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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
  • Margarita Bergquist, Procurement Analyst, 805-893-3396

Travel:

  • Amy Cann, Travel & Events Assistant, 805/893-3798

Financial

  • Debjani Bhattacharya, Financial Analyst, 805/893-8231

Payroll

  • Bailey Clincy, Personnel/Financial Supervisor, 8058937610
  • Rustie Beal, Personnel Analyst, 805/893-3975
  • Sheri Walker, Senior Personnel Analyst, 805/893-8421
  • Jan Hunter, Personnel/Financial 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
  • Vacant, Contracts & Grants Analyst, 805/893-3997
  • Laurel Neely, Contracts & Grants Analyst, 805-893-4905
  • Ashton Woll, Contracts & Grants Analyst, 805-893-3598

Manager

  • Cecilia Sousa, Management Services Officer, 805/893-7615

Compute Team

  • Michael Colee, Director of Computing, 6703 Ellison Hall, 805/893-7348
  • Darla Sharp, Information Systems,  6704 Ellison Hall, 805/893-8475
  • Sebastian Garcia, Systems Administrator, smgarcia@ucsb.edu
  • Matthew Key, Systems Administrator, 
    mdkey@ucsb.edu
  • Chris Mundell, Systems Administrator, 
    mundell@ucsb.edu