| AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY | ||
| Department of Physics and Astronomy | ||
| 2020-2021 | ||
| Assignment | Responsibilities | Responsible Person |
| Associate Department Head | Assists the Department Head with various aspects of departmental administration. | Marianne Breinig, Kate Jones |
| Astronomy outreach | Make presentations on astronomy and related topics to schools and civic organizations; astronomy observations for general education courses and the public | Paul Lewis, Sean Lindsay |
| Building Representative | Departmental contact concerning physics space issues | Christine Cheney, Kate Jones |
| College Promotion and Tenure Committee | Advise the Dean on tenure and promotion | no representation |
| Colloquia | Be responsible for organizing, implementing, and coordinating departmental colloquia | Nadia Fomin (fall), Haidong Zhou (spring) |
| Commencement - Fall 2020 | Participate in the commencement ceremonies as arranged by the university and the college | Elbio Dagotto, Thomas Papenbrock, Cristian Batista |
| Commencement - Spring 2021 | Participate in the commencement ceremonies as arranged by the university and the college | Jaan Mannik, Joon Sue Lee, Haidong Zhou |
| Arts and Sciences Advisory Council | Serve as the Department of Physics and Astronomy's representative to the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences | Lucas Platter |
| Dean's Student Advisory Council | Serve as the Department's representative(s) to the Dean's Student Advisory Council. | tba |
| Director of Graduate Program | Coordinate the activities of the committees on graduate affairs; graduate studies, graduate recruitment, graduate admissions, graduate student progress, and graduate student liaison brochure, qualifying examination. | Marianne Breinig, Steve Johnston (co-directors) |
| Assistant Director of Graduate Program | N/A | |
| Director of Undergraduate Program | Coordinate the activities of the committees on undergraduate affairs; undergraduate studies, curriculum and advising. | Christine Nattrass |
| Assistant Director of Undergraduate program | Coordinate the activities of the committees on undergraduate affairs; undergraduate studies, curriculum and advising. | Max Lavrentovich |
| Environmental Health and Safety | Monitor chemical storage and safety, hazardous waste disposal; inform faculty & staff of chemical hazards and procedures for waste disposal | Christine Cheney |
| Faculty Senate | Members of the Faculty Senate | Yuri Efremenko, Nadia Fomin, Soren Sorensen, Chris Parigger |
| GTA Workshop | Organize and coordinate the GTA workshop for August 2016 | Christine Cheney |
| Undergraduate Council | Represent the department on the Undergraduate Council | Christine Nattrass |
| Graduate Council | Represent the department on the Graduate Council | Jaan Mannik |
| Honors Day | Organize Honors Day program, select speaker, guide process to choose award winners | Catherine Longmire, Christine Cheney, Chrisanne Romeo, Hanno Weitering |
| Inventory | Be responsible for inventory of equipment | Business office |
| Library Representative | Represent the department's book and journal needs to the library | Mike Guidry |
| Open House | Organize open house for high school students | Kate Jones, Christine Cheney, Catherine Longmire |
| Ph.D. Qualifying Exams | Organize Ph.D. Qualifying Exam committees and maintain responsibility for exam process | Marianne Breinig |
| Publications Coordinator | Be responsible for departmental newsletter, brochure, homepage, recruitment, and handbook materials | Catherine Longmire |
| Qualifying Exam AY20/21 | Develop and grade the two annual Qualifying Exams for the Doctoral Program | Marianne Breinig (chair), Adolfo Eguiluz, Steve Johnston, Lucas Platter, Norman Mannella, Tony Mezzacappa, Thomas Papenbrock, Soren Sorensen |
| Qualifying Exam AY21/22 | Develop and grade the two annual Qualifying Exams for the Doctoral Program | Marianne Breinig (chair), Adrian Del Maestro, Yuri Efremenko, Mike Fitzsimmons, Yuri Kamyshkov, Max Lavrentovich, Jian Liu, Chris Parigger, Ken Read |
| Radiation Safety | Monitor and report usage and/or transport of radioactive materials | Christine Cheney, Miguel Madurga |
| Research Council | Represent the department on UTK's Research Council | Soren Sorensen |
| Seminars in Nuclear Physics-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | Fall 2020: Thomas
Papenbrock Spring 2021: Robert Grzywacz |
| Seminars in Condensed Matter Physics-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | Fall 2020: Cristian Batista Spring 2021: Joon Sue Lee |
| Seminars in High energy and Astrophysics-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | Fall 2020: Stefan Spanier Spring 2021: tbd |
| Graduate research participation seminar-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | 2020 Fall - Joon Sue Lee |
| Society of Physics Students Advisor | Work with officers of SPS, select members for Sigma Pi Sigma, and coordinate activities of Sigma Pi Sigma | Max Lavrentovich |
| Surplusing | Be responsible for disposal of equipment and clearing inventory records | Brad Gardner and Paul Lewis |
| Undergraduate Council | Represent the department on UTK's Undergraduate Council | Christine Nattrass |