Administration
Prof. Julia Thom-Levy, Department Chair
109 Clark Hall
email: physicschair@cornell.edu
(607) 255-4093
Prof. Matthias Liepe, Director of Graduate Studies
302 Physical Sciences Building
email: physicsdgs@cornell.edu
(607) 254-8937
Prof. Michael Niemack, Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies
389 Physical Sciences Building
email: physicsdus@cornell.edu
(607) 255-0391
Paula L. Epps-Cepero, Director of Administration
121 Clark Hall
(607) 255-6022
Directs department business operations and oversees administrative and technical staff. Manages areas of finance, budget, personnel, policy, human resources, and facilities. Coordinates teaching program and assigns graduate teaching assistants. Click here to share a suggestion with the Cornell Department. (You will first be sent to authenticate to ensure you are a Cornell user. This information is NOT being collected by the survey.)
Kacey Bray, Administrative Supervisor and Chair’s Assistant
109 Clark Hall
(607) 255-6016
email: klb79@cornell.edu
Provides administrative support to the Chair and the Director of Administration. Responsible for faculty and graduate student appointments, tracking and submitting promotions, posting financial aid for graduate students, setting up faculty meetings and faculty votes.
Karl Hill, Accounts Representative/Course Production Assistant
117 Clark Hall
(607) 255-6163
email: kh722@cornell.edu
Accounts and purchasing coordinator; manages the department’s procurement needs, reimbursements, and payments. Responsible for the production of course materials (lab manuals, homework duplications, exams, etc.).
Casey Neville, Graduate Program Coordinator
113 Clark Hall
(607) 255-7561
email: ckn35@cornell.edu
Responsible for graduate student records, admissions, recruitment, and new graduate student orientation.
Ellen Quarmby, Testing Center Assistant (PHYS 1101/1102)
250 Rockefeller Hall
(607) 255-6033
email: efq3@cornell.edu
Manages the testing and learning centers for PHYS 1101/1102.
Sue Sullivan, Undergraduate and Events Coordinator
117 Clark Hall
(607) 255-7562
email: sfc1@cornell.edu
Responsible for colloquia, special lectures, and undergraduate majors/minors. Back-up for duplicating work.
Danyel Wierson, Course Coordinator and Communications Coordinator
117 Clark Hall
(607) 255-7563
enrollment email: physicsenrollment@cornell.edu
email: dw442@cornell.edu
Responsible for classroom and course scheduling, grading, course information, registration, waitlists, and enrollments. Also manages textbook and desk copy orders, course evaluations, social media, and web page management and updates.
Technical Staff
Phil Krasicky, Senior Lecturer and Teaching Support Specialist
B-1 Rockefeller Hall
(607) 255-6021
Teaching Support Specialist. Develops and enhances instructional laboratory experiments and lecture demonstrations for undergraduate physics courses, in consultation with faculty, instructors, and technical staff, effectively utilizing computers, technical programs, and web technology. Oversees technical staff in the production, fabrication, and implementation of experiments and demonstrations.
Kevin Labe, Advanced Lab Manager
308 Clark Hall
(607) 255-2374
Director of Advanced Labs. Responsible for the advanced experimental teaching labs for physics seniors ( 4410) and for graduate students ( 6510). About eighty different experiments are available in a wide range of areas for students to choose from. The advanced labs are located on the 3rd and 4th floors in Clark Hall.
Jonathan Lagasse, Rockefeller Building Manager and Undergraduate Lab Assistant
B-27 Rockefeller Hall
(607) 255-6034
Oversees the upkeep of the Rockefeller facility and the distribution of building keys. Also serves other departments within Rockefeller. Provides backup technical support for teaching labs in all introductory physics courses, located on the basement level and second floor of Rockefeller Hall.
Mark Lory-Moran, Undergraduate Lab Manager and Rockefeller Assistant Building Manager
B-27 Rockefeller Hall
(607) 255-2398
Provides technical support for teaching labs in Rockefeller Hall, including the undergraduate engineering sequences 1110, 2210, 2214, their counterparts for majors 1116, 2217, 2218, the introductory courses for non-majors 1101-1102, 2207-2208, the intermediate undergraduate lab 3310, and the electronic circuits course 3360. Also serves as the Assistant Building Manager for Rockefeller Hall as needed.
Jenny Wurster, Demonstration Manager and Teaching Support Specialist
202 Rockefeller Hall
(607) 255-2371
Teaching support specialist for the large undergraduate physics lectures in 1112, 1116, 1201, 1203, 1204, 2207, 2208, 2213, 2214, 2217, and 2218. Sets up and maintains the equipment used in the lecture demonstrations, most of which take place on the second floor in the south wing of Rockefeller Hall.