Chemistry Department Front Office

139 Smith Hall

(612) 624-6000

chemistry@umn.edu

Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in Chemistry

Prof. Aaron Massari 

245 Smith

612-626-8416

massari@umn.edu 

DGS in Chemical Physics

Prof. Renee Frontiera

233 Smith

612-624-2501

rrf@umn.edu

Asst. to the DGS (for current students)

Nancy Thao 

115 Smith

612-624-0313

612-624-0026

chemgrad@umn.edu

Asst. to the DGS (for prospective students)

Stephanie Stathopoulos 

135 Smith Hall

612-624-8008

stephs@umn.edu

Mental Health Advocates

Mental health advocates are not counselors, but are trained on how to identify and respond to distressed students, and refer them to possible resources. While focusing on the mental health concerns of students, mental health advocates are available to talk to staff and faculty as well. List of Mental Health Advocates at the University of Minnesota.

Edgar Arriaga, arriaga@umn.edu, 323 Smith Hall

Philippe Buhlmann, buhlmann@umn.edu, 325 Smith Hall

Michelle Driessen, mdd@umn.edu, 113 Smith Hall

Mollie Dunlap, msdunlap@umn.edu, 139B Smith Hall

Lee Penn, rleepenn@umn.edu, 225 Smith Hall

Sapna Sarupria, sarupria@umn.edu, 229 Smith Hall

Stephanie Stathopoulos, stephs@umn.edu, 135 Smith Hall

Nancy Thao, thao@umn.edu, 115 Smith

Chuck Tomlinson, chuck1@umn.edu, 139 Smith Hall

MYU website (registration, class info and schedules, payroll):  www.myu.umn.edu 

UMN Student Conduct Code: https://regents.umn.edu/sites/regents.umn.edu/files/2022-07/policy_student_conduct_code.pdf 

Graduate School Student Service (GSSP): https://onestop.umn.edu/academics/graduate-student-services-and-progress-gssp 

Graduate School Forms: http://onestop.umn.edu/forms 

Boynton Health Services – Graduate Assistant Health Plan: http://shb.umn.edu/health-plans/gahp-home 

Community of Chemistry Graduate Students (CCGS): https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/ccgs 

CSE TALK and ITA courses: https://cei.umn.edu/programs/international-teaching-assistant-ita-program/cse-talk-teaching-and-language-kick

Council of Graduate Students (COGS): https://www.cogs.umn.edu 

Diversity and Inclusion Committee: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/chemintranet/diversity-inclusion 

Graduate Student Workshop Committee (GSWC): https://sites.google.com/view/chemgswc 

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS): http://www.isss.umn.edu 

Mental Health Resources (UMN): https://safe-campus.umn.edu/mental-health 

Mental Health Resources (Chemistry): https://cse.umn.edu/chem/mental-health 

Student Conflict Resolution Office http://www.sos.umn.edu/ 

Student Organizations, full listing: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/studentpostdocintranet/student-organizations 

Women in Science and Engineering (WISE): https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/chemwise 

Harassment Reporting

• Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (EOAA). Call to report the incident(s) (612-624-9547) or you can fill out an online form.

• Aurora Center. This is a confidential resource that specializes in issues like sexual assault and relationship violence, but also sexual harassment. They may be able to provide support in situations where you are not yet ready to go to the University’s EOAA office with a complaint.

• Any faculty or staff member with whom you are comfortable reporting can serve as a reporting resource. Faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers and fellows, and graduate assistants are “mandatory reporters” – they must report sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct that they learn about in the course of performing their job duties to the University’s EOAA office. Upon receiving a report, the University’s EOAA office staff will determine whether the issue needs to be investigated.

• Ureport is an anonymous reporting service independent of UMN and can be used to anonymously report “any situation or University conduct you believe violates an applicable law, regulation, government contract or grant requirement, or University policy.”