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

Map, Directions & Parking Lots

View Map
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)
Find Parking Lots
UCSD Transportation Services

Special Programs

Young Physicists Program

Research Groups

Astrophysics/Astronomy
Biophysics
Condensed Matter
Elementary Particles
Plasma Physics

Related Links

Division of Physical Sciences
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mathematics
Physics