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Chelsea Dahmen

Director - Administration

As the Administrative Director, Chelsea Dahmen leads purchasing, human resources, property control, accounting, research administration and contracts support at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Space Science and Engineering Center. She provides guidance to more than 40 multi-disciplinary principal investigators in a sponsored research environment that includes government, industry, academic and international partners.  Prior to her role as administrative director, she served as Department Administrator for the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, worked in research at the School of Veterinary Medicine, and in compliance and regulatory review for the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board and Carbone Cancer Center, all at the UW–Madison. She received a bachelor of science degree in Biochemistry from the UW–Madison.