HR Regional Staff

HR Leadership Team

Manager ContactRoles and Responsibilities
Nick Dear - HR Manager HR Manager for BEST HR Partner
Maya Serban - Regional Director HR Manager for BEST HR Generalists & Operational Teams
Supervisor ContactRoles and Responsibilities
Karina Puga - HR Supervisor HR Support for Academic, Staff, and Faculty Titles
Diana Zhang- Payroll & HRIM Supervisor Payroll & Transactions
Ana Chavez-Kim - HR Supervisor BEST Onboarding
Kevina Chu - HR Supervisor All ASE/GSR/Student Assistant Hiring, Visiting Scholars and Visiting Student Researchers

BEST HR Partners support all Staff & Non Senate Academics (Postdocs, Specialists, Project Scientists, and Researchers)*
BEST HR Generalists support all Affiliates, Volunteers, Visiting Scholars/Student Researchers, ASE/GSR (GSRs GSIs, Readers & Tutors), and Student Assistants

Names link to their campus directory listing for contact information.

HR Partner & HR Generalist Contacts

All Departments

Org Node Desc
Org Node
Payroll Specialist
HR PartnerHR Generalist
(Staff, Postdocs, Non-Senate and Academic Titles)
(ASE/GSRs, Student Assistants & Affiliates, Volunteers, Visiting Scholars, Visiting Student Researchers)
Agricultural Res Econ Pol                                                                                                                                                                                     MBARC Diana Zhang Stephen Sharpe Elizabeth Burbank
Bakar BioEnginuity Hub IRBBH Alan Lee

Levi Porras

Elizabeth Burbank
BEST Region AZBSR Diana Zhang HR: Hailey Hunter
RA and P&T:
Kevina Chu
Victoria Robinson - (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)
Biological Sc Dean's Off IDBSD Marsha Dunn Bola Omosebi Kimberly Huerta
Biosciences Divisional Srvcs IABSS Marsha Dunn

Supervisor Last Name:

A-G (Postdocs): Marcela Torres

A-G (Staff): Smita Wankhede

A-G (NSA & Faculty): Hailey Hunter

H - N: Levi Porras

H-N (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

O-Z (Staff & NSA): Katie Scarborough

O-Z (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

Kimberly Huerta
Blue Oak Reserve OXBOR Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
BNHM Admin Svcs OBNUM Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Cancer Research Lab NKCRL Marsha Dunn Smita Wankhede Elizabeth Burbank
CNR Centers & Facilities MACFS Diana Zhang Stephen Sharpe Erin Jones
CNR Office of the Dean MANRD Diana Zhang Latchemi Krishna Erin Jones
Ctr for Emerg & Neglected Dis CNCND Alan Lee Bola Omosebi Kimberly Huerta
Electron Microscope Lab ITEML Marsha Dunn Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank
Energy & Resources Group ERG MGERG Diana Zhang Latchemi Krishna Erin Jones
Energy Biosciences Institute OOEBI Alan Lee Marcela Torres Elizabeth Burbank
Environ Sci, Policy & Mgmt MCESP Diana Zhang

Marcela Torres

Erin Jones
ESPM ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES DIV MCECO Diana Zhang

Christine Chau

Erin Jones
ESPM ORGANISMS & THE ENVIRONMT MCINS Diana Zhang

Marcela Torres

Erin Jones
ESPM SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT DIV MCESD Diana Zhang

Marcela Torres

Erin Jones
ESPM: Ecosytem Sciences Divisi YLECO Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
Essig Mus of Entomology OCMEE Alan Lee Smita Wankhede Elizabeth Burbank
Gump Research Field Station OZGUM Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Helen Wills Neuroscience Inst EUNEU Diana Zhang

Katie Scarborough

Postdocs: HR Team Coverage

Victoria Robinson - (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)
Human Evolution Research Ctr ECHES Alan Lee Stephen Sharpe Elizabeth Burbank
Innovative Genomics Institute IGIGI Alan Lee

Hailey Hunter

Postdocs: HR Team Coverage

Victoria Robinson - (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)
Integrative Biology IBIBI Marsha Dunn Bola Omosebi Kimberly Huerta
MCB Research IMRES Marsha Dunn

Supervisor Last Name:

