Administrative Staff

Dr. Beth Lazazzera

Dr. Beth Lazazzera

Departmental Chair

4610B Molecular Science Bldg

(310)-794-4804

See Beth for: Curriculum Development, Academic Personnel, and Course Planning. 

Beth A. Lazazzera is a microbiologist who has been an arrived at UCLA in 1999 and was promoter to associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics in 2007. Dr. Lazazzera earned her B.S. in Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her Ph.D. in Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her doctoral work advanced our understanding of the mechanism by which E. coli cells sense oxygen. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she began her work on bacterial communication, having identified a novel mechanism for bacterial cell-to-cell signaling.

Eric Wells

Chief Administrative Officer

2311 Life Sciences Building

(310) 825-8445

See Eric for: Manage Administrative Functions Including Finance/Budget, Academic personnel, Faculty Recruitment Staff Supervision

Stephy Lao

Fund Manager

See Stephy for: Allocation & Monitoring of Grants

Stephy graduated from University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor’s of Art in International Studies – Economics. She manages all contract and grant activities, works in close cooperation with the Office of Contracts and Grants Administration (OCGA), Extramural Fund Management office (EFM), and general accounting, conducts monthly reconciliation and distribution of general ledgers. Oversees all cost transfers, including expense and salary transfers, responsibility for the completion and submission of all proposals. On her spare time she enjoys traveling and working out.

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Michelle Veintimilla

Departmental Analyst

mveintimilla@lifesci.ucla.edu

2317 Life Sciences Building

See Michelle for: Purchasing, Reimbursements & Assistant to Department Chair and Vice Chair

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Ora Rutherford-Green

Human Resource Generalist

ogreen@lifesci.ucla.edu 

(310) 825-3924

236 Hershey Hall

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Bernadette Sandoval

Personnel Coordinator

bsandoval@lifesci.ucla.edu

2317 Life Sciences Building

See Bernadette for: TA and Reader Onboarding, Fee Remissions.

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Erika Sagastume

Department Coordinator

esaga@lifesci.ucla.edu

2317 Life Sciences Building

See Erika for: Administrative Support, Course Scheduling, and Event Planning.

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Lily Yanez

Director, Student Services & Instructional Support

2317 Life Sciences Building

Hannah Parker

Student Academic Advisor

hparker@lifesci.ucla.edu

2317 Life Sciences Building

See Hannah for: Advising, Course Articulations, Enrollment Assistance, and Student Initiatives

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Aly Mulji

Academic Coordinator

akmulji@gmail.com

2305 Life Sciences Building

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Kristin McCully

Academic Coordinator

kmccully@ucla.edu

2305 Life Sciences Building