Staff

The Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering’s human constituents represent a diverse mix of individuals, including distinguished faculty, committed staff and talented students. Use the information below to lookup each staff member’s duties, responsibilities and contact information. This list includes office staff, student advisors, IT staff and other personnel.

  1. Administrative Staff
  2. Fiscal and Research Administrators
  3. Human Resources
  4. Student Services
  5. System Administrators
  6. Research Coordinators

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Administrative Staff

NameDetails
Sara Kaplan
Administrative Assistant III
skaplan3@ufl.edu
352-392-1201
5400 MH

Duties
– Facilitate monthly faculty meetings
– Coordinate departmental events and meetings
– Manage chair’s schedule and communications
– Coordinate IAB meetings and T&P
– Supervise and train student assistants
– Oversee office operations and logistics
– Prepare reports and correspondence
– Liaise with college administrative offices
– Support faculty hiring and onboarding
Kabir, Zarifa
Administrative Support Assistant II
zkabir@ufl.edu
352-273-4038
5400 MH

Duties
– Space Inventory and Allocation
– Key Inventory / Distribution
– Department Office Assignments
– MH Graduate Seat Assignments
– Tablet Assignments / Supply Ordering
– Asset Management
– Maintain faculty/staff personnel data

Fiscal and Research Administrators

NameDetails
Turchin, Erica
Associate Director, Administrative Services
ericamoore@ufl.edu
352-392-0350
5070 MH

Duties
– Oversee all finance and research for CISE
– Effort Reporting
– Faculty Assignment Reports
– PCard approvals
– Prepare financial reports
– Approve travel
– Faculty payroll distributions
– Monitor all department accounts

Fiscal

CISE-Fiscal@eng.ufl.edu.
Please use the above email for:
Travel Needs – Requests, Reimbursements
Purchasing – Ordering, PCard Receipts (reconciling), Reimbursements

NameDetails
Colson, Marcia “Tessie”
Accounting Specialist
mcolson@ufl.edu
352-273-2554
5070 MH

Duties
-Supervises Fiscal Team
-Material and Supply Fees/Equipment Fees
-Travel/pcard/general reimbursement approvals
-Requisition/invoice approvals
-Telephone charges
-Cellphone reimbursements
-Club fund tracking
-Club assistance with purchasing, travel, and general reimbursements
-Group travel
-Scholarships
-Sponsorships
-Journal entry preparation
-Reconciliation of department accounts
Schlosser, Elissa
Fiscal Assistant II
elissa06@ufl.edu
352-294-1983

Duties
-Travel requests
-Travel reports
-Employee Reimbursements
-Pcard reports
-Cash expense refunds
-Requisitions/purchase orders/invoices
-Pcard purchases
Kramer, Barry
Fiscal Assistant I
barrykramer@ufl.edu
352-273-4147
5070 MH

Duties
-Travel requests
-Travel reports
-Employee Reimbursements
-Pcard reports
-Cash expense refunds
-Requisitions/purchase orders/invoices
-Pcard purchases

Research Administrators

Pre-award/Proposals: proposals@cise.ufl.edu
Please use the above email for:
Pre-award questions
Proposal questions/preparation

NameDetails
Taylor, Aaron
Research Administrator II
a.taylor13@ufl.edu
352-294-6686

Duties
– Pre-award research administration
– Oversee/submit proposals in UFIRST
– Assist with coordinating all sponsor required proposal forms
– Prepare proposal budgets
TBD
Research Administrator II
Duties
– Pre-award research administration
– Oversee/submit proposals in UFIRST
– Assist with coordinating all sponsor required proposal forms
– Prepare proposal budgets

Post-award: Grants@cise.ufl.edu
Please use the above email for:
Post-award questions or requests

NameDetails
Slepian, Michelle
Research Administrator III
mslepian@eng.ufl.edu
352-294-6688

