People

Staff

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Tampa campus

Name Description of Duties

Karissa Valine-Plaza

Operations Manager

kvalineplaza@usf.edu

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  • Manages IB office and supervision of staff

  • Department HR representative for hiring,  recruitment, and appointments

  • Oversight of department operating budgets

  • Faculty assignments, T&P, and annual evaluations

  • General office questions

  • Travel arrangements for university guests

  • Travel and purchasing training

Jessica Wilson, MS

Unit Research Administrator

normanj@usf.edu

 

  • Grants administrator (federal, state, student, private and international fund sources)

  • Pre- & Post-award support

  • Grant proposals

  • USF sponsored research liaison

  • Grant funded travel

  • Research appointments

Christine Brubaker, BA

Academic Systems Administrator – Graduate Programs

brubaker@usf.educbrubaker

  • Graduate program administrator

  • Graduate admissions

  • Graduate program support
    • Committees
    • Recruitment events
    • Onboarding
    • Training
    • Graduate student timeline guidance
    • Graduation processes 

  • Tuition waivers

  • TA appointments

Ben Peoples

Academic Program Specialist – Undergraduate Programs

bpeoples@usf.edu

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  • Academic course schedule

  • Undergraduate research permits

  • Graduate course permits

  • Course syllabi

  • Room bookings

  • Purchasing of textbooks and office supplies

  • Enrollment reporting

Mary Mangiapia, MS

Laboratory Manager

mangiapia@usf.edu
813 974 5059

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  • Laboratory curriculum development and TA supervision of BSC2011L – Bio II

  • Laboratory purchasing for teaching labs

  • Specimen collection and tank maintenance

  • Teaching laboratory safety officer

Richard Romeo “Romeo”

Research Engineering Technologist

rromeo1@usf.edu
813 974 2667

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  • Maintenance of research and teaching laboratory equipment

  • Department vehicle and vessel maintenance

  • Autoclave maintenance and safety training

  • Environmental chamber and greenhouse

Clare Dennison, PhD

Microscopy Core Facility Manager

cldennison@usf.edu

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  • Manager of the Microscopy Core Facility

  • Internal and external client consultation and bookings

  • Supervision and training in TEM, SEM and fluorescence microscope imaging technniques and sample preparation

  • Full service sample preparation and imaging services

  • Facility equipment maintenance

  • Integrative Biology Department website developer

  • Integrative Biology key requests processing

St. Petersburg campus

Name Description of Duties

Reid Lesperance

Administrative Specialist

lesperance@usf.edu

Administrative Specialist

DEBORAH L. HOWARD, Ms, MA

Teaching Lab Manager

dhoward5@usf.edu

7279734380

Teaching Lab Manager

Catherine Koziol, MBA

Internship Coordinator

cjk@usf.edu

Internship Coordinator

 

MAHMOUD MOHAMMED, PhD

Research Lab Manager

mahmoud5@usf.edu

  • Responsible for all St. Petersburg research labs (Biology, ESP, and Chemistry)
  • Repairs and maintains research instrumentation
  • Troubleshoots, and handles research lab prep for hurricanes
  • Training of grad students, and maintains boat and jeep.