Contracts & Grants
The Earth Research Institute’s Contract and Grant Administrators assist eligible Principal Investigators with proposal development and award administration.
Personnel
Information for new and current academic and staff employees.
Purchasing
Policies and procedures for procuring items with University funds.
Travel
Assists ERI departmental travelers and visiting speakers.
Administrative Services
The ERI administrative offices are located on the sixth floor of Ellison Hall. Our staff follow hybrid schedules and thus are not available in office daily. Please see below for the staff breakdown by area.
These email addresses (suffixed with eri.ucsb.edu) will reach staff in the following areas:
- Financial@
- Payroll@
- Proposals@
- Purchasing@
- Travel@
- Help@ (For computing issues)
Purchasing:
- Jeri O'Mahoney, Purchasing Analyst, 805/893-4885
- Rebecca Pratico, Purchasing Assistant, 805/893-3396
Travel:
- Amy Cann, Travel & Events Assistant, 805/893-3798
Financial:
- Debjani Bhattacharya, Financial Analyst, 805/893-8231
Payroll:
- Kaitlyn LeGros, Personnel Supervisor
- Rustie Beal, Personnel Analyst, 805/893-3975
- Sheri Walker, Senior Personnel Analyst, 805/893-8421
- Yi Moreno, Personnel Analyst, 805/893-3982
- Signe Nicklas, CCBER Personnel Analyst, 805/893-4027
C&G/Financial:
- Jessica Ajao, Contracts & Grants/Financial Manager, 805/893-7350
- Kat Long, Financial Research Analyst, 805/893-7451
- Beverly Aronson, Contracts & Grants Analyst, 805/893-3969
- Catherine Szegda, Contracts & Grants Analyst, 805/893-3997
Manager:
- Cecilia Sousa, Management Services Officer, 805/893-7615
Compute Team
- Michael Colee, Director of Computing, 6703 Ellison Hall, 805/893-7348
- Aaron Martin, Systems Administrator, 6809 Ellison Hall, 805/893-8415
- Darla Sharp, Information Systems, 6704 Ellison Hall, 805/893-8475
