Staff Responsibilities

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Sara Leader, Technical Associate

  • Support CBE disciplinary excellence initiatives in sustainability and clean energy
  • Selection and installation of new instrumentation and equipment
  • Research instrumentation maintenance and record keeping
  • Research equipment usage training
  • Department safety liaison for inspections by University health and safety
  • Support of CBE’s undergraduate teaching labs including routine maintenance and repairs on lab equipment as needed
  • Supplies
  • Teaching experiments

Rhonda Pangrazio, Facilities and Operations Coordinator

308 Furnas
645-6690
rhondapa@buffalo.edu

  • Departmental purchasing
  • Wednesday Seminar Series coordinator
  • Guest hospitality 
  • Travel Reimbursements for faculty, students, and invited guests
  • Departmental space coordinator
  • Work orders for UB Facilities, custodial, and SENS/CIT
  • Departmental time keeper
  • 206/207 Furnas room reservations
  • Keys

 

Marlo Roetzer, Undergraduate Academic Coordinator

304 Furnas Hall
645-2569
mkerr@buffalo.edu
Student Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.

  • Coordinate advising and committees for undergraduate programs
  • Provide “walk in” advising for undergraduate students
  • Class scheduling
  • Force registration, exception registration, grade changes, and petitions
  • Maintenance of undergraduate online catalog
  • Textbook ordering

Ema Scollo, Graduate Academic Coordinator

305 Furnas Hall
645-9326
emscollo@buffalo.edu
Student Office Hours: Mon - Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

  • Student orientation
  • Advisor selection
  • Applications to Candidacy (ATC)
  • Full Time Status Certification
  • Amendment to ATC 
  • Force registration
  • Transfer credits 
  • Exceptional registration/grade changes/petitions
  • Conferral and probationary statuses

Joan Wilson, Director of Administration


 
308 Furnas Hall
645-1174
jmwilson@buffalo.edu
  • Assist chair in daily administration of CBE department & reporting
  • Faculty recruitment, startup, purchasing, immigration, and sabbaticals.
  • Faculty & staff appointments
  • Promotion and tenure
  • Budget administration and transaction management
  • Marketing and communications
  • Website content and digital media
  • Event planning
  • CBE alumni relations and constituent development
  • CBE Advisory Board liaison

Lisa Zimmerman, Business Administrator


307 Furnas
645-2913
lrz2@buffalo.edu
Student Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

  • Student appointment processing
  • Tuition remission processing
  • Attendance confirmation letters
  • Grant budget administration