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Fall/Winter 2022 Alumni Magazine
Building a New Foundation: Welcome the New Staff!
By UNC Chemistry Communication
THE ADMIN TEAM
Michael Smith
Michael Smith
Events and Special Programs Manager
Michael is the departmental support for all departmental events, including seminars, colloquiums, and other special events.
Paul Beam
Paul Beam
Administrative Support Associate
Paul is the administrative lead for faculty and staff travel, PO’s, reimbursements, exam copying and other administrative actions.
Cindy Jaquith
Cindy Jaquith
Administrative Support Associate
Cindy is the administrative point of contact for purchase orders, student travel, faculty awards, purchasing general supplies, summer program support, and other projects.
Vivian Lin
Vivian Lin
Cores Administrative Assistant
Vivian is responsible for providing administrative support by managing core financial reports, billing, reporting and RTNN event planning for the Cores.
THE HR TEAM
LaTonya Simrel-Wright
LaTonya Simrel-Wright
Human Resources Manager
LaTonya oversees the department’s HR operations. She supports academic and research endeavors by managing hiring processes and the review and promotion of personnel.
Justin Angell
Justin Angell
Student Payroll Manager
Justin is responsible for the graduate student payroll, enrollment into graduate student health insurance, temporary hire payroll, unpaid affiliate hires, department visa contact/management and TIM management.
THE NEW CHASE MEMBERS
Caley Allen
Caley Allen
CHASE Managing Director
As the CHASE Managing Director, Caley works to lead CHASE’s multifaceted, complex and evolving research program. Among many other things, she is responsible for ensuring compliance with the DOE, implementing communication between the center entities, and managing the budgeting process.
Dan Kurtz
Dan Kurtz
CHASE Technical Communications & IP Manager
Dan serves as the CHASE Hub’s lead for intellectual property, identifying technologies for patent protection, along with managing CHASE scientific and technical communications, CHASE scientific conferences, and outreach programs.
THE STAFF OF CHANL
Carrie Donley
Spectroscopist
Carrie oversees many of the tools in CHANL including the XPS, the XRD, the FTIR, UV-Vis microspectrophotometer, atomic force microscope , and the nanoindenter.
Amar Kumbhar
Amar Kumbhar
Electron Microscopist
Amar is a electron microscopist and has been with CHANL from 2008 . He shares responsibilities of taking care of the electron microscopes, SEM and TEM, in CHANL.
Bob Geil
Bob Geil
Technical Director
Bob works with CHANL staff to manage and maintain instrumentation, guide new users and provide characterization and fabrication services to researchers
STUDENT SERVICES AND PEDAGOGICAL COORDINATOR
Tiffany Register
Student Services Specialist
As a Student Services Specialist, Tiffany supports undergraduate and graduate students with their academic needs.
Julianne Hall
Pedagogical Program Coordinator
Julianne, the department's first Pedagogical Coordinator, is responsible for supporting the faculty in managing the department's large format, multi-section courses.
THE NEW RESEARCH STAFF
Irene Manning
Lead Research Chemist
As the Lead Research Chemist for the NC Pure Project, Irene is the driver of innovation for the development Ionic Fluorogels, an efficient and selective PFAS remediation technology.
Lázaro Toledo
Research Associate
Lázaro is responsible for conducting data analysis, enabling and routine MS experiments, experimental set up, instrument configuration, managing and operating MS equipment, and other organizational laboratory duties.
THE NEW FACILITIES STAFF
Jason Worrell,
Facilities Manager
Jordan Simmons,
Cale Rogers,
Chris Pryor,
and Kody Halacheff
Facilities Maintenance Technicians
As the Facilities team for both UNC Chemistry and UNC Biology, Jordan, Cale, Chris, Kody, and Jason are responsible for key/building access, construction and maintenance needs.
