Student and Instructional Services

The Student and Instructional Services Office provides advising services to students as well as instruction-based support services to faculty.

Undergraduate Contact

Phone: 858-534-0557
Non-UCSD students: biousis@ucsd.edu
Current UCSD students: Virtual Advising Center
Instructional Assistants: biota@ucsd.edu

Graduate Contact

PhD Program: biogradprog@ucsd.edu
PhD Admissions: biophdadmissions@ucsd.edu
Prospective & Current MS students: Virtual Advising Center
Instructional Assistants: biota@ucsd.edu
New Student Employment and Financial Support: biogradsupport@ucsd.edu

Contact

General/Non-UCSD students:
biousis@ucsd.edu
858-534-0557

UCSD students:
Virtual Advising Center (VAC) (login required)

Hours

SIS South door is open for Core hours 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 - 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. All staff work remotely on Friday.

Location

Pacific Hall, First Floor

Mailing Address

University of California, San Diego
School of Biological Sciences
9500 Gilman Drive #0348
La Jolla, CA 92093-0348

Staff

Group Leader

Dana Brehm: Chief Education Officer; dbrehm@ucsd.edu; Dana Brehm's Teams chat

Group Supervisor

Natalie Noles: Director, Academic Degree Programs; nnoles@ucsd.edu; Natalie Noles's Teams chat

Oversight of Biological Sciences degree programs, enrollment management, and instructional services administration: including undergraduate and graduate programs, admission and recruitment, as well as curriculum, enrollment, and instructional assistant program management.

Graduate Support Strategy & Stewardship

Elizabeth Soos: Assistant Director, Graduate Support Strategy & Stewardship; esoos@ucsd.edu; Elizabeth Soos' Teams chat

Provides senior-level advising, maintains processes, offers leadership and guidance, formulates strategy, and oversees operations and data maintenance in the realm of graduate student support.

Graduate Programs (Ph.D. & M.S.)

Melody Bazyar-Catalano: Assistant Director, Graduate Programs; mbazyar@ucsd.edu; Melody Bazyar's Teams chat

Daily operation, administration, and management of graduate programs and support staff.

Meagan Daly: Ph.D Coordinator; medaly@ucsd; Meagan Daly's Teams chat

Ph.D. student advising, Ph.D. thesis committees/defense, evaluations, first year rotations, graduate curriculum, student progress tracking.

Valeria Zaporozhets (Spall): Ph.D. Program Coordinator; vzaporozhets@ucsd.edu; Valeria Zaporozhets' Teams chat

Ph.D. student advising, Ph.D. thesis committees/defense, evaluations, first year rotations, graduate curriculum, student progress tracking.

Jeannette Fox: B.S./M.S. Coordinator; j4fox@ucsd.edu; Jeannette Fox's Teams chat

B.S./M.S. program advising, M.S. admissions, evaluation and progress tracking, M.S. student event organization.

Nancy Guerrero: B.S./M.S. Coordinator; neguerrero@ucsd.edu; Nancy Guerrrero's Teams chat

B.S./M.S. program advising, M.S. admissions, evaluation and progress tracking, M.S. student event organization.

Trevor Guidinger: Ph.D. Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator; tguidinger@ucsd.edu; Trevor Guidinger's Teams chat

Ph.D. recruitment and admissions, application inquiries and tracking, admissions analysis, participant in external outreach and recruitment events.

Undergraduate Programs and Support Services

Laura Majoch: Assistant Director, Undergraduate Programs and Support Services; lmajoch@ucsd.edu; Laura Majoch's Teams chat

Daily operation, administration, and management of undergraduate programs, student support services, and support staff; oversight of development and implementation of comprehensive academic advising program

Camille Sta Elena: Senior Undergraduate Advisor; cstaelena@ucsd.edu; Camille Sta Elena's Teams chat

Undergraduate advising and program support.

Lindsay Velasquez: Senior Undergraduate Advisor; l1ward@ucsd.edu; Lindsay Velasquez's Teams chat

Undergraduate advising and program support.

Brian Hamlett: Undergraduate Advisor; bhamlett@ucsd.edu; Brian Hamlett's Teams chat

Undergraduate advising and minor declaration request administration.

Rachel Mori: Undergraduate Advisor; rmori@ucsd.edu; Rachel Mori's Teams chat

Undergraduate advising and Honors Thesis Program (BISP 196) administration.

Bianca Poveda: Undergraduate Advisor; bapoveda@ucsd.edu; Bianca Poveda's Teams chat

Undergraduate advising and School change of major request administration.

Haille Thomas: Undergraduate Advisor; hmthomas@ucsd.edu; Haille Thomas's Teams chat

Undergraduate advising and Phage Genomics Program administration.

Julie Vitale: Undergraduate Advisor; jbvitale@ucsd.edu; Julie Vitale's Teams Chat

Undergraduate advising and selective major application administration.

Enrollment Management & Instructional Support

Amy Tran: Assistant Director, Enrollment Management & Instructional Support; amytran@ucsd.edu; Amy Tran's Teams Chat

Daily operation, administration, and management of enrollment, the Instructional Assistant program, and support staff.

Matthew Haack: Instructional Scheduling Coordinator; mhaack@ucsd.edu; Matthew Haack's Teams Chat

Responsible for undergraduate and graduate course scheduling and related processes.

Angella Dawley: Instructional Services Advisor; adawley@ucsd.edu; Angella Dawley's Teams Chat

Responsible for coordinating OSD accommodations and providing support for scheduling and instructional services.

Isabela Ibarra: Student Services Advisor; imibarra@ucsd.edu; Isabela Ibarra's Teams Chat

Front desk/intake advising. Provide general administrative support to the Student Services unit. Specialized advising duties.

Jasmin Jefferson: IA Program & Staffing Coordinator; jmjefferson@ucsd.edu; Jasmin Jefferson's Teams Chat

Administrative coordination of the Instructional Assistant program.

Erica Parris: IA Program & Staffing Coordinator; eparris@ucsd.edu; Erica Parris' Teams Chat