The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is here for you! Our staff, along with your academic program administrator, will be your academic partners as you pursue your graduate degree. Our office handles thesis submission, candidacy declaration, graduate student career development, payroll and tuition, fellowship and funding guidance, community building, student support for wellbeing and academic issues, and special events. Meet our team below, view our office hours, or contact our office at (713) 348-4002 or graduate@rice.edu.
![Pia Byrd Student Support Manager](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2023-01/PiaByrd%20headshot.jpg.jpeg?itok=ffMBwlSa)
Student Support Manager
![Kate Cross, Rice University](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2020-10/Cross_Kate_2020.jpg.jpeg?itok=z9_jpYsb)
Associate Dean
![Bridgitt Dickey](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2020-07/Dickey_Bridgitt_Web_2020.jpg.jpeg?itok=KBzjWppo)
Enrollment and Academic Records Manager
![Norma Gonzalez, Rice University](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2024-06/NormaGonzalezPhoto.png.jpeg?itok=uLLb-9Zr)
Southern Cone Liaison
![Diana](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2023-12/Diana.jpg.jpeg?itok=ql9mwDkU)
Administrative Operations Specialist
![Jennifer Hunter](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2020-07/Hunter_Jennifer_Web_2020.jpg.jpeg?itok=ognnGkFP)
Assistant Dean
![Danielle King](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2024-03/King%2C%20Danielle%20%281%29.jpg.jpeg?itok=6AOFVaB_)
Faculty mentor of GPS Pathways program;
Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences
![Seiichi Matsuda](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2020-07/Matsuda_Seiichi_Web_2020.jpg.jpeg?itok=ON-GAnap)
Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies; E. Dell Butcher Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
![photo of Randi](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2023-07/IMG-9462.jpg.jpeg?itok=-kpQnpls)
Program Administrator
![Adriana Oseguera Gamba](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2024-01/Adriana%20Oseguera.png.jpeg?itok=9ViR8Vxm)
In-Country Liaison (Mexico)
![elizabeth](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2023-01/et3.jpg.jpeg?itok=VQQjVZ2N)
Registration and Financial Aid Specialist
![Allison Vogt](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2020-07/Vogt_Allison_Web_2020.jpg.jpeg?itok=SMtu9RzH)
Associate Dean of Students, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
![Carrie Willard, Rice University Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2022-03/willard_carrie_web.png.jpeg?itok=E3IpRV7b)
Assistant Dean
![Brooke Woosley Warren, GPS](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2022-02/Brooke.png.jpeg?itok=nOCZwXkX)
Financial Aid and Systems Manager
![Cam hiking in Colorado!](/sites/g/files/bxs3106/files/styles/thumbnail_small_170x170/public/2023-08/IMG_3918.jpg.jpeg?itok=lEOUZhnV)
Program Administrator