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MSE Operations

Responsible for strategic initiatives, administrative operations, and management of department financial, personnel, student affairs, teaching, and research support infrastructure operations with the Department Chair

Academic Personnel, Human Resources, Payroll

Katherine Guerrero
krguerre@uci.edu

Recruitment, hiring, retention, separation of senate and non-senate academic and staff personnel

Employee relations and Human Resources

Recruitment and onboarding management of all senate and non-senate positions

Senate and non-senate academic and staff personnel and payroll management

UC Path, payroll management and assistance; payroll reporting and reconciliation

Visa and visiting appointment coordination

Research, Facilities, Safety

Darryl Mack
dmack@uci.edu

Design, development and assisted planning of laboratory and experimental facilities and equipment

High-level MSE laboratory management and research development

Department Safety Officer

Oversight of Department-owned laboratory classes and MSE spaces

Support/repair of laboratory personnel and equipment

Student Affairs, Advising

Desiree Rios
riosdn@uci.edu

General support for the undergraduate programs of MSE

Graduate programs, admissions and recruitment management for Materials Science and Engineering

Graduate student advising/counseling

Interpretation of student programs, university polices, regulations and requirements

Oversight of matters related to graduate student funding employment and curriculum

Program planning and accreditation oversight (ABET, WASC, APR)

Academic Program Manager

Yizhang Zhou
yizhangz@uci.edu

Provides initial feedback and recommendations for planning and brainstorming in building faculty teams and collaborators on multiple Co-PI proposals.

Provides feedback and recommendations on technical reports for multiple Co-PI programs.

Able to work with faculty on research template documents required for proposals (i.e.: Postdoc Mentoring Plans, Data Management Plans).

Support in standardizing proposal processes, author information, and database references for multiple Co-PI submissions.

Support for department strategic planning and research outreach initiatives related to research as requested.

Administrative Operations, Facilities

Viviana Saadalla
viviana.saadalla@uci.edu

Infrastructure and process improvement

Administration and analysis

Responsible for the Department meeting, visitor, and event coordination

Department website maintenance, communications, social media

Manages MSE work order system, space, and key issuance operations

Provides general administrative operational support