People

To find the person you are looking for, you can either search by name or browse through lists of people associated with particular areas: see navigation at left, and the list of administrative personnel below.

General telephone: (+1) 814-863-3650

General fax: (+1) 814-863-1357

Huck Institutes administrative personnel
Photo Name / job title E-mail / phone / campus Responsibilities include:
Peter Hudson Hudson, Peter
  • Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
  • Willaman Professor of Biology
pjh18@psu.edu
814-865-6057
   (University Park)
Pamela Mitchell Mitchell, Pamela
  • Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Biology
pjm23@psu.edu
814-865-5802
   (University Park)

Coordination of the Huck Institutes Distinguished Lecture Series

IBIOS 590 Course Organizer
Vivek Kapur Kapur, Vivek
  • Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
  • Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
vxk1@psu.edu
814-865-7696
   (University Park)
Nigel Deighton Deighton, Nigel
  • Director of Research Instrumentation, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
nxd20@psu.edu
814-865-4782
   (University Park)

Oversight of Huck facility operations, provide strategic direction and leadership in programmatic growth, and seek out grant opportunities

Administrative services
Photo Name / job title E-mail / phone / campus Responsibilities include:
Deb Stauffer Stauffer, Deb
  • Director, Administrative and Staff Services
dsg3@psu.edu
814-863-4576
   (University Park)

Overall supervision of Huck administrative services, including: financial operations, personnel administration, grant proposal submission, admissions, and support services.
Debbie Evock Evock, Debbie
  • Staff Assistant
dxe5@psu.edu
814-865-1626
   (University Park)

Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series, grant proposal preparation, travels upport forms, and purchasing card reconciliation
Carinda Kormanic Kormanic, Carinda
  • Accounting Assistant
qub8@psu.edu
814-865-0920
   (University Park)

Accounting for general and restricted budgets, graduate appointments, wage and workstudy appointments,and visa paperwork.
Megan Matthews Matthews, Megan
  • Administrative Support Staff
mam75@psu.edu
814-865-2625
   (University Park)

Manages the director's calendar, parking chair, HY shuttle passes, and purchase orders.
No photo available for this person Sharma, Ritu
  • Millennium Science Liason
rus19@psu.edu
   (University Park)

Central point of contact between the Huck Institutes and Millennium Science Complex faculty.
No photo available for this person Witherite, Eleanor
  • Staff Assistant
erw130@psu.edu
814-863-3650
   (University Park)

Keys coordinator, conference room scheduling, course/classroom scheduling, Plant Biology and Neuroscience Seminar Series coordination

Graduate program administration
Photo Name / job title E-mail / phone / campus Responsibilities include:
Paula Brown Brown, Paula
  • Administrative Assistant
paula@psu.edu
814-867-1383
   (University Park)

Overall supervision of Huck Graduate Program Administration.  Point person for program chairs, program budget administration, coordination of program student appointments, paperwork for new courses and programs, training grant and IGERT assistance, SRTE Administration.
Lisa Harman Harman, Lisa
  • Staff Assistant
lsb10@psu.edu
717-531-8566
   (Hershey)

Contact regarding current student paperwork/administration for Hershey-based students in the Physiology graduate program (including comprehensive exams and thesis defenses).
Janice Kennedy Kennedy, Janice
  • Staff Assistant
jkk5@psu.edu
814-865-3155
   (University Park)

Graduate program admissions, applicant questions, student visas, course registration, drop/add, grade changes, Candidacy and Comprehensive Exam paperwork.
Deborah Murray Murray, Deborah
  • Staff Assistant
dkm9@psu.edu
814-865-8165
   (University Park)

IGDP graduate program admissions, applicant questions, course registration, drop/add, grade changes, Candidacy and Comprehensive Exam paperwork.
Jean Pierce Pierce, Jean
  • Assistant, Ecology Graduate Program
jep32@psu.edu
814-867-0371
   (University Park)

Contact for the Ecology graduate program.
Michael Radis, EdD Radis, Michael
  • Associate Director, Huck Graduate Education Programs
mwr1@psu.edu
814-865-5557
   (University Park)

Contact with questions about graduate programs, particularly questions relating to admissions and professional development opportunities for students.
No photo available for this person Shuey, Kathy
  • Administrative Assistant
kes6@psu.edu
717-531-8982
   (Hershey)

Contact regarding comprehensive exams and thesis defenses for Hershey-based students in: Neuroscience, Integrative Biosciences (Bioinformatics and Genomics), Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, and Molecular Toxicology.
Terrie Young Young, Terrie
  • Staff Assistant
tly2@psu.edu
814-863-3273
   (University Park)

Molecular Medicine and Master of Biotechnology program admissions and questions, Federal Express shipments, mail room, catering events.

Technical support
Photo Name / job title E-mail / phone / campus Responsibilities include:
Michael Hand Hand, Michael
  • IT Manager
mjh135@psu.edu
814-865-3535
   (University Park)
No photo available for this person Baldwin, Robert
  • Systems Administrator
rlb124@psu.edu
814-867-1937
   (University Park)
Scott Boor Boor, Scott
  • Systems Administrator
lsb6@psu.edu
814-865-1098
   (University Park)
Seth Palmer Palmer, Seth
  • Technical Writer
srp215@psu.edu
814-863-4671
   (University Park)
No photo available for this person Pierce, Andrew
  • Web Applications Developer
ajp5103@psu.edu
   (University Park)
Paul Rentschler Rentschler, Paul
  • Web Manager
  • Web Applications Developer
par117@psu.edu
814-863-6346
   (University Park)
Aaron J Settlemyer Settlemyer, Aaron
  • Systems Administrator
ajs15@psu.edu
814-863-0910
   (University Park)
John Wisehaupt Wisehaupt, John
  • Facility Coordinator
jdw17@psu.edu
814-865-3363
   (University Park)