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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at
Washington University in Saint Louis
Geology 
Geobiology
Geochemistry
Geophysics
Geodynamics
Planetary Science
Departmental
Office Personnel in
Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Administrative Services
Rich Heuermann (5-4614/Rm 110A): Department funded expenses; administrative and student academic projects and problems; course schedules; mechanics of curriculum requirements; University and government policies.
Gail Kremser (5-5603/Rm 110): Student academic administration, including academic progress monitoring, forms processing, alumni database, exam results, etc.; graduate applications management; seminar planning; conference room and classroom scheduling; Department office management, including routing of incoming/outgoing mail; Main Office Website (a.k.a., the Departmental Office Website) upkeep, office supply/equipment maintenance and inventory; paycheck distribution.
Chris Miller (5-5598/Rm 110B): Monthly and biweekly personnel processing; monthly employee payroll processing for non-Federal sources; incoming/terminating personnel; administration for international faculty, staff, students; job openings and hiring process; supervision of bookkeeping section.
Grant and Contract Administration
Marcia Holleran (5-7587/Rm 110C): Supervision of grant proposal submittals; grant budget preparation; grant and contract administration, including advance authorizations, closeout reporting, equipment screening; payroll-grant planning assistance; staff vacation and sick leave records; faculty search administrative coordination.
Beth Sparks (5-8826/Rm 110C): Payroll processing for sponsored research project sources; grant budget preparation; payroll-grant planning assistance; personnel activity reports (PARS), financial reports.
Bookkeepers
Lisa Klein (5-5692/Rm 110D): Check requests, travel (including travel advances, travel reports and budget adjustments); Procard; tracking of facilities billings including payment deposits and billing reminders; Whittemore House bills; fund balances, transaction inquiries.
Glenda Jackson (5-5596/Rm 110D): Purchase orders and invoices; campus stores; budget adjustments; shipping invoices; petty cash; facilities billings; photocopy, fax, and phone billings for grants and personal usage; telephone service and problems; photocopier code numbers; monthly financial reports to PI’s; fund balances, transaction inquiries.
Ghassan Aleqabi (5-5817/Rm 287A or 389) and Hugh Chou (5-4012/ Rm 289)): Computers - hardware, software, network; acquisition, installation, problems; upgrades. (Best reached via e-mail: problem@levee)
Laboratory Administration; Building and Maintenance
Bob Osburn (5-4555, Room 134): Teaching labs; field trips; building maintenance problems; renovations; office furniture; lab equipment and supplies; keys, AV equipment, purchase orders for new teaching lab equipment and supplies.