Department Contacts
Chair / MSO
Chair, Physics Department:
Email: Oleg Shpyrko | Phone: (858) 534-6857
Executive Officer/MSO:
Email: Bret Noel | Phone: (858) 534-0340
Vice Chairs
Vice Chair - Undergraduate Education:
Email: Andrew Meyertholen
Vice Chair - Graduate Education:
Email: Rick Averitt
Vice Chair - Astronomy:
Email: Shelley Wright
Vice Chair - Academic Matters:
Email: Kaixuan Ni
Financial & Business Office
Financial Manager:
Email: Jasmyn Wuerthwein | Phone: (858) 822-0434
Academic Personnel / Human Resources
Academic Personnel Analyst:
Email: Vilay Luangraj | Phone: (858) 534-6832
Personnel / Payroll Analyst:
Email: Feifei Yu | Phone: (858) 534-5780
IT - Physics Computing Facility
Note: The numbers below are for IT support for Physics faculty, staff, and students. For questions about class prerequisites, or other scheduling issues, please see the "Student Affairs" section below.
Physics IT / Computing Helpdesk:
Email: Physics IT Helpdesk | Phone: (858) 534-6389 | Web Site: Physics Computing Facility
Physics Computing Manager:
Email: Kevin Smith | Phone: (858) 534-3322
Shops and Facilities Management
Facilities Manager:
Email: Lester Brooks | Phone: (858) 534-1027
Student Affairs
Graduate Coordinator:
Email: Sharmila Poddar | Phone: (858) 822-1074
Graduate Admissions Coordinator:
Email: Saixious Dominguez-Kilday | Phone: (858) 534-3293
Curriculum and Undergraduate Affairs Manager:
Email: Toni Moore | Phone: (858) 534-1745
TA Coordinator/OSD Liaison:
Email: Dawn Love | Phone: (858) 822-1468
Student Affairs Manager:
Email: Catherine McConney | Phone: (858) 534-5982
Vice Chair - Undergraduate Education:
Email: Andrew Meyertholen
Vice Chair - Graduate Education:
Email: Rick Averitt
Undergraduate Advising:
UCSD and UCEAP Students:
Use the Virtual Advising Center (VAC)
Non-UCSD Students:
Email: Advising | Fax: (858) 534-0262
Mailing Address
Department of Physics, 0319
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0354
Office Telephone Contact: (858) 534-3290
Facsimile: (858) 534-3501
Campus Mail Code: 0319
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Direction from I-805
I-805 N (12.3 mi)
Take exit 25B for Miramar Rd (0.1 mi)
Keep left at the fork, follow signs for La Jolla Village Dr and
merge onto La Jolla Village Dr/Miramar Rd
Continue to follow La Jolla Village Dr (2.6 mi)
Take the ramp to Gilman Dr (0.1 mi)
Turn left (276 ft)
Turn left Destination will be on the right (161 ft)
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