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Academic Personnel and Staff Human Resources

The Academic Personnel and Staff Human Resources unit of the School of Biological Sciences provides the full scope of administrative support for academics and staff in all four sections, the Dean’s Office, and the Business Office. This includes recruitment, appointment, academic review, staff appraisals, labor and employee relations, benefits, leaves, payroll, and timekeeping.

Academics include all ladder rank faculty, teaching professors, adjunct faculty, temporary and continuing lecturers, professional researchers, and postdoctoral scholars.

Staff HR includes administrative and lab staff, student employees, visiting scholars, visiting graduate students, and volunteers.

We assist with...

  • Academic & Staff Recruitment and Appointment
  • Academic Reviews
  • Annual Staff Appraisals
  • Labor & Employee Relations Support
  • Classification & Compensation
  • Benefits
  • Leaves
  • Payroll
  • Reporting
  • Visas

Contact

For specific inquiries, please see our staff contact list below. Zoom or video calls available upon request.

New Find an AP/HR contact by P.I. name

General Inquiries
[email protected]
Volunteer Hiring Inquiries
[email protected]
Timekeeping Inquiries
[email protected]

Hours

M-F, 8:00am-4:30pm

Location

Urey Hall, 1700-1800 Suite

Mailing Address

University of California, San Diego
School of Biological Sciences
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code: 0346
La Jolla, CA 92093-0346

Staff

Group Leader

Jennifer Griffin
Chief Operations Officer
[email protected]
Jen's Team Chat

Group Supervisor

Laura Ta
Senior Director AP
[email protected]
Laura's Team Chat
858-534-6387
AP unit strategic oversight and supervision; Primary contact for all faculty appointments, reviews, leaves, payroll, and benefits, ER/LR
Becky Amstadt
Director HR
[email protected]
Becky’s Team Chat
HR unit strategic oversight and supervision; Primary contact for all staff, post doc, and student appointments, leaves, payroll, and benefits, ER/LR

Staff

Kim Graves
Lead Academic HR Analyst
[email protected]
Kim’s Team Chat
Adjunct faculty, research scientists, project scientists, specialists, postdoctoral scholars, Unit 18 lecturers, secondary contact for faculty
Kristin Touchet
Lead HR Generalist
[email protected]
Kristin’s Team Chat
Lab staff, postdoctoral scholars, visiting graduate students, visiting scholars, paid undergraduate students
Candace Poon
Academic HR Analyst
[email protected]
Candace’s Team Chat
Adjunct faculty, project scientists, specialists, postdoctoral scholars, Unit 18 lecturers, support for wide variety of other AP actions
Isaiah Gonzalez
Assistant Academic HR Analyst
[email protected]
Isaiah’s Team Chat
Assist with academic personnel actions
Iliana Hernandez
Assistant Academic HR Analyst
[email protected]
Iliana's Team Chat
Assist with academic personnel actions
Samantha Crook
Lead HR Generalist
[email protected]
Samantha’s Team Chat
Lab staff, postdoctoral scholars, visiting graduate students, visiting scholars, paid undergraduate students
Benjamin Reed
HR Generalist
[email protected]
Benjamin’s Team Chat
Lab staff, postdoctoral scholars, visiting graduate students, visiting scholars, paid undergraduate students
Nurgess Khurshid
HR Generalist
[email protected]
Nurgess’s Team Chat
Lab staff, postdoctoral scholars, visiting graduate students, visiting scholars, paid undergraduate students
Taryn Harrell
HR Generalist
[email protected]
Taryn’s Team Chat
Lab staff, postdoctoral scholars, visiting graduate students, visiting scholars, paid undergraduate students
Taylor Thierry
HR Generalist
[email protected]
Taylor’s Team Chat
Lab staff, postdoctoral scholars, visiting graduate students, visiting scholars, paid undergraduate students
Angie Pham
HR Assistant
[email protected]
Angie’s Team Chat
Assist with human resources actions including staff onboarding and undergraduate students, volunteers
Alejandra Guerrero
HR Assistant
[email protected]
Alejandra's Team Chat
Primary Timekeeping for the School of Biological Sciences. Assist with Human Resources Actions including staff onboarding and undergraduate students, volunteers
Amelia Chuang
Student HR Assistant
[email protected]
Part Time Student HR Assistant who handles unpaid volunteer appointments

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