Administrative Staff
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Erin Blazick HR/AP Analyst and Curriculum Coordinator eblazick@berkeley.edu 305 McCone (510) 643-4068 |
EPS, BSL |
Erin handles academic personnel (merits, promotions, leaves, recruiting, faculty policies, lecturer hires, etc.) for the department. Academic Personnel/HR/ASE email: AcademicPersonnel4EPS@berkeley.edu She also manages the Academic Student Employee appointments for each semester. Erin is the department Curriculum Coordinator (course scheduling, course textbook and desk copy orders, enrollment management, course and curriculum proposals) for both our Undergraduate and Graduate programs. Scheduling/Enrollment email: EPSscheduling@berkeley.edu |
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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 Community Engagement Facilitator rkowalik@berkeley.edu (510) 642-3993 |
EPS, BSL |
Rachel helps foster community by coordinating department events and seminars, facilitating outreach and recruitment efforts, as well as creating and curating content for print and web across department media platforms; She also 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. |
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Raúl Luevano Research Administrator rluevano@berkeley.edu 309 McCone (510) 642-9299 |
CHAMPS |
Raúl administers and tracks current research funds for Alvarez, Bishop, Collins, DePaolo, Dreger, Fung, Jeanloz, Militzer, Nadeau, Renne, Richards, Romanowicz, Self, Shuster, and Swanson-Hysell. He also manages a portfolio of Diversity funds from the MPS Dean’s office for Hellman and Patt. |
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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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Carrol O'Connell Research Administrator (Pre-Award) carrol659@berkeley.edu 309 McCone (Tues & Wed) (510) 418-0395 |
CHAMPS |
Pre-Award Research Administrator |
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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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Margie WINN Student Affairs Officer winn@berkeley.edu 319 McCone (510) 642-5574 |
EPS |
Margie manages student services for EPS, including advising graduate students and current and prospective undergraduate majors and minors. Margie assists students by providing program information, and university policy and procedure information. She maintains files of student academic work, manages fellowships, scholarships, and block grants, and acts as liaison with Graduate Division and the College of Letters and Science for faculty and students. In addition, Margie handles graduate admissions procedures, career and alumni services, and outreach and recruitment (Cal Day, EPS Dept Commencement, and other events). |
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 |
497 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.