A-G (Postdocs): Marcela Torres

A-G (Staff): Smita Wankhede

A-G (NSA & Faculty): Hailey Hunter

H - N : Levi Porras

H - N (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

O-Z (Staff & NSA): Katie Scarborough

O-Z (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

Hilda Perez
Molecular & Cell Biology IMMCB Marsha Dunn

Supervisor Last Name:

A-G (Postdocs): Marcela Torres

A-G (Staff): Smita Wankhede

A-G (NSA & Faculty): Hailey Hunter

H - N: Levi Porras

H - N (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

O-Z (Staff & NSA): Katie Scarborough

O-Z (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

Hilda PerezASE/GSRs & CWR, VS, VSRs

Victoria Robinson - Student Assistants (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)

Mus of Paleontology OEMPA Alan Lee Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank
Mus of Vertebrate Zoology OFMVZ Alan Lee Katie Scarborough Elizabeth Burbank
Neuroscience Department NENEU Diana Zhang Smita Wankhede Elizabeth Burbank
NR: Environ Sci, Policy Mgmt YLESP Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
NR: Insect Biology Division YLIBD Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
NR: Society and Environ Div YLSOC Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
Nutritional Sci & Tox Dept MDNST Diana Zhang

Latchemi Krishna

Victoria Robinson - (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)
PA Hearst Mus of Anthropology OGHMA Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Phys Ed Program IPPEP Marsha Dunn

Levi Porras

Kimberly Huerta
Plant & Microbial Biology MEPMB Diana Zhang

Latchemi Krishna

Elizabeth Burbank
Point Reyes Field Stations OJPRF Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
QB3 Berkeley IQBBB Alan Lee

Supervisor Last Name:

A- I: Christine Chau

J-N & Genomics Sequencing Lab: Stephen Sharpe

O-Z: Karina Puga

Doudna Lab: Hailey Hunter

Kimberly Huerta- ASE/GSR

Victoria Robinson - STDT, CWRS, VS/VSR
(Email:
best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)

QB3 Central IUQBC TBD Christine Chau

Kimberly Huerta- ASE/GSR

Victoria Robinson - STDT, CWRS, VS/VSR
(Email:
best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)

Res Field Stns & Nature Reserv OJDRS Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Sagehen Creek Field Station OJSAG Diana Zhang Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Stem Cell Center OYSCC Diana Zhang Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank
UC Botanical Garden OIBOT Alan Lee Latchemi Krishna Erin Jones
University_Jepson Herbaria ODMJH Alan Lee Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank

L&S Division of Biological Sciences

Org Node Desc
Org Node
Payroll Specialist
HR PartnerHR Generalist
(Staff, Postdocs, Non-Senate Academic Titles)
(ASE/GSRs, Student Assistants & Affiliates, Volunteers, Visiting Scholars, Visiting Student Researchers)
Biological Sc Dean's Off                                                                                                                                                               IDBSD Marsha Dunn Bola Omosebi Kimberly Huerta
Biosciences Divisional Srvcs IABSS Marsha Dunn

Supervisor Last Name:

A-G (Postdocs): Marcela Torres

A-G (Staff): Smita Wankhede

A-G (NSA & Faculty): Hailey Hunter

H - N: Levi Porras

H-N (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

O-Z (Staff & NSA): Katie Scarborough

O-Z (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

Kimberly Huerta
Cancer Research Lab NKCRL Marsha Dunn Smita Wankhede Elizabeth Burbank
Ctr for Emerg & Neglected Dis CNCND Alan Lee Bola Omosebi Kimberly Huerta
Electron Microscope Lab ITEML Marsha Dunn Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank
Innovative Genomics Institute IGIGI Alan Lee

Hailey Hunter

Postdocs: HR Team Coverage

Victoria Robinson - (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)
Integrative Biology IBIBI Marsha Dunn Bola Omosebi Kimberly Huerta
MCB Research IMRES Marsha Dunn

Supervisor Last Name:

A-G (Postdocs): Marcela Torres

A-G (Staff): Smita Wankhede

A-G (NSA & Faculty): Hailey Hunter

H - N : Levi Porras

H - N (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

O-Z (Staff & NSA): Katie Scarborough

O-Z (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

Hilda Perez
Molecular & Cell Biology IMMCB Marsha Dunn

Supervisor Last Name:

A-G (Postdocs): Marcela Torres

A-G (Staff): Smita Wankhede

A-G (NSA & Faculty): Hailey Hunter

H - N: Levi Porras

H - N (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

O-Z (Staff & NSA): Katie Scarborough

O-Z (Postdocs): HR Team Coverage

Hilda PerezASE/GSRs & CWR, VS, VSRs

Victoria Robinson - Student Assistants (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)

