FSUCML Staff Responsibilities
The following list is intended as a guide to who is responsible for different aspects of the FSU Coastal & Marine Lab’s operation. If you need to report a problem with a boat, facility, piece of gear, or anything of that nature, we ask that you fill out a Work Request Form. For assistance related to research space and conducting research at the lab, contact Dr. Dean Grubbs, Associate Director of Research.
We ask that you be courteous to your colleagues by letting staff finish whatever job they have in progress and leave scheduling to the Facilities Director. Contact the Business Manager if you have questions about administrative duties not answered by this memo.
EMERGENCY CONTACTS: The Maintenance staff share on call (after hours) duties. The on-call contact number is 850 591 0224. If you can’t reach anyone at this number, please contact either the Director or the Facilities Director.
ADMINISTRATION
Joel Trexler, Director jtrexler@fsu.edu
- Research direction, initiatives
- Faculty & Administration Oversight, Development
- Liaison to upper administration, community at large
- Hiring, budget, and construction decisions
- Supervises Business Manager, Assistant Director, Diving Safety Officer
Dean Grubbs, Associate Director for Research dgrubbs2@fsu.edu
- Research space decisions for FSUCML & visiting scientists (laboratories, greenhouse space, tanks, storage)
- Oversight for all RV/Apalachee research questions
Durene Gilbert, Administrative Specialist degilbert@fsu.edu
- HR: Payroll, Hiring, Appointments
- Purchasing and p-card process
- Responsible for facilities and marine ops reservations, billing
- Outreach: Docent coordinator, organizes large group visits, assists with social media, lectures, & special events, liaisons with main campus for FSUCML related events
- Gives tours in the absence of a Docent
Jared Fuqua and Maddie Mahood, Outreach & Education Coordinators jfuqua@fsu.edu, mmahood@fsu.edu
- Outreach: Works with FSU Communications and scientists to promote ABSI research to the public through web-based and in-person fora
- Organizes venues, notices, signage, printed media for meetings and public events
- Organizes educational events for K-12 students
Teresa Bryan, Grants Compliance Analyst
- Approves for ABSI personnel: Travel, purchasing, and HR actions.
- Manages all ABSI budgets
- Travel: Authorizations, receives T-card receipts for processing
- Coordinates with other FSUCML administrative personnel
FACILITIES
Dawn Fitch, Custodian dsingleton@fsu.edu
- Housekeeping, janitorial services, deep-cleaning, schedules recycling, laundry
Mark Daniels, Mechanical Trades Technician mddaniels@fsu.edu
- General maintenance & repair: plumbing for freshwater & seawater systems, vehicles (including fueling & logs).
- Responsible for general inventory
- Maintains water quality and rain databases. On-call personnel
Snap Revell, General Trades Technician drevell@fsu.edu
- General maintenance, construction, finish carpentry
- Elecrical maintenance
- Resposible for furnishing & renovation designs throughout the facility; develops 3-D CAD desgins of all operating systems (eg., seawater)
MARINE OPERATIONS
Matt Edwards, Marine Operations Lead medwards@fsu.edu
- Manages all marine operations & serves as boating safety officer
- Responsible for maintenance, scheduling, & operation of R/V Apalachee, small boats, & trailers
- Manages boat operator training and check-out.
- Supervises marine operations technician
Lance Crum, Marine Operations Technician lcrum@fsu.edu
- Assists in repair and maintenance of all FSUCML boats
- Assists in repair of nets and other field gear.
- Available for launching & operating campus-based boats for users.
OVPR IT SUPPORT
Mike Repchak, IT Technical Analyst rsch-it-helpdesk@fsu.edu
- Maintains computers, wireless, server, networking systems
- Advises on computer and peripheral purchases & sets up new hardware
MARINE RESEARCH SUPPORT
Rand Romas, ABSI Research Assistant rrr22c@fsu.edu
- Works with ABSI scientists and staff to facilitate research objectives in the field
- Responsible for leading field operations related to ABSI, including oversight of other technicians and volunteers.
Cullen Morris, FSUCML Lead Research Assistant ccmorris@fsu.edu
- Works with faculty & staff to facilitate research objectives in both the field & lab
- Manages, maintains, & assists in acquisition of all research equipment (lab and field), and trains new users
- Assures research compliance with relevant university, state, and federal permits (e.g., ACUC, FWC, NOAA, EH&S) for all FSUCML and visiting researchers; notifies FSUCML researchers of training requirements.
- Volunteer Coordinator & Instructor for Community Engagement programs
Christopher Peters- Diving Safety Officer cpeters@fsu.edu
- Manages all aspects of the FSU Diving Program, serves as dive safety officer
- Oversight of all dive-related field operations to ensure that scientific objectives are met while diving safely.
- Training: Teaches Introduction to Scientific Diving & other supporting workshops to ensure that all FSU divers are properly trained in diving techniques & safety.
- Develops budgets and strategic plans for the Dive Program
Open Position, ABSI Hatchery Manager
- Runs all hatchery operations, including oyster and microalgae production
- Produces larvae, spat for laboratory and field experiments
- Supervises hatchery technician