Staff and Researchers
Staff
Vacant
Student Services Generalist
Assists graduate students with enrollment, milestones, graduation, and funding.
Peter Chege
Building Manager
Claire Culver
Undergraduate Student Coordinator
Tanner Fitzgerald
Machinist
Ig Jakovac
Information Technology
Jamia Nixon
Senior Administrative Coordinator
Jean (Jeannie) Vining Reese
Director of Operations
Administrative and human resources management. Recipient of the University of Virginia 1996 Outstanding Contribution Award and the School of Engineering and Applied Science 2013 Distinguished Service Award.
Tonya Reynolds
Senior Administrative Assistant
Sherri Sullivan
Senior Finance Generalist
Researchers
Catherine Dukes
Office: Jesser Hall 149
Catherine A. Dukes is a Research Scientist in the Department of Materials Science at UVA, where she directs the Laboratory for Astrophysics and Surface Physics (LASP-UVa) and is the NMCF principal scientist for XPS, XRF, and FTIR analyses. Her research program focuses on the interaction of radiation (ions, photons, & electrons) with surfaces of solid materials and condensed gases, with a focus on laboratory planetary science.
Adam Woodson
Thornton Hall, B-Wing, Room 102A
Adam Woodson is a Research Scientist in the Department of Materials Science at UVA. He explores ion, electron, and photon interactions with solid surfaces through laboratory studies and numerical simulations, with particular emphasis on the structural, compositional, and chemical changes that these interactions induce at the surfaces of airless bodies in our solar system.