Business Headquarters, Operations Division Office
The Biology Section at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) offers a comprehensive range of support services, including human resources, business, finance, and facilities management. Here's a list of key contacts within these areas to help you navigate the services more efficiently.
For all HR-related inquiries, including hires, separations, benefits, visas, and leaves of absences, you can reach out to bio-hr-g@our website.
If you require assistance with staffing, benefits, payroll processing, or related employee services, the following HR and Payroll Personnel are available:
- Michelle Jared, Staff HR Manager: mjared@our website, (858) 534-3566
- Georgette Handal, Academic HR Manager: ghandal@our website, (858) 534-5030
- Michelle Villarreal, HR Assistant: m3villarreal@our website
- Annie Huang, HR Generalist: a3huang@our website, (858) 246-5446
- Nadine Ferguson, Payroll Coordinator/HR Assistant: ngferguson@our website, (858) 534-7472
The Biology Section is served by two separate business offices:
- The Biology Section Business Office provides support in human resources, payroll, finance, and facilities management. You can contact them at Business Office email.
- For facility issues, keys, Bio Section room/vehicle reservations, and shipping, you can contact [email protected] website.
In addition to HR and business services, the following Research Administrators are available to assist with various tasks:
- Ayla Nejad: anejad@our website
- Jackie Tran: jatran@our website, (858) 822-4283
- Lailani Aguila: l1aguila@our website
- Vanessa Costa: vcosta@our website, (858) 624-2896
- Leslie Bennett: lpbennett@our website
- Jen Clark: jdclark@our website
- Cindy Svacina: csvacina@our website
- Adrielle Wai: a1wai@our website, (858) 822-4455
- Kevin DelMastro: khdelmastro@our website
- Pilar Alarcon: mdalarcon@our website (both Facilities/Fiscal/HR Assistant and Fiscal/HR/Facilities Assistant)
- Kelsey Coughlin: kecoughlin@our website (both HR/Fiscal/Facilities Assistant and Fiscal/HR/Facilities Assistant)
- Dejan Ristic, Facilities Specialist: dristic@our website or (858) 822-1229 / (858) 717-2715 (cell)
- Josh Schmidt: jrschmidt@our website, (858) 534-1356
- Amy Hsiao, Facilities/Fiscal Assistant and Facilities/Fiscal/HR Assistant: a1hsiao@our website or (858) 822-3303
For inquiries related to purchasing, travel/personal reimbursements, and P-Card, you can contact bio-fiscal-g@our website.
Lastly, the Integrative Oceanography Division (IOD), Marine Biology Research Division (MBRD), and Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine (CMBB) are the three research units within the Biology Section. For more specific information about the organizational structure, contact details, and responsibilities of the Business Office, Facilities, Fiscal, Proposal Administrators, and Human Resources & Payroll Personnel within these divisions, you may need to consult the official websites or intranet portals, contact the administration offices directly, or refer to internal organizational documents or directories, which are often not publicly available.
If you need assistance with a specific institution or a known contact point, please specify, and I can help guide further. The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Annamarie "Anna" Bryson, can be reached at abryson@our website or (858) 534-0530.
Engaging in oceanographic research requires collaboration with experts in marine biology, a field where the Science section at UC San Diego excels. To ensure the health and wellness of researchers and staff, the Biology Section provides extensive HR and business services, including assistance with hires, payroll, and employee benefits.
