Jay S Bowe
Position title: Physics Instrument Shop Mgr
Email: jsbowe@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-7380
Departmental Responsibilities: Instrument shop
Department Staff
Dan Bradley
Position title: Director of Computing
Email: dan@physics.wisc.edu
Departmental Responsibilities: information technology
William B Foster
Position title: Instrument Maker
Email: wbfoster@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-7380
Departmental Responsibilities: Instrument shop
Billy James Gates
Position title: Electronics Shop Technologist
Email: bjgates@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-0527
Departmental Responsibilities: Electronics shop
Eric Hooper
Position title: PLC Instructor
Email: ehooper@astro.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 890-0767
Departmental Responsibilities: Physics Learning Center
Sharon Kahn
Position title: Graduate Program Manager, PhD Program
Email: smkahn@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-9678
Departmental Responsibilities: PhD advising, Department social events, Course Proposals, Program Proposals, Guide changes, Prospective PhD students, Timetable, Student services team
Sharon is our Graduate Program Manager for the Physics Ph.D. program and is an excellent resource for all graduate students (prospective, current and alumni) who have questions about how the program works. She is a strong believer in fostering independence, good citizenship and good mental health in the graduate student community. Sharon joined the department in November 2021, but has been on campus in a variety of student service-related roles for 25+ years. Her background in geology (B.A. from Carleton College, M.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas) explains all of the rocks and maps in her office, but her interests range broadly to include baking, gardening, playing with her Weimaraner, Moxie, and spending time with her husband, Brad, and their son, EJ.
Sylvia Swift Kmiec
Position title: Senior Research Administrator
Email: sylvia.kmiec@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-4964
Departmental Responsibilities: Proposal budgets, Proposal submissions, Post-award financial management, Award closeouts
Aimee Lefkow
Position title: Research Program Manager/Department Administrator
Email: lefkow@hep.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-2267
Rachel S Mattingly
Position title: HR Generalist, ART
Pronouns: She/Her
Email: rachel.mattingly@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-7970
