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Area Offices

The Earth & Environmental Sciences Area office staff listed on this page are your points of contact for general front office questions and Area and Division management topics. Directory listings to find EESA staff by Departments and points of contact within the EESA Operations Staff Only website are also available. EESA’s main Area Office is located on the third floor of Building 74. Other EESA administrative offices are located in Buildings 70A and 84. To access a complete EESA Personnel Roster, go to Our People page.

Area Office Staff

Position Name Bldg. Rm. Phone
Associate Lab Director, EESA Bill Collins 84 0322 (510) 486-7134
Administrator to the ALD Melanie Kincaid 84 0320 (510) 486-5131
Deputy of Operations Orlando Casiano 84 0324 (510) 486-4831
Research Administration Manager Sandy Chin 74 0306 (510) 486-8131
Business Manager Peter K. Lau 74 0310 (510) 486-5570
Budget/Finance Sahar Iranipour 74 0316P (510) 486-4804
Senior HR Division Partner Kate Coldwell 84 0373 (510) 486-6065
HR Division Partner Donna Chau 74 316E
HR Division Partner Daphne Trowbridge-WIlliams 74 316E (510) 495-2747
Safety Coordinator Vivi Fissekidou 74B 0103 (510) 486-5610
Chief Development Officer for Research Newsha Ajami 84 0328 (510) 486-4932
Earth AI & Data Program Domain Charuleka Varadharajan 84 0142 (510) 495-8890

Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division Office Staff

Position Name Bldg. Rm. Phone
Division Director (Acting) Bill Riley 84 0206 (510) 495-2407
Division Deputy Eoin Brodie 70A 3317E (510) 486-6584
Administrator to the Division Director Sara Hefty 84 0202 (510) 486-4271
Research Administration Lead Kim Sopher 84 0202 (510) 486-6866
Senior Advisor Margaret Torn 84 0340 (510) 495-2223

Energy Geosciences Division Office Staff

Position Name Bldg. Rm. Phone
Division Director Jens Birkholzer 74 0316S (510) 486-5347
Division Deputy Peter Nico 74 0311 (510) 486-7118
Administrator to the Division Director Lizz Mahoney 74 0316S (510) 486-5347
Research Administration Lead Sandy Chin 74 0306 (510) 486-8131

Staff By Location

If you need to help with a specific workplace topic (travel, purchasing, time reporting, proposal development, etc.), go to the the EESA Operations Staff Only website and locate the Who to Contact directory. You can also contact the Front Office Staff for immediate questions.

Front Office Location Administrative Contact Bldg. Rm. Phone
84 Sara Hefty 84 0202 (510) 486-4271
70A Bridgette Hall 70A 03317A (510) 486-5234
74 Shelby Bemiss 74 0316L (510) 486-6455

Staff By Area Departments

You can also find the entire EESA Personnel Roster by going to Our People page.

Department Department Head / Administrative Lead Bldg. Rm. Phone
Climate Sciences Sebastien Biraud / Bridgette Hall 70A 3317A (510) 486-5234
Ecology Romy Chakraborty / Bridgette Hall 70A 3317A (510) 486-5234
Geochemistry Carl Steefel / Shelby Bemiss 74 0316L (510) 486-6455
Geophysics Yuxin Wu / Shelby Bemiss 74 0316L (510) 486-6455
Hydrogeology Jonny Rutqvist / Shelby Bemiss 74 0316L (510) 486-6455
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