Supporting Roles

Department of Biology Leadership

Robert Cox

Professor of Biology
Chair

Department leader. Faculty hiring, teaching, service and space assignments. Budget oversight, allocations, and requests. Annual reviews, promotion, and tenure. Communication with College deans and University administration.

Email
434 982-1987
PLSB 216, Gilmer 326
Lab: 434 243-3399

David Parichy

Pratt-Ivy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Morphogenesis
Associate Chair

Research and infrastructure, including shared equipment and instrumentation, technical core facilities, space.

Email
434 982-6162
PLSB 314, Gilmer 326B

Kevin Elgin

Department Finance and Administration Manager

Head of staff and financial administration. Point of contact for staff assignments, management issues, hiring of wage and salaried staff, visa issues, faculty summer salaries.

Email
434 924-7124
Gilmer 326

Operations

Facilities and Infrastructure

David Glover

Building Project Associate

Space and facilities maintenance. Work order requests and liaison to UVA Facilities. PLSB and Gilmer key card access. Large equipment moves and new equipment siting.

Email
434 982-5619
Chemistry 501

Rick Davis

Shop Manager

Repairs to research and teaching equipment. Design, fabrication of custom fixtures. Equipment moves. Facilities work orders.

Email
434 982-5625
Gilmer 126

Grants Administration

Image	Gabriel (Gabe) Iacobini Pre-Award Research Administrator College of Arts & Sciences	First point of contact for new proposals. Preparation of proposals including budgets and submission to sponsor.	Email
Image	James Surprenant Post-Award Research Administrator College of Arts & Sciences	Award set-up once a grant is funded. Post award budget oversight and balance reporting, no-cost extensions and prior approval requests. Progress reports and award closeouts.	Email
Image	Kinsey Barrett Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator College of Arts & Sciences	Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) for grants and progress reports or other communications that require institutional concurrence. Automatic recipient of documents from pre- and post-award staff.	Email
Image	Emily Puckart Senior Director of Research Administration and Development College of Arts & Sciences	Contact if a proposal deadline or award action is at risk.	Email

Human Resources

Kevin Elgin

Department Finance and Administration Manager

Head of staff and financial administration. Point of contact for staff assignments, management issues, hiring of wage and salaried staff, visa issues, faculty summer salaries.

Email
434 924-7124
Gilmer 326

Human Resources at UVA

UVA HR

Support for faculty and staff employment, benefits, and HR-related questions.

Email
434 243-3344
P.O. Box 400127, 2420 Old Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4127

IT/Communications/News

Kenneth Anderson

Computer Engineer
College of Arts & Sciences

Computer lifecycle management, repair, and vulnerability remediation.

Software licensing, account access, and platform support for Microsoft 365, Adobe, and UVA's AI offerings.

Liaison for UVA ITS resources, including networking, storage, research computing, and security.

Email
434 924-2977
Gilmer 326D

Jennifer Musselman

Webmaster
College of Arts & Sciences

Updates to the department website, including own profile page

Posting news items, awards and announcements

Adding events and seminars to the department calendar

Purchasing, Reimbursement, Travel & Finance

Duaa Aswad

Finance Generalist

Purchasing, from routine supplies through to capital equipment

Faculty summer pay

Costing allocations, journal entries and payroll accounting adjustments

Email
434 243-0790
326 E

Mary Liberman

Fiscal Technician

Travel and expense reimbursements

T&E card reconciliation

Account reconciliation and cost transfers

Graduate student pay setup and labor distribution

Monthly service center billing

Email
434 982-5613
Gilmer Hall 326J

Research Support and Core Facilities

Image	David Parichy Pratt-Ivy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Morphogenesis; Associate Chair of Biology	General oversight of services, cores and other research needs	Email 434 982-6162 PLSB 314
Image	Louis Bubrig Lab Specialist	Media, plates and buffers prepared to order Standing weekly orders and custom formulations Model organism husbandry supplies	Email 434 243-5449 Biology Model Organism Kitchen, 358C Gilmer
Image	Chris Claussen Greenhouse Manager	Greenhouse space for research and teaching Care of research plants and departmental collections Pest management, soil fertility and environmental programming Watering coverage, including weekends and breaks	Email 434 982-5628 Greenhouse Office Gilmer Drive
Image	Ammasi Periasamy Professor, General Faculty, of Biology and Biomedical Engineering; Center Director, WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging	Confocal, multiphoton, FRET, FLIM, intravital imaging and metabolism. Training, instrument time, and imaging project consultation.	Email 434 243-7602 PLSB 005 Lab: 434 982-4869

