Staff

Office Location Job Responsibilities
Cole Chase-Beach
Administrative Assistant
225 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511
cole.chase-beach@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 4325231
SCL 1 • Provides administrative support to the department. • Manages building access (key and swipe). • Assists with onboarding and offboarding student employees (Student Employment System), staff, and Sponsored Identities. • Addresses facilities-related issues and coordinates mail and deliveries for the department. • Assists with travel arrangements for the department. • Handles E-Ship Global shipping and office supply orders. • Provides support to the following faculty members and their laboratories: C. Dunn, M. Muñoz, T. Near, M. Wong, and D. Vasseur. This includes PCard clearance, reimbursements, invoice processing, SciQuest orders, etc.
Crysta Collins
Financial Assistant 3
225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
crysta.collins@yale.edu
Phone: (203) 432-3170
SCL 1 • Supports the following faculty members and their laboratories: J. Coughlan, E. Edwards, B. Ogbunu, J. Powell, A. Caccone, D. Post, M.B. Decker, R. Prum, M. Dal Bello, A. Dobson, M. Donoghue, J. Moyer, L. Puth, and E. Slessarev. Responsibilities include PCard clearance, reimbursements, invoice processing, SciQuest orders, etc. • Manages reimbursements for Seminar Series guest speakers. • Oversees and coordinates the logistics for the department’s Fall retreat.
Mitchel Dvoracek
Chair's/Senior Administrative Assistant, EEB
225 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511
mitchel.dvoracek@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-3891
SCL 1B • Provides support to the Chair of the Department. • Serves as the primary source of information for the Chair’s Office. • Serves faculty and academic administration, managing all academic appointments and activities (appointments, reappointments, leaves, tenure, and promotions for faculty, non-ladder faculty, research scientists, and postdoctoral/postgraduate associates/fellows). • Coordinates faculty searches, including travel arrangements for faculty search candidates. • Coordinates with the Office for International Students and Scholars to secure visas (OISS). • Manages the department’s Seminar Series. • Maintains the department website.
Lauri-Ann Henry
Financial Assistant 4
225 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
lauri-ann.henry@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-8694
SCL 1 • Monitors the financial activities of all departmental operating accounts. • Reviews departmental transactions for accuracy and completeness. • Supports accounts payable and procurement functions. • Resolves unpaid or delinquent payments to vendors. • Maintains an accurate inventory of the department’s movable equipment. • Sets up, reviews, and monitors professional services and research agreements. • Provides support to the following faculty members and their laboratories: P. Turner, M. Graham, V. Ezenwa, and W. Jetz. This includes PCard clearance, reimbursements, invoice processing, SciQuest orders, etc.
Carol Mariani
Teaching Laboratory Supervisor
225 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
carol.mariani@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-7394
SCL 134 Teaching Lab Manager - Contact Carol for assistance in setting up or planning for materials for lab courses.
Amy Mulholland
Senior Administrative Assistant West Campus
300 Heffernan Dr #B25, West Haven, CT 06516
amy.mulholland@yale.edu
Phone: 203-737-3093
BLDG 31 271 Reports to and is physically located at West Campus providing assistance to Gunter Wagner, Chairman of Systems Biology Institute
Varvara Patralova
Operations Manager
225 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511
Varvara.Patralova@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-6064
SCL 1D Responsible for the financial & administrative operations of the department.
Kelly Pyers
Registrar, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
kelly.pyers@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (203) 432-3837
SCL 1C Support of both the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) and the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in their academic capacities. Source for all information concerning EEB undergraduate and graduate students, VARs, classes and degree requirements. Manages OML room reservations. Monitors EEB Registrar e-mail: eeb.registrar@yale.edu.
Jim Westgate, MBA
Administrator EEB, Psychology & Cognitive Science
225 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511
james.westgate@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-4505
SCL 1E Directs the financial and adminstrative functions of the EEB Business Office and department.