Our mission is to provide quality services to our departments, the Medical School, the College of Biological Sciences, and the University of Minnesota.
The BioGen Administrative Center provides administrative services to the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development. Finance, human resources and grant pre-award staff members work in teams to support faculty, staff and students in these areas.
Administration
- Jess Stuart | Manager of Operations (GCD) | 612-624-5953 | jastuart@umn.edu
- Ann Swanson | Executive Assistant to BMBB Department Head (BMBB) | 612-626-2127 | swans143@umn.edu
- Tori Lafky | Fellowship Coordinator (BioGen) and Department Administrator (GCD) | 612-624-7470 | lafky004@umn.edu
- Alena Phongsavath | Undergraduate Coordinator and GCD Admin Assistant | 612-624-3110 I phong009@umn.edu
Education
- Karen Evans | Graduate Program Coordinator (BMBB) | 612-625-5179 | evansk@umn.edu
- Katie Roos | Graduate Program Coordinator (GCD/MCDBG) | kroos@umn.edu
Finance
- Barbara Royce | Finance Director | 612-301-1652 | royc0005@umn.edu
- Nicole Schaub | Finance Manager | 612-626-1918 | nmschaub@umn.edu
- Karen Swyter | Finance Professional 4 Supervisor | 612-626-0136 | swyte004@umn.edu
- Laura Diedrich | Finance Professional 4 - Team Lead | 612-624-0947 I kenne005@umn.edu
- Pam Hyser | Financial Analyst | 612-625-1131 I hyser013@umn.edu
- Kevin Weber | Finance Professional 3 | webe0256@umn.edu
- Abigail Talapa | Finance Professional 2 | talap004@umn.edu
- Nickcole Pederson | Finance Professional 2 | thom4079@umn.edu
- Tamera Hagen | Purchasing Coordinator (GCD) | hage0382@umn.edu
- Neeta Tejpaul | Purchasing Coordinator (BMBB) | tejpa007@umn.edu
- Chloe Schneider | Finance Student Admin | bioge001@umn.edu
- Olivia Redburn | Finance Student Admin | redbu008@umn.edu
Human Resources
- Mary Belisle | HR Manager (all of BioGen) | 612-625-3687 | mbelisle@umn.edu
- Denetra Cade | HR Business Partner (BMBB) | 612-624-9262 | cade0016@umn.edu
- Laurie O'Neill | HR Business Partner (GCD) | 612-625-8471 | oneil032@umn.edu
- Raji Geneti | HR Business Partner (iBAM) | genet007@umn.edu
- Amy Ram | Grad Program Payroll Coordinator | ramxx002@umn.edu
- Anthony Roback | HR Generalist Payroll (all of BioGen) | 612-301-2472 | robak020@umn.edu
Pre-Award
- Jeff Schaub | Administrative Manager BMBB I 612-385-5643 I j-scha1@umn.edu
- David Okita | Grants Manager | 612-624-7107 I okita001@umn.edu
- Paulie Garcia | Grants and Contracts Pro 4 Supv | 612-626-6224 I garc0027@umn.edu
- Vicki Tschida | Grants and Contracts Pro 3 | 612-625-8470 I vtschida@umn.edu
- Lauren Wieber | Grants and Contracts Pro 2 | 612-626-4987 I wiebe098@umn.edu