Paul Keen
Program Administrative Specialist
Email: pkeen@umd.edu
Office: 1109 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-5435
Responsible for administrative support to the department Chair, faculty, business office, and other staff including assisting students and other visitors. Coordinates CBMG seminars and conferences with the following: invitation ,travel arrangements and expense reimbursements. Coordinates room reservations and assists with key/card access and paycheck distribution. In charge of departmental charge card (Purchasing and Travel). Responsible for departmental communication, marketing and social media presence, and assists IT manager. Supervisor: Pamela Moffett
Dorothea O'Toole
Facilities Director
Email: dotoole@umd.edu
Office: 1125 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-5430
Responsible for every facet of building and equipment maintenance, key/card access, parking permits, laboratory compliance, and all departmental purchases over 5K. Routinely coordinates with FM for all infrastructure issues and serves as the liaison between FM, outside contractors and building occupants. Coordinates and maintains all service requests for lab instrumentation repairs, re-certifications, improvements, or replacement and lab-set up and clean out for all CBMG faculty. Also serves as the Laboratory Compliance Officer for CBMG. Supervisor: Kevin McIver
Pamela Moffett
Director of Administrative Services
Email: painswor@umd.edu
Office: 1109 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-1595
Responsible for all operations of the Business Office, and serves as point of contact with other University offices for financial management and accounting. Reconciles some PI accounts and prepares monthly financial reports (post-award grant management), and manages all CBMG DRIF and teaching accounts. Coordinates new faculty grant transfers, prepares annual departmental budget, and advises Chair in financial matters. Supervisor: Kevin McIver
Teresa Thompson
Business Manager
Email: teresa@umd.edu
Office: 1117 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-4173
Reconciles PI accounts and prepares monthly financial reports (post-award grant management), reviews and approves PI's travel and purchasing cards. Prepares financial close-out reports for awards by working in coordination with SPAC. Manages federal work students, student awards, and business office student workers. Manages all T32, F32 and F31 grants for the Department. Serves as liaison and account manager for the Provost’s FIRE program. Serves as liaison between CARF and PIs on monthly charges for animal care. Assists with payroll when necessary. Supervisor: Pamela Moffett
PeiLei Chow
Business Service Specialist
Email: pchow@umd.edu
Office: 1119 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-1510
Reconciles PI accounts and prepares monthly reports (post-award grant management), reviews and approves PI's travel and purchasing cards. Prepares financial close-out reports for awards by working in coordination with OCGA. Manages financial issues associated with departmental workshops and symposiums and expense re-imbursements for local hosting. Supervisor: Pamela Moffett
Mini Rajan
Payroll & Human Resource Manager
Email: mrajan@umd.edu
Office: 1109J Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-7043
Processes payroll for all faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students, prepares contracts (including summer school), processes J1 and H1B visas, assists employees with medical and life insurance, retirement benefits, tax forms, tuition remission processing, processes separation forms and unemployment insurance, provides employment verification letters, prepares search and selection plan reports. Maintains personnel records for all employees, including faculty, staff and students. Maryland Charity Campaign (MCC) Captain for department. Supervisor: Pamela Moffett
Priyanka Vengataraman
Pre-award Research Coordinator
Email: pvengata@umd.edu
Location: 1109 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-5478
Provides all necessary pre-award support to faculty. Coordinates assembly of applications, preparation of online forms, budgets, biosketches, and makes sure all materials are completed and submitted to the granting agencies according to the guidelines. Social media manager for CBMG Twitter and creates and updates content for CBMG website. Supervisor: Kevin McIver
Wan Chan
Information Technology Manager
Email: wanchan@umd.edu
Office: 1215 Bio-Psych Bldg.
Ext. 5-7744
Provides support to faculty and staff with all IT-related issues, including equipment purchasing. Serves as CBMG telecommunications (cellular and landline) and data representative to OIT. All computer purchases must go through and be approved by Wan Chan (CBMG IT). Maintains file and web servers, coordinates Inventory (University owned equipment, and space surveys), provides classroom IT support. Also serves as staff ombudsperson and manages disaster recovery efforts with OIT. Supervisor: Kevin McIver
Douglas Downing
Work in receiving office of BRB, oversees storage area, manages and maintains copier in BRB administrative office, oversees mail (FedEx, UPS, etc), maintains inventory logs, assists with moving/carrying, etc. for CBMG. Supervisor: Dorothea O'Toole.
Olayinka Savage
Coordinator (Teaching Lab)
Email: osavage@umd.edu
Office: 0119 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-5425
Oversees preparation of materials for lab courses. Coordinates purchasing and inventory, equipment maintenance, and biological waste disposal for teaching labs. Supervisor: John Buchner
Assists the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Programs and undergraduates with administrative and academic aspects of the program. Responsible for maintaining the database of student worksheets, scheduling room reservations, and provides administrative support to all faculty. Supervisor: David Straney
Amy Beaven
Director of Shared Instrumentation
Email: abeaven@umd.edu
Office: 0107C Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-7238
Manages user fees and service contracts for all instrumentation in the Imaging and Genomic Core facilities. Is responsible for day-to-day operations in the Imaging Core and Genomics Core. Provides technical assistance and instruction in microscope use, training for instrument, card key access, and coordinates instrument maintenance and repairs. Supervisor: Charles Delwiche
Kenneth Class
Director of Flow Cyometry Core
E-mail: kclass@umd.edu
Office: BRB 2106 Lab: BRB 2102
Ext: 5-4593
Is responsible for daily operation of the Flow Cytometry Core located in the Bioscience Research Building. Provides technical assistance and hands on operation of the cell sorter. Also instruction and training in the use of the analytical flow cytometer. Oversees service contracts and coordinates instrument service and repairs. Responsible for user fees. Supervisor: David Mosser.
Agnes McLean
Program Admin Spec - Central Animal Research
E-mail: amclean@umd.edu
Ext: 5-4921
Dawn Jackson
Resident Specialist - Central Animal Research
E-mail: djackso2@umd.edu
Ext: 5-4922
Errica Philpott
Coordinator
Email: Errica@umd.edu
Office: 2109 Microbiology Bldg.
Ext. 5-8730
Assists the Chair: Schedules meetings, acts as proxy for signatures in Chair's absence, coordinates faculty searches, appointments, promotion, and tenure processes. Coordinates website updates and maintains location list of faculty, staff, and students. Supervisor: Kevin McIver