Maggie Davis is a superstar!! Since COVID hit, she has been nothing short of BioSci’s unsung hero! While most of us are working exclusively from home, Maggie goes to campus early in the mornings, once…
A huge THANK YOU to our Teaching Support Staff! Normally tasked with providing support to the teaching laboratories in BioSci, this group has pivoted to help us out during COVID-19. Owen Shimizu, Mi Lay, Doty…
Heather Bilton did an amazing job of navigating the complex new software procurement process in making a large acquisition of a new software for our undergraduate lab courses. This process took over a month but…
It’s been my pleasure to work on BioSci commencement and undergraduate convocation for the past three years with the amazing team of Kristin Fung and Diana Tien-Chan from Student Affairs. They are not only super-responsive…
A big shout out to the entire MB&B administrative team, they are awesome!! Leading the team is our fearless, knowledgeable and super hard-working MSO, Bessy Varela. I can’t thank Bessy enough for managing…
UCI has been awarded a record $529 million in research funding for fiscal year 2019-2020. In recent years, across campus, schools have made remarkable progress towards the centralization of their Research Development and Pre-Awards operations. BioSci began the process around three years ago and has significantly increased the number of research applications and funding since that transition. Of the submitted applications…
Please join the School of Biological Sciences in wishing a fond farewell to our wonderful staff members Yuanshun Chen, Minh-Thanh Dinh and Larry Herman as they head off to their next great adventure — their…
Lizzy has done an amazing job learning WordPress in a short amount of time. She’s been extremely helpful and responsive to faculty and also very proactive in taking on new web tasks. Thank you, Lizzy!…
BioSci’s pre-awards team stays upbeat and remains calm when under pressure to meet timelines. Thank you Jason Park, Megan Vu, Carmen Bastos, and Erica Turley-Devilla for all that you do! I really enjoy working with…
Randy Bautista is an amazing combination of someone who GETS numbers and is also wildly creative. It’s been a pleasure to work closely with Randy on a variety of projects, including the times he always…