Contact

Scripps Oceanography Department

Graduate Program: for general graduate program questions and admissions information, please contact the department by phone at (858) 534-3206, or by email at siodept@sio.ucsd.edu.

Undergraduate Program: for general program questions and admission information, please contact the office at (858) 822-4604.

Graduate Program Contacts:

• Denise Darling, Department Manager
  858-534-4794, ddarling@ucsd.edu
  

• Ryan Eddings, Financial Affairs
  858-534-3207, reddings@ucsd.edu
  Financial administrator: student travel and seminar reimbursement, purchase orders, faculty start-up funds

• Becky Burrola, Student Affairs Officer/Graduate Student Financial Support
  858-534-1695, rburrola@ucsd.edu
  Graduate student financial support, payroll

• Kristopher Kagaoan, Student Affairs Assistant
  858-534-3206, kkagaoan@ucsd.edu
  Classroom reservations, audio-visual reservations, key distribution, mail distribution

• Joshua Reeves, Graduate Coordinator
  858-534-1694, jdreeves@ucsd.edu
  Student affairs, admissions, advising, recruitment & outreach, diversity coordinator 

• Cerise Maue, Academic Affairs Coordinator
  858-534-4871, cmaue@ucsd.edu
  Class scheduling, seminar calendar, faculty services, inaugural lectures

• Cristy Whitehead, Academic Personnel Coordinator & Assistant to Chair
  858-534-3205, cwhitehead@ucsd.edu
  Academic affairs

• Marcelle Hawkins, Analyst
  858-822-2110, mjhawkins@ucsd.edu
  Statistics, postdoc program coordinator, database management

• M Dr. Dan Rudnick, Deputy Director for Education
  858-534-7669, drudnick@ucsd.edu

• Dr. Myrl Hendershott, Chair
  858-534-3205, gradchr@sio.ucsd.edu

• Dr. Michael Landry, Vice Chair
  858-534-4702, mlandry@ucsd.edu
  

Undergraduate Program Contacts:

• Lisa Tauxe, Director of Earth Science Majors

  858-534-6084, ltauxe@ucsd.edu

• Jane Teranes, Associate Director and Lecturer

  858-534-5386, jteranes@ucsd.edu
  Student Advising, oversees directed research efforts for undergraduates, directs the internship program. Also teaches an undergraduate seminar, SIO 90: Perspectives on Ocean Sciences.
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• Caren Duncanson, Administrative Director

  858-534-8157, cduncanson@ucsd.edu
  Progam administration and student services
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• Pam Buaas, Administrative Assistant

  858-534-4604, pbuaas@ucsd.edu
  Student services and assisting in program administration. Maintains student records, administrative support for courses, and student advising