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Administration and Staff
Office of the Director
Office of the Director
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Professor, Associate Dean and Director
Director of the School of Life Sciences and associate dean for strategic partnerships in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Kusumi's research focuses on vertebrate genomics.
480-965-9215
Life Sciences E-wing, Room 219, 427 E Tyler Mall
Director, Fiscal & Business Operations
Directs the budgetary, human resources, and financial operations for The School of Life Sciecnes. Arizona State University employee since 1997.
480-965-8731
Life Sciences E-wing Room 223
Business Office
Business Office
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Business Operations Manager Sr.
Ashmead is the Business Operations Manager Sr. in School of life Sciences.
480-965-5428
School of Life Sciences MC 4501
Business Ops Specialist Sr
Manages Workday, Travel, and iLab approvals. Monitors/oversees a variety of account expenditures and organizes/prepares departmental administrative and financial reports. Administers stipend/participant payment coordination.
480-727-9114
Business Operations Specialist
Provides order placement and order follow up assistance. Responsible for, cash handling, supplier registration, and parking validations. Acts as department P-Card holder.
480-965-9119
LSE 222
ASU Center for Biology and Society
ASU Center for Biology and Society
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Clinical Professor
Ellison's research and teaching focus on research ethics and ethics education. She directs the School of Life Science Ethics Program, is an editor for the Online Ethics Center (onlineethics.org), and serves on the APPE board.
480-727-7111
LSC 270
University Professor of History of Science; Regents, President's, and Parents Association Professor; Dir., Center for Biology and Society; Faculty Leader, Human Dimensions; Distinguished Sustainability Scientist
Maienschein and her team research embryology, genetics, and cell biology. She specializes in the history and philosophy of biology and the way biology, bioethics and bio-policy play out in society.
480-965-6105
LSC 284
Assistant Director
480-965-5364
Life Science C-wing 284 BOX 873301
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes
ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes
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Founding Director
Gerber aims to accelerate the success of biodiversity management and sustainable biodiversity outcomes by fostering relationships among academics and decision makers.
480-727-3109
LSA 212
Facilities
Facilities
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Project Manager, Construction & Laboratory Operations SOLS Environmental Health and Safety Officer
480-965-9914
427 East Tyler Mall LSE 251
Professor and SOLS Associate Director
McGraw is an integrative behavioral ecologist who primarily studies the colors of animals such as birds to understand the costs, benefits and evolution of visual signals.
480-965-5518
LSC 522
Graduate Office
Graduate Office
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Professor; Assoc. Director, Graduate Programs
Martins studies behavioral evolution by mapping the ancient history of lizard communication in the southwestern US and by studying how sensory systems impact social behavior in the biomedically-important zebrafish.
480-965-0864
School of Life Sciences 372 Life Sciences Building A
Graduate Program Student Service Support Coordinator
480-965-6241
IT Support
IT Support
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Systems Support Analyst (IT), CC Tempe Deskside Support
Born, raised, lived on Long Island almost forever, Iowa then Arizona.
480-965-7863
LSE B72 427 E Tyler Mall
Laboratory Coordinators
Laboratory Coordinators
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Laboratory Coordinator
480-965-4138
Office: School of Life Sciences E-wing LSE B19
Marketing and Communications
Marketing and Communications
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MultiMedia Specialist
A videographer in the VisLab working with departments across ASU to tell their stories in the most compelling and visually interesting way possible.
965-9167
LSE B60
Desktop Publishing Spec
Jo works to assist with the daily needs of designers in the production of creative work for both the School of Life Sciences and other departments while attending a rigorous curriculum toward a degree in Music Therapy.
480-965-8109
LSE B61
Dir Academic Media
Mr. Sahertian runs the VisLab, an ASU design studio offering a complete range of graphic, web and video design services for various marketing needs.
480-727-8743
LSE B58
Personnel Office
Personnel Office
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Department HR Specialist Sr
Primarily responsible for hiring post-doctorates, initiating visas (H1-B / J-1), hiring faculty associates/instructor renewals, process faculty teaching, and summer salary research/teaching. Special projects as assigned.
480-965-5574
School of Life Sciences
Research Advancement
Research Advancement
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Foundation Professor and Assoc. Director
Vermaas and his team conduct basic and applied research on cyanobacteria, a group of photosynthetic microbes, using these organisms as a chassis to produce useful compounds (biofuels, green chemicals) from sunlight and CO2.
