People

Staff

Tampa Campus

Name Description of Duties

Giovanni Luciano

Department Operations Manager

Giovanni Luciano
  • Manages Integrative Biology office and staff
  • Departmental HR liaison 
  • Oversight of departmental operating budgets
  • Faculty assignments, T&P, and annual evaluations
  • General office questions
  • Payroll processing
  • Travel and purchasing support
  • IB website administrator

Office: SCA 112A
Contact: Email

Christine Brubaker

Academic Services Administrator

Christine Brubaker
  • Administration and support of Tampa campus graduate program
    • Admissions
    • Committees, exams, defenses
    • Recruitment and appreciation events
    • Onboarding
    • Training
    • Graduate student timeline guidance
    • Graduation processes 
  • Tuition waivers

Office: SCA 112C
Contact: Email

Ozlem Eraslan Hizli

Academic Program Specialist

Ozlem Eraslan Hizli
  • Support of Tampa campus academic programs
    • Academic course schedule
    • Course syllabi
    • Collaboration with BioAdvise
    • Textbook orders
    • Undergraduate research permits
    • Graduate course permits
    • Enrollment reporting
  • Room bookings
  • Office purchasing
  • Key Requests
  • Travel arrangements for university guests

Office: SCA 112E
Contact: Email

Olivia McClamma

Unit Research Administrator

Olivia McClamma
  • Grants administrator (federal, state, student, private and international fund sources)
  • Pre- & Post-award support
  • Preparation and submission grant proposals in compliance with sponsor and university policy
  • Monitors and reconciles expenditures on sponsored projects, start-up, and research initiatives
  • Departmental Liaison to USF Division of Sponsored Research
  • Grant funded travel
  • Research appointments

Contact: Email

Mary Mangiapia, M.S.

Teaching Laboratory Manager

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  • Laboratory curriculum development and TA supervision of BSC2011L – Bio II
  • Laboratory purchasing for teaching labs
  • Biohazardous waste disposal
  • Specimen collection and tank maintenance
  • Teaching laboratory safety officer

Contact: Email | (813) 974-5059

Richard 'Romeo' Romeo

Research Engineering Technologist

Richard Romeo
  • Maintenance of research and teaching laboratory equipment
  • Department vehicle and vessel maintenance
  • Autoclave maintenance and safety training
  • Environmental chamber and greenhouse

Contact: Email | (813) 974-2667

St. Petersburg Campus

Name Description of Duties

Kirrin Chew

Administrative Specialist
  • CAS graduate & undergraduate permits
  • Independent Study/Research Contracts
  • Graduate Admissions, paperwork and permits
  • CAS event planning and admin for all search committees to facilitate travel & itinerary for candidate visits
  • Assist in various student-facing activities

Contact: Email| (727) 873-4705

Harriet Fletcher

Academic Program Specialist
  • Office Keys
  • Student notifications
  • CAS directory management
  • Degree certification transcripts
  • Academic Advising Appointments

Contact: Email| (727) 873-4156

DEBORAH L. HOWARD, M.S., M.A.

Teaching Lab Manager
  • Laboratory curriculum development and TA supervision of BSC2011L – Bio II
  • Laboratory purchasing for teaching labs
  • Teaching laboratory safety officer

Contact: Email| (727) 973-4380

Catherine Koziol, MBA

Internship Coordinator
  • Undergraduate Advising representative for internships
  • Development of internship opportunities with community partners
  • Student application review and placement in internships

Contact: Email

MAHMOUD MOHAMMED, PhD

Research Lab Manager
  • Responsible for all St. Petersburg research labs (Biology, ESP, and Chemistry)
  • Repairs and maintains research instrumentation, vessels, and vehicles
  • Research lab hurricane preparations
  • Training of grad students

Contact: Email