
Matthew Williams
Building Manager
Eckhardt Research Center
773.834.5575 mattw2@uchicago.edu See profile
Room 105C
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