480-965-6250
LSE 549
Research Staff
Research Staff
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Herbarium Research Specialist
Arizona State University
July 2017 - present: Curator of Lichens and Digital Data
Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands
November 2004 - present: Adjunct Scientist (CDF Lichen Inventory)
480-727-5867
Natural History Collections, Room 151D 734 W Alameda Dr
Research Technologist
Kaftanoglu is an apiculturist working on honey bee colony management, honey bee behavior, reproductive biology, genetics and breeding
480-727-1889
Honey Bee Research Lab 6858 E. Old Pecos Rd
Research Specialist
I am a botanist interested in the diversity, distribution, and evolutionary history of plants and applying this knowledge toward outreach and conservation.
ASU Herbarium 734 W. Alameda
Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate Programs
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President's Professor; Assoc. Director Undergraduate Programs
Angilletta combines models and experiments to understand how animal populations adapt to changing environments.
480-965-4321
LSC 488
Instructional Designer
Instructional Designer, School of Life Sciences
Undergraduate Advising
Undergraduate Advising
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President's Professor; Assoc. Director Undergraduate Programs
Angilletta combines models and experiments to understand how animal populations adapt to changing environments.
480-965-4321
LSC 488
Student Services Coord Assoc
Bushnell assists students at the advising front office with scheduling, overrides, and general questions. He works in the front office of Life Sciences Building A, room 189 and can be reached at 480-727-6277.
480-727-6277
Academic Success Specialist
Corbin has been a part of the ASU community for 4 years as an Academic Success Specialist and joined the School of Life Sciences undergraduate advising team January 2020. He enjoys helping students.
480-965-3450
Academic Success Specialist
Ditter has worked for ASU for 3 years and joined the SOLS Advising team in January 2020. With an emphasis on personal development, she works closely with students to help them create academic goals and plans of action.
480-727-5897
Academic Success Coordinator
Esquibel helps match students with relevant, high-impact experiences to complement their education and help them achieve their goals. Esquibel promotes SOLS in the community and works with student development and retention.
480-965-0952
Academic Success Specialist
Garcia is an Online Academic Success Specialist for the School of Life Sciences.
Manager, Academic Advising
Gibbs has been the Academic Success Manager in the School of Life Sciences since July 2019. She is an advocate for increasing access to higher education and elevating the successes of our students.
480-965-1269
LSA 129B
Academic Success Specialist
Glasscock joined the SOLS Advising team in October 2019 as an Academic Success Advisor. She works closely with students to help them develop academic plans and goals.
Academic Success Specialist
Griffin has been with ASU since 2020. His main goal is to provide a supportive environment for SOLS online students so that they can reach their full academic and career potential.
Academic Success Specialist
Hajdarovic has been with ASU for the last 4 years, 3 of them within School of Life Sciences as a Graduate Coordinator Sr. She now works as an Academic Success Specialist, primarily with the online student population.
480-727-6277
Academic Success Specialist
Hilligas has been with ASU since December, 2019. She joined the School of Life Sciences Academic Advising Team in July, 2020. She has a background in mental health counseling and is passionate about advocating for students.
480-727-0625
Academic Success Coordinator
Kermes is an adviser in the School of Life Sciences. Kermes has a fitness and wellness background that she incorporates into her advising appointments. Kermes serves as an authorized signer for the department.
480-965-9704
Student Services Assistant
Penaloza is part of the SoLS advising team, where she assists in all front office operations. Penaloza is currently pursuing her M.Ed in Higher and Post-secondary education at Arizona State University.
480-727-6277
Assoc Director Academic Svcs
Schoenborn has managed academic advising in the School of Life Sciences for the past ten years. He takes a transformational approach to his advising, inspiring students to reach their full academic and career potential.
480-965-3721
LSA 193
Academic Success Coordinator, Prehealth
Stone joined the SOLS team in January 2020 as an Academic Success Coordinator. She will be working to provide pre-health resources for online students in SOLS.
Academic Success Coordinator
Vedder has been with ASU since 2016. She also oversees the Learning Resource Center, SOLS Ambassadors, and the SOLS Undergraduate Newsletter.
480-965-2282
Academic Success Specialist
Ziccarelli has been with ASU since 2017. Her main goal is to provide a supportive environment for School of Life Sciences online students so that they can reach their full academic and career potential.
480-727-7259
VisLab
VisLab
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