Administrative Staff
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Mohabbat Ahmadi Administrative Officer mohabbat.ahmadi@berkeley.edu 475 McCone (510) 643-5063 |
EPS, BSL, CIDER |
Mohabbat manages the Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research (CIDER). CIDER is a multidisciplinary research platform for scientists in planetary science disciplines from all around the world. In addition, he is the point of contact for Center of Isotope and Geochemistry at UC Berkeley. |
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Erin Blazick HR/AP Analyst eblazick@berkeley.edu 307 McCone (510) 642-3994 |
EPS, BSL |
Erin handles Academic Personnel, mostly faculty senate cases. |
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Joan Crook Research Administrator (Pre-Award) jec@berkeley.edu Space Sciences Lab _______________ 210 7 Gauss Way, MC#7450 (510) 643-6124 |
CHAMPS |
Pre-Award Research Administrator (Interim) |
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Mellia Kanani Student Assistant 307 McCone |
EPS | |
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Siti Keo Financial Services Analyst skeo@berkeley.edu 277 McCone (510) 642-2727 |
EPS |
Siti assists in the overall financial management of EPS and BSL. Works to ensure that EPS and BSL meet budgetary guidelines and controls determined by the Division and University. Also Assistant Director for Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center. Graduate students will most likely interact with her when a pizza purchase order is needed. |
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Rachel Kowalik Front Office Coordinator rkowalik@berkeley.edu 307 McCone (510) 642-3993 |
EPS, BSL |
Rachel distributes keys, stocks office supplies, maintains office equipment, requests facilities work orders, helps navigate purchasing procedures (BearBuy expert), reimbursements, pays invoices, shipping/receiving, signs out projectors, helps schedule office hours for GSIs (+ Margie) and summer instructors, coordinates use of department vehicles/Enterprise rentals/fuel cards (+ John), books lodging/flights for visitors (+ Siti), distributes daily use parking passes for visitors. Rachel is also an artist, see her online portfolio here. |
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Michael Manga Garniss H. Curtis Endowed Department Chair, Professor manga@seismo.berkeley.edu 381 McCone Hall (510) 643-8532 |
EPS |
Geological processes involving fluids, including problems in physical volcanology, geodynamics, hydrogeology, and geomorphology. |
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Emily Martinez HR Business Partner emartinez24@berkeley.edu 398 McCone: 9am-6pm on Monday and Tuesdays or by appointment (510) 664-9617 |
CHAMPS |
Emily manages all HR requests for staff titles, non-senate (i.e., researcher, postdoc) appointments and reviews, and all other titles not managed by Germán Moran. |
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Germán Moran Human Resources Generalist gmoran@berkeley.edu 398 McCone (Tuesdays) (510) 664-9750 |
CHAMPS |
Germán oversees visiting scholars, visiting student researchers, Academic Student Employees (ASE's) and student assistant hiring requests. |
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Heather Murthy Research Administrator murthy2019@berkeley.edu 309 McCone (510) 643-4162 |
CHAMPS |
Heather administers and tracks current research funds for Allen, Banfield, Boering, Boos, Brimhall, Buffett, Bürgmann, Dietrich, Edwards, Finkel, Manga, Pride, Romps, Stolper, Taira, Wang, and Wenk. |
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Veronica PADILLA Administrative Manager vmp@berkeley.edu 311 McCone (510) 642-4540 |
EPS, BSL |
Veronica oversees management of the department, including hiring, training, supervising staff; management of the accounting unit, shops, space, and equipment resources.
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Undergraduate Student Services (position vacant) epsua@berkeley.edu 305 McCone (510) 643-4068 |
EPS |
manages undergraduate student services for EPS, including advising for current and prospective majors and minors, is UG Curriculum Coordinator (course scheduling, course textbook and desk copy orders, enrollment management, course and curriculum proposals), handles career and alumni services, outreach and recruitment (including Cal Day, EPS Dept Commencement Co-Coordinator), Administers the Ramsden Endowment Scholarship Fund, manages work study students |
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Natasha Tractenberg -Interim- Research Administrator ntractenberg@berkeley.edu 309 McCone (510) 642-9299 |
CHAMPS |
Natasha administers and tracks current research funds for Alvarez, Bishop, Collins, DePaolo, Dreger, Fung, Jeanloz, Militzer, Nadeau, Renne, Richards, Romanowicz, Self, Shuster, and Swanson-Hysell. She also manages a portfolio of Diversity funds from the MPS Dean’s office for Hellman and Patt. |
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Julie Wang Student Assistant 307 McCone |
EPS | |
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Brandii Warden Student Assistant 307 McCone |
EPS | |
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Margie Winn Student Affairs Officer -- Graduates winn@berkeley.edu 319 McCone (510) 642-5574 |
EPS |
Margie assists graduates by providing program information, university policy and procedure information. She maintains files of student academic work, manages fellowships and block grants, and acts as liaison with Graduate Division for faculty and students. In addition, Margie handles admissions procedures, schedules graduate courses, and administers GSR and GSI appointments. |
Technical Staff
| Name | Title | Office / Phone | Affiliation | Role |
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| John Grimsichjlgrimsich@berkeley.edu | Staff Research Associate III | 445 McCone | EPS |
John oversees and maintains EPS labs, specialized equipment (SEM, XRF, XRD, etc.) and machine shops. |
| Charles L. PAFFENBARGERcpaff@berkeley.edu | Computer & Network Sysadmin |
295 McCone (510) 642-5333 |
EPS, BSL |
Charley is the linux systems administrator for the Seismological Lab and the Geophysics Computer Lab and helps EPS with networking, printers, web server support, and user support for research computing, including Windows and Mac systems. |
| Tim Teaguetteague@berkeley.edu | Staff Research Associate IV | 445 / 425 McCone | EPS | |
| John Wernerjohnwerner@berkeley.edu | Lab Assistant |
122S McCone (510) 642-3996 |
EPS |
Research Staff
| Name | Title | Office / Phone | Affiliation | Role |
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| David Elvinselvins@berkeley.edu | Lab Manager, Carbon-Climate Interactions Group |
395 McCone (510) 643-8336 |
EPS | |
| Lily Lawklaw4@berkeley.edu | Staff Research Associate | Energy Biosciences Building #412 | EPS, IGI, ESPM |
Banfield Lab Manager |
| Heezin Leeheezin.lee@berkeley.edu | Applications Programmer |
307 McCone (510) 642-3991 |
William Dietrich | |
| Shufei Leishufeilei@berkeley.edu | Applications Programmer, Bioinformatics | Banfield Lab | ||
| Rohan Sachdevarohansach@berkeley.edu | Bioinformatics & Biology |
213-248-2094 |
Banfield Lab |
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory Staff contact information can be found on the BSL Directory web page.
To update your directory information, please send email to Crysthel Catambay.