Duties
– Post-award research administration
– Oversees grant amendments
– Reviews grant expenditures
– Monitors grant spending
– Process/Initiates corrections to grant spending
– Assists with departmental financial reports
Andrzejewski, Sophia
Research Administrator II
sandrzej@ufl.edu
352-294-2043

Duties
– Post-award research administration
– Oversees grant amendments
– Reviews grant expenditures
– Monitors grant spending
– Process/Initiates corrections to grant spending
– Assists with departmental financial reports
Sessions, Rob
Research Administrator II
rsessions@ufl.edu
352-294-0471

Duties
– Post-award research administration
– Oversees grant amendments
– Reviews grant expenditures
– Monitors grant spending
– Process/Initiates corrections to grant spending
– Assists with departmental financial reports

Human Resources

cise-hr@eng.ufl.edu

Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering HR

The CISE Payroll/Personnel Team coordinates all personnel/payroll activities and transactions.

NameDetails
Greene, Mykal
Human Resources Generalist I
352-294-7774
Krueger, Kimberly
Human Resources
352-294-7776
Taylor, Keri
Human Resources Generalist II
352-294-7772

Student Services

NameDetails
Appling, Andrew
Undergrad Advising
amappling1@ufl.edu
352-294-2076
2311 MH

Duties
– Undergraduate Academic Advisor: Computer Science (EG & LS) & Digital Arts and Sciences
– Undergraduate advising issues (2nd year and above)
– Advising hold removal
– Coordinate departmental probation
– Oversee Academic Tutoring Center
– Maintain undergraduate blog (non-vital news and announcements)
– Set up department course schedule
– Coordinate transfer admission evaluation
– Reserve classrooms for academic purposes
– Meet with prospective students
– Department grading coordinator (along with other Academic Advisor III)
– Coordinate Honors Theses for undergrads
– Liaison to College of Engineering
– Liaison to Innovation Academy
– Liaison to Career Resource Center
Cook, Adrienne
Graduate Advising
alcook@ufl.edu
352-392-7392
2308 MH

Duties
– Graduate Student Academic Advisor
– Registration, drop/add, hold, issues
– Graduate Petitions
– Degree Certification
– Proposal/candidacy processing
– Graduation verification
– Minor degree requirements
– Tracking at-risk students
– Various petitions
– Grades input for research courses
– Tracking enrollment (for IWL purposes)
– Maintain grad email lists
– GIMS data input, updates, verification
– Maintain PhD grad database
– TA evals
– Annual PhD student evals
– Achievement Award tracking
– TA data (and TAAS data input)
– Taulbee
– AAR
– Credential holds
– Advising holds
– QE exam – all paperwork, scheduling, spreadsheet info
– Track SPEAK score issues
Cutshall, Scott
Graduate Advising
scutshall@ufl.edu
2306 MH
Duties
– Advising
– Registration
– Add/Drop
– Master’s Degree Certification
– Credential Holds
– Advising Holds
– Achievement Award Processing
– WALK-OUT-OF-TERM (WOOT) for all MS students
– SKILL Letters for all MS students
McCarty, Jessica
Undergrad Advising
jessicamccarty@ufl.edu
352-294-2075
2305 MH

Duties
– Undergraduate Academic Advisor: Computer Science (EG & LS) & Digital Arts and Sciences
– Undergraduate advising issues (2nd year and above)
– Advising hold removal
– Coordinate departmental probation
– Oversee Academic Tutoring Center
– Maintain undergraduate blog (non-vital news and announcements)
– Set up department course schedule
– Coordinate transfer admission evaluation
– Reserve classrooms for academic purposes
– Meet with prospective students
– Department grading coordinator (along with other Academic Advisor III)
– Coordinate Honors Theses for undergrads
– Liaison to College of Engineering
– Liaison to Innovation Academy
– Liaison to Career Resource Center
Pennock Schaub, Martha
Undergrad Advising
marpen@ufl.edu
352-392-1090
2310 MH