Safety & Preparedness

Kay Christopher

Senior Teaching Lab Coordinator

Safety and equipment maintenance in the teaching laboratories

EHS coordination for instructional lab activities and chemical inventory

Email
434 982-2680
Gilmer Hall 333

David Glover

Building Project Associate

Building emergencies — water intrusion, power and HVAC failures

EHS coordination for research space and renovations

Email
434 982-5619
Chemistry 501

Scheduling

Sherrie Jones

Administrative Coordinator

Conference and seminar room reservations

Visitor and event parking
Physical building keys, reception and office supplies

Email
434 982-5474
Gilmer Hall 326

Petra Turner

Senior Administrative Coordinator Undergraduate Programs

Course scheduling, classroom assignments and room changes

Undergraduate majors fairs and the Katz Symposia

Graduation coordination

Curriculum planning support for the Director and the Chair

Email
434 982-5614
Gilmer Hall Room 326-P

Seminars and Events

Eyleen O’Rourke

Associate Professor of Biology

Inviting a seminar speaker, or proposing someone for the series

Scheduling within the Friday seminar calendar

Email
434 260-1166
PLSB 312

Lisa Ishler

Senior Academic Coordinator, Program in Fundamental Neuroscience; Biology Seminars/Events

Friday Seminar Series logistics

Bodenstein and Konigsberg lectureships, and the Fozdar Symposium

Travel and hosting arrangements for invited speakers

Email
434 982-4947
Gilmer Hall 326G

Sherrie Jones

Administrative Coordinator

Conference and seminar room reservations

Visitor and event parking

Physical building keys, office supplies, and administrative support

Email
434 982-5474
Gilmer Hall 326

Academic Programs

Graduate, Biology

Alan Bergland

Associate Professor of Biology; Director of Graduate Studies

Degree requirements, milestones and student progress concerns

Graduate curriculum

Email
434 924-1930
PLSB 410

Amanda Gibson

Associate Professor of Biology

Recruiting and admissions decisions

Prospective student visits and offers

Email
434 243-2626
PLSB 408

Sage Bradburn

Graduate Coordinator and Assistant to the Chair

Coordinate graduate admissions, recruitment visits, and onboarding new students

Maintain/update student records and graduate webpages

Ensure students are on track for degree completion and graduation requirements

Collect funding information and help set up student funding packages

Point person for coordinating faculty recruitment visits, P&T cases, annual faculty reports, and GTA assignments.

Maintain Biology faculty and graduate student listservs

Download teaching evaluations

Undergraduate, Biology

Image	Keith Kozminski Associate Professor of Biology and Cell Biology; Director of Undergraduate Programs	Curriculum, undergraduate policy & compliance Teaching assignments and undergraduate policy questions	Email 434 243-5336 PLSB 208 Lab: (434) 924-3943
Image	Barry Condron Director, Biology Distinguished Majors Program	Program advising and administrative oversight for undergraduate thesis research.	Email 434 243-6593 Gilmer 415 Lab: 434 243-6794
Image	Kay Christopher Teaching Lab Coordinator/Preparator	Setup and running of upper-level teaching laboratories Purchasing and inventory for lab courses iGEM lab coordination	Email 434 982-2680 Gilmer Hall 333
Image	Jackie Parker Teaching Lab Coordinator, Introductory Biology	Setup, running, supplies, instrument maintence for Intro Biology labs TA training on lab procedures Course lab budgets and student attendance records	Email 434 297-5113 Gilmer Hall 345
Image	Petra Turner Senior Administrative Coordinator Undergraduate Programs	Course scheduling, classroom assignments and room changes Undergraduate majors fairs and the Katz Symposia Graduation coordination Curriculum planning support for the Director and the Chair	Email 434 982-5614 Gilmer Hall Room 326-P

Program in Fundamental Neuroscience

Ali D. Güler

Professor of Biology

Program direction, curriculum and policy

Email
434 243-4012
Gilmer 414

Jay Hirsh

Professor of Biology; Director of Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience

Program direction and advising

Email
434 924-3390
Gilmer 422
Lab: 434 982-5607

Lisa Ishler

Senior Academic Coordinator, Program in Fundamental Neuroscience; Biology Seminars/Events

PFN course scheduling, advising logistics and student records

PFN graduation and program events

Email
434 982-4947
Gilmer Hall 326G

Affiliated Major — Human Biology

Jennifer Güler

Co-director, Associate Professor Biology

Policies and major requirements

Email
434 982-5481
PLSB 214

Michael P. Timko

Co-director, Lewis and Clark Professor of Biology