Student and Instructional Services
The Student and Instructional Services Office provides advising services to students as well as instruction-based support services to faculty.
Phone: 858-534-0557
Non-UCSD students: biousis@ucsd.edu
Current UCSD students: Virtual Advising Center
Instructional Assistants: biota@ucsd.edu
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
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
Mailing Address
University of California, San Diego
School of Biological Sciences
9500 Gilman Drive #0348
La Jolla, CA 92093-0348
Resources
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
Graduate Programs (Ph.D. & M.S.)
- Melody Bazyar-Catalano
- Assistant Director, Graduate Programs
- mbazyar@ucsd.edu
- Melody Bazyar's Teams chat
- Valeria Zaporozhets (Spall)
- Ph.D. Program Coordinator
- vspall@ucsd.edu
- Valeria Zaporozhets' Teams chat
- TBD
- B.S./M.S. Coordinator
- Jeannette Fox
- B.S./M.S. Coordinator
- j4fox@ucsd.edu
- Jeannette Fox's Teams chat
- Trevor Guidinger
- Ph.D. Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator
- tguidinger@ucsd.edu
- Trevor Guidinger's Teams chat
Undergraduate Programs and Support Services
- Laura Majoch
- Assistant Director, Undergraduate Programs and Support Services
- lmajoch@ucsd.edu
- Laura Majoch's Teams chat
- Camille Sta Elena
- Senior Undergraduate Advisor
- cstaelena@ucsd.edu
- Camille Sta Elena's Teams chat
- Lindsay Velasquez
- Senior Undergraduate Advisor
- l1ward@ucsd.edu
- Lindsay Velasquez's Teams chat
- Brian Hamlett
- Undergraduate Advisor
- bhamlett@ucsd.edu
- Brian Hamlett's Teams chat
- Rachel Mori
- Undergraduate Advisor
- rmori@ucsd.edu
- Rachel Mori's Teams chat
- Bianca Poveda
- Undergraduate Advisor
- bapoveda@ucsd.edu
- Bianca Poveda's Teams chat
- Haille Thomas
- Undergraduate Advisor
- hmthomas@ucsd.edu
- Haille Thomas's Teams chat
- Julie Vitale
- Undergraduate Advisor
- jbvitale@ucsd.edu
- Julie Vitale's Teams Chat
Enrollment Management & Instructional Support
- Amy Tran
- Assistant Director, Enrollment Management & Instructional Support
- amytran@ucsd.edu
- Amy Tran's Teams Chat
- Matthew Haack
- Instructional Scheduling Coordinator
- mhaack@ucsd.edu
- Matthew Haack's Teams Chat
- TBD
- Student Accommodations Coordinator
- Isabela Ibarra
- Student Services Advisor
- imibarra@ucsd.edu
- Isabela Ibarra's Teams Chat
- Jasmin Jefferson
- IA Program & Staffing Coordinator
- jmjefferson@ucsd.edu
- Jasmin'w Jefferson's Teams Chat
- TBD
- IA Program & Staffing Coordinator
Education Programming & Events Coordinator
- Kristina McGee
- Ed. Programming & Events Coordinator
- kemcgee@ucsd.edu
- Kristina McGee's Teams Chat