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Department Committees 2025-2026


There may be updates to these assignments until the beginning of Fall semester.

ASTRONOMY TASK FORCE ORGANIZATION
Yao-Yuan Mao
AWARDS COMMITTEE (FACULTY/STAFF)
David Kieda (Chair)
Tino Nyawelo
Christoph Boehme (Spring only)
Valerie Smith
AWARDS COMMITTEE (STUDENT)
Eugene Mishchenko (Chair - Fall only)
Doug Bergman (Chair - Spring only)
Anil Seth
Tanmoy Laskar (Spring Only)
Gernot Laicher
Valerie Smith
Stacie Cuadro
Student & Faculty Support
Eric Montoya (Chair)
Qi Feng
Lincoln Draper
COMPUTING
Doug Bergman (Chair)
Wayne Springer
Brad Hawks
CONDENSED MATTER TASK FORCE
Eric Montoya (Chair - Fall Only)
Christoph Boehme (Chair - Spring Only)
CENTER FOR DISABILITY AND ACCESS LIAISON
Claudia DeGrandi
FACULTY MENTORING PROGRAM
Wayne Springer (Chair)
Valerie Smith
FUTURES
Dave Kieda (Chair)
Gustavo Marques-Tavares
Andrey Rogachev
Grace Telford (Spring only)
Vikram (Spring only)
Mengxing Ye (Spring only)
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS COORDINATION
Nick Borys (Chair)
Jordan Gerton
Gustavo Marques Tavares
Oleg Starykh
Dennis Soldin
Saveez Saffarian
Kyle Dawson
Vikram Deshpande (Spring only)
Calvin Dittmore
GRADUATE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
Tugdual LeBohec (Chair)
Charlie Jui
Eugene Mishchenko
Paolo Gondolo
Kyle Dawson
Graduate Program, Curriculum, Recruitment
Kyle Dawson (Chair)
Tugdual LeBohec
Dave Kieda
Eric Montoya
Calvin Dittmore
Josh Ratajczak
Simon Filbert
Honors Liaison
Paolo Gonodolo (Chair)
LAOA
Ben Bromley (Chair)
John Belz
Oleg Starykh
LA Department Coordinator
Claudia De Grandi (Chair)
MAP
Qi Feng (Chair)
NEW BUILDING
Vikram Deshpande (Co-chair)
Andrey Rogachev (Co-chair)
Gernot Laicher
Harold Simpson
OMBUDS LIAISON
Ben Bromley (Chair)
PANDA NETWORK COMMITTEE
Rhett Zollinger (Chair)
Jordan Gerton
Ramon Barthelemy (Fall only)
Claudia De Grandi
Christoph Boehme (Spring only)
Stacie Cuadro
Postbac Program
Ramón Barthelemy (Chair)
Tino Nyawelo
Program Statistics
Paolo Gondolo (Chair)
Ramon Barthelemy (Spring only)
Postdoctoral Affairs
Kevin Zhang (Co-chair)
Dennis Soldin (Co-chair)
Valy Vardeny
Public Education & Outreach (includes Physics Circle)
Oleg Starkyh (Chair)
Kevin Davenport
Wayne Springer
Kayley Coluccio
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
John Belz (Chair)
Saveez Saffarian
Andrey Rogachev
Mengxing Ye (Spring only)
Kevin Zhang (Fall only)
Willis Hollis
RPT (Retention, Promotion, and Tenure) Chair
Charlie Jui
SAC ADVISOR
Charlie Jui (Chair)
SAFETY
Audrey Rogachev (Chair)
Charlie Jui
Gernot Laicher
Saveez Saffarian
Zhiheng Liu
SPS Advisor
Kelby Hahn (Chair)
SURF/REU Advisor
Tino Nyawelo (Chair)
Jordan Gerton
Qi Feng
TA (Teaching Assist) Committee
Kevin Davenport (Co-chair)
Kelby Hahn (Co-chair)
Doug Bergman (Co-Chair)
Zheng Zheng
Rhett Zollinger
Sean Zuckerman
Alexis Buzzell (mentor TA)
Teaching Excellence
Claudia De Grandi (Chair)
Kelby Hahn
Kevin Davenport
Yao-Yuan Mao
Rhett Zollinger
John Belz
Undergraduate Program & Curriculum
Anil Seth (Chair)
Claudia DeGrandi
Jordan Gerton
Stacie Cuadro
Sean Zuckerman
Undergraduate Recruitment & Teacher Outreach
Anil Seth (Chair)
Claudia DeGrandi
Tugdual LeBohec
Christoph Boehme (Spring only)
Rhett Zollinger

COLLEGE COMMITTEES

ACADEMIC APPEALS
Peter Stang (Chair)
Eugene Mishchenko
Randy Jensen
Tory Richardson
Hannah Fritze
Kayla Gonzalez
Quyen Tran
COLLEGE COUNCIL
Ben Bromley (TL, 1-Year Term)
Orest Symko (TL, 1-Year Term)
Joel Brownstein (CL, 2-Year Term)
CONVOCATION
Katelin Goings
CURRICULUM
Anil Seth
SAFETY
Charlie Jui
RETENTION, PROMOTION & TENURE
Wayne Springer
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
Doug Bergman

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

ACADEMIC SENATE
INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING PROGRAM
SENATE – ACADEMIC FREEDOM
SENATE – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SENATE – PRESIDENT ELECT
SENATE – UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
UTAH ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS & COSMOLOGY INSTITUTE
UTAH DIXON LASER INSTITUTE
ENDORSED SCHOLARSHIP ENDORSEMENT COMMITTEE

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