Staff

Alana Beal Turk

Strategic Programs Coordinator

3448 Elings Hall
Develops and supports strategic programming and projects related to workforce development, innovation, and entrepreneur initiatives.

Philip Becker

Building Manager

3233 Elings Hall
Point of contact to all users and occupants of Elings Hall regarding Building Operations and Services.

Jewels Bolden

Purchasing Coordinator

3448 Elings Hall
Purchasing, Shipping, Receiving

David Bothman

Development Engineer

3227 Elings Hall
Designing and building scientific instruments; helping researchers and students working in the Microfluidics Laboratory and Innovation Workshop; mentoring students.

Brian Dincau

Lab Manager
Microfluidics Laboratory and Innovation Workshop

3217 Elings Hall
Facilitating researchers working in the Microfluidics Laboratory and Innovation Workshop; manager for the Microfluidics Laboratory and Innovation Workshop.

Julie Dunson

Manager, Business Administration

3243 Elings Hall
Management of CNSI’s Financial Organization.

Christopher Gloo

Financial Analyst

3448 Elings Hall
Recharges

Debbie Kleinpeter

BioPACIFIC MIP Administrative Coordinator

3239 Elings Hall
Administrative support for the BioPACIFIC MIP at UC Santa Barbara.

Kelsey Leonard Moore

Quantum Foundry Administrative Coordinator

3448 Elings Hall
Administrative support for the NSF Quantum Foundry at UC Santa Barbara.

Tal Margalith

Executive Director of Scientific Initiatives and Innovation

3235 Elings Hall
Oversight of CNSI's innovation initiatives and resources - shared facilities, technology translation and startup incubation, Challenge Grants, and industry partnerships.

Sherylle Mills Englander

Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives and Operations

3248 Elings Hall
Ideation, management, and execution of CNSI’s strategic initiatives and center level projects, with an emphasis on I&E.

Laura Reynolds

Contracts and Grants Analyst

3241 Elings Hall

Rachel Schoeppner

Specialist
Lab Manager
Quantum Structures Facility and Confocal Microscope and Spectroscopy Facility

3227 Elings Hall
Facilitating researchers working in the Quantum Structures and Confocal Microscope and Spectroscopy Facilities; manager for the Quantum Structures and Confocal Microscope and Spectroscopy Facilities.

Jennifer Smith

Project Scientist
Lab Manager
Biological Nanostructures Laboratory

3217 Elings Hall
Assists researchers using instrumentation in the Biological Nanostructures Laboratory in research areas from biology to engineering.

Alexis Torres

Personnel and Financial Analyst

3237 Elings Hall
Administration of all personnel and payroll related activities.

Melecia Valdez

Financial Analyst

3241 Elings Hall
Financial Analyst

Paul Weakliem

CNSI Computing Support
Co-Director, Center for Scientific Computing

3231 Elings Hall
Co-manages the CSC HPC systems; assists researchers in using computation and HPC in furthering their research; provides technical support at CNSI.

Cristina Wilson

Manager, Research Administration

3245 Elings Hall
Contracts and Grants Administration and Oversight.