Duties
– Undergraduate Academic Advisor: Computer Science (EG & LS) & Digital Arts and Sciences
– Undergraduate advising issues (2nd year and above)
– Advising hold removal
– Coordinate departmental probation
– Oversee Academic Tutoring Center
– Maintain undergraduate blog (non-vital news and announcements)
– Set up the department course schedule
– Coordinate transfer admission evaluation
– Reserve classrooms for academic purposes
– Meet with prospective students
– Department grading coordinator (along with other Academic Advisor III)
– Coordinate Honors Theses for undergrads
– Liaison to College of Engineering
– Liaison to Innovation Academy
– Liaison to Career Resource Center
Sapp, Kristina
Admissions Assistant
klsapp@ufl.edu
352-392-1090
2302 MH

Duties
– Graduate Admissions
– Processing for B/M, grad transfer, non-traditional, concurrent
– Post Baccalaureate applications
– Senior Certificate
– Cooperative Practical Training
– Optional Practical Training
– Recruiting (especially February Ph.D. recruiting)
– Assist with Orientation
– Faculty Regalia
– Maintain job blog for grad students
– Manage Master’s/Ph.D. mailing list
Shannon, Carleigh
Academic Assistant
cwhitehead23@ufl.edu
352-294-7938
Online

Duties
– Course scheduling
– Exam room reservations
– Ad hoc room scheduling
– Textbook adoptions
– Coordinating course equivalency requests
– Coordinating petitions
– Processing curriculum / catalog updates
Williams, J. Matthew
UF Online Undergrad Advising
mwilliams@eng.ufl.edu
352-294-6756

Duties
– UF Online Undergraduate Academic Advisor
– Undergraduate advising issues (2nd year and above)
– Advising hold removal
– Coordinate departmental probation
– Oversee Academic Tutoring Center
– Maintain undergraduate blog (non-vital news and announcements)
– Set up department course schedule
– Coordinate transfer admission evaluation
– Reserve classrooms for academic purposes
– Meet with prospective students
– Department grading coordinator (along with other Academic Advisor III)
– Coordinate Honors Theses for undergrads
– Liaison to College of Engineering
– Liaison to Innovation Academy
– Liaison to Career Resource Center
Woody Noel Undergraduate Advisingwnoel@ufl.edu
(352) 294-9191
2309 MH

Duties
– Undergraduate Academic Advisor: Computer Science (EG & LS) & Digital Arts and Sciences
– Undergraduate advising issues (2nd year and above)
– Advising hold removal
– Coordinate departmental probation
– Oversee Academic Tutoring Center
– Maintain undergraduate blog (non-vital news and announcements)
– Set up the department course schedule
– Coordinate transfer admission evaluation
– Reserve classrooms for academic purposes
– Meet with prospective students
– Department grading coordinator (along with other Academic Advisor III)
– Coordinate Honors Theses for undergrads
– Liaison to College of Engineering
– Liaison to Innovation Academy
– Liaison to Career Resource Center”

System Administrators

support@cise.ufl.edu

NameDetails
TBD
IT Manager
352-294-0415
E314A CSE

Duties
– Unix Server/Desktop Administration
– Network Administration
– Backup Administration
– Mail Administration
– Cluster (CPU/GPU) Administration
– Building Services/Maintenance/Operations Coordination
– Building Emergency Coordinators
Windischman, Mark
Computing Specialist
windisch@cise.ufl.edu
352-294-0418
MH 1037

Duties
– Asset/ITAR/Travel Request Administration
– Hardware Support
– Building Services/Maintenance/Operations Coordination
– Building Emergency Coordinator
– Maintain Card Access System / Keypad Entry and Camera Systems

Research Coordinators

NameDetails
Under the direction of Kristy Boyer, Ph.D.
Brown, Timothytimothy.brown@ufl.edu
Martinez-Ruiz, Juliannajuliannamartinez@ufl.edu
Under the direction of Kevin Butler, Ph.D.
TBD352-294-0995
MAE 226
Henderson, Moriahmoriah@ufl.edu
352-294-3287
MAE 226A