Evan Heintz
Position title: Undergraduate Advisor
Pronouns: he/him/his
Email: eheintz@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-7450
Websites: Astronomy, Plasma Astrophysics
Department Staff
Sharon Kahn
Position title: Graduate Program Manager, PhD Program
Email: smkahn@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-9678
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
Aimee Lefkow
Position title: Research Program Manager/Department Administrator
Email: lefkow@hep.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-2267
Rachel Mattingly
Position title: HR Generalist, ART
Pronouns: She/Her
Email: rachel.mattingly@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-7970
Hello! Please feel free to email me or set up a one-on-one meeting with me to discuss payroll, benefits, new hire information, or other general questions. I am in-office Monday – Wednesday and remote Thursday/Friday, subject to change. Please email me at rachel.mattingly@wisc.edu or book a in-person or virtual meeting.
Haddie McLean
Position title: Outreach Program Manager
Email: haddie@physics.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-2927
As The Wonders of Physics program coordinator, Haddie develops and presents traveling physics shows to students and community groups all around the state. The shows are fun and engaging with the hope of inspiring the next generation of scientists. Haddie is a UW–Madison alum with a B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. She joined the department in August 2021 after a 20+ year career as a meteorologist at WISC-TV in Madison. If you have awesome experiment ideas or just want to talk about the weather, she’s all ears.
Mitch McNanna
Position title: Teaching Specialist
Email: mcnanna@wisc.edu
Website: Observational Cosmology
Dr. Katerina Moloni received her Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Minnesota in 1995. After completing postdoctoral appointments at Purdue University and UW–Madison, she joined nPoint in 1999 as a senior scientist. She oversaw nPoint’s transition to new global markets for nanopositioning technology and was responsible for product development and sales. She joined UW–Madison in December 2022 as the Associate Director of MSPQC and WQI.