Office of Research Affairs (ORA)

• Faith Hawkins, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation
• Sam Ward, PT, Ph.D., Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation

For scheduling with AVC Hawkins or SAVC Ward, contact Brent Cassella at ora-admin@ucsd.edu.

• Lana Panetta, Administrative Assistant to the VCRI, lpanetta@ucsd.edu
• Ella Hogue, Administrative Assistant, ehogue@ucsd.edu
• Brent Cassella, Administrative Assistant, brcassella@ucsd.edu

• Ingrid Pyper, Human Resources Business Partner (OCGA, OIC), ipyper@ucsd.edu  
• Tawni Cavazos, Human Resources Generalist (RCI, ORA), tmgrant@ucsd.edu  
• Parisa Yazdani, Human Resources Generalist (ORUs), pyazdani@ucsd.edu  
• Rachel Sandecki, Human Resources Assistant, rsandecki@ucsd.edu

• Linda Bartolome, Academic Personnel Manager, ljbartolome@ucsd.edu 
• Catherine Schumacher, Academic Personnel Manager, cdschumacher@ucsd.edu
• Isabel Castaneda, Academic Personnel Assistant, icastaneda@ucsd.edu

For more information visit ORU Core Services Academic Personnel.

• Kyle Nakanishi, Director, Business Operations, knakanishi@ucsd.edu
• Jessica Sergi, Financial Manager, jsergi@ucsd.edu  
• Robert Clark, Financial Analyst, rmc010@ucsd.edu  
  
  
  

International Innovation

Miwako Waga, Senior Director for International Innovation Outreach, mwaga@ucsd.edu

Research Development

• Meg Sparling, Associate Director, msparling@ucsd.edu
• Brittney De Alicante, Proposal Manager, bdealicante@ucsd.edu
• Karen Gutierrez, Project Coordinator, k7gutierrez@ucsd.edu
• I-Hsun Wu, Graphic Designer, iwu@ucsd.edu

For more information visit Research Development.

Research Growth and Strategic Initiatives

• Devon Tolliver, VCRI Events and Committee for Community Building Program Director, dntolliver@ucsd.edu  
• Lisa Trahan, Associate Director, Research Growth Coordinator, ltrahan@ucsd.edu

• Kellie Uyeda, Ph.D., Executive Director, kuyeda@ucsd.edu   
• Clarissa Rodriguez, Reserves Manager, csrodriguez@ucsd.edu 
• Jonathan Shurin, NRS Faculty Director, jshurin@ucsd.edu
• Sean Smith, Reserves Steward, ses015@ucsd.edu

For more information visit  UC San Diego Natural Reserve System.

• Linda Bartolome, Research Scholar Manager, ljbartolome@ucsd.edu
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Debra Bass, Director of Communications, dbass@ucsd.edu
• University-wide Communications Requests, marcom@ucsd.edu