Neuroscience Department NENEU Diana Zhang Smita Wankhede Elizabeth Burbank
Phys Ed Program IPPEP Marsha Dunn

Levi Porras

Kimberly Huerta

Rausser College of Natural Resources - RCNR

Org Node Desc
Org Node
Payroll Specialist
HR PartnerHR Generalist
(Staff, Postdocs, Non-Senate and Academic Titles)
(ASE/GSRs, Student Assistants & Affiliates, Volunteers, Visiting Scholars, Visiting Student Researchers)
Agricultural Res Econ Pol                                                                                                                                                            MBARC Diana Zhang Stephen Sharpe Elizabeth Burbank
CNR Centers & Facilities MACFS Diana Zhang Stephen Sharpe Erin Jones
CNR Office of the Dean MANRD Diana Zhang Latchemi Krishna Erin Jones
Energy & Resources Group ERG MGERG Diana Zhang Latchemi Krishna Erin Jones
Environ Sci, Policy & Mgmt MCESP Diana Zhang

Marcela Torres

Erin Jones
ESPM ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES DIV MCECO Diana Zhang

Christine Chau

Erin Jones
ESPM ORGANISMS & THE ENVIRONMT MCINS Diana Zhang

Marcela Torres

Erin Jones
ESPM SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT DIV MCESD Diana Zhang

Marcela Torres

Erin Jones
ESPM: Ecosytem Sciences Divisi YLECO Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
NR: Environ Sci, Policy Mgmt YLESP Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
NR: Insect Biology Division YLIBD Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
NR: Society and Environ Div YLSOC Diana Zhang Marcela Torres Erin Jones
Nutritional Sci & Tox Dept MDNST Diana Zhang

Latchemi Krishna

Victoria Robinson - (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)
Plant & Microbial Biology MEPMB Diana Zhang

Latchemi Krishna

Elizabeth Burbank

Academic Research Units - VCRO

Org Node Desc
Org Node
Payroll Specialist
HR PartnerHR Generalist
(Staff, Postdocs, Non-Senate and Academic Titles)
(ASE/GSRs, Student Assistants & Affiliates, Volunteers, Visiting Scholars, Visiting Student Researchers)
Bakar BioEnginuity Hub IRBBH Alan Lee

Levi Porras

Elizabeth Burbank
Blue Oak Reserve OXBOR Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
BNHM Admin Svcs OBNUM Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Energy Biosciences Institute OOEBI Alan Lee Marcela Torres Elizabeth Burbank
Essig Mus of Entomology OCMEE Alan Lee Smita Wankhede Elizabeth Burbank
Gump Research Field Station OZGUM Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Helen Wills Neuroscience Inst EUNEU Diana Zhang

Katie Scarborough

Postdocs: HR Team Coverage

Victoria Robinson - (Email: best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)
Human Evolution Research Ctr ECHES Alan Lee Stephen Sharpe Elizabeth Burbank
Mus of Paleontology OEMPA Alan Lee Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank
Mus of Vertebrate Zoology OFMVZ Alan Lee Katie Scarborough Elizabeth Burbank
PA Hearst Mus of Anthropology OGHMA Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Point Reyes Field Stations OJPRF Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
QB3 Berkeley IQBBB Alan Lee

Supervisor Last Name:

A- I: Christine Chau

J-N & Genomics Sequencing Lab: Stephen Sharpe

O-Z: Karina Puga

Doudna Lab: Hailey Hunter

Kimberly Huerta- ASE/GSR

Victoria Robinson - STDT, CWRS, VS/VSR
(Email:
best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)

QB3 Central IUQBC TBD Christine Chau

Kimberly Huerta- ASE/GSR

Victoria Robinson - STDT, CWRS, VS/VSR
(Email:
best_hrgen@berkeley.edu)

Res Field Stns & Nature Reserv OJDRS Alan Lee Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Sagehen Creek Field Station OJSAG Diana Zhang Christine Chau Elizabeth Burbank
Stem Cell Center OYSCC Diana Zhang Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank
UC Botanical Garden OIBOT Alan Lee Latchemi Krishna Erin Jones
University_Jepson Herbaria ODMJH Alan Lee Bola Omosebi Elizabeth Burbank