Department Contacts
Business Office
Financial Manager:
Email: Jasmyn Hornbuckle | Phone: (858) 822-0434
Chair / MSO
Chair, Physics Department:
Email: Ben Grinstein | Phone: (858) 534-6857
Chair's Assistant:
Email: Joan Grohman | Phone: (858) 534-6832
Executive Officer/MSO:
Email: Tom Tomp | Phone: (858) 534-0340
Fax: (858) 534-7419
Human Resources
Personnel/Payroll Manager:
Email: Joan Grohman | Phone: (858) 534-6832
Fax: (858) 534-3501
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
Electronics Shop:
Email: Alan White | Phone: (858) 534-0998
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
Undergraduate Coordinator:
Email: Toni Moore | Phone: (858) 534-1745
Student Affairs Manager:
Email: Catherine McConney | Phone: (858) 534-5982
Vice Chair - Education:
Email: Tom Murphy | Phone: (858) 534-1844
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, 0354
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0354
Office Telephone Contact: (858) 534-3290
Facsimile: (858) 534-0262
Campus Mail Code: 0354
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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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