Student Affairs

Student Affairs Office

Located on the first floor of Powell Focht Bioengineering Hall (EBU 3A)

Street Address (Map Navigation):
3223 Voigt Drive, Suite 141, La Jolla, CA 92093

Open Advising Office Hours:

Undergraduates: Monday-Friday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Graduates: Announced via email biweekly and held via Zoom.

In order to remotely sign-in for undergraduate open advising office hours during the above days and times, please go here.
Students will be seen in the order that they sign in.

Open Advising office hours are designed for quick questions. If you wish to make an academic plan or have more complicated questions, please consider scheduling a one-on-one appointment.

Appointments: Undergraduate | Graduate

Undergraduate Student Affairs

Current Students

For questions regarding undergraduate advising please use Virtual Advising Center via TritonLink

Questions sent through email by current students will not be answered.

Prospective Students

For questions regarding undergraduate advising, please contact our office via email at be-uginfo@ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Affairs Team

Vanessa Hollingsworth
Director of Student Affairs, BENG & BISB
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 142
Email: vkhollin@ucsd.edu
Phone:(858) 822-1604

Maddie Clement
Undergraduate Intake Advisor
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 141
Email: mtclement@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-4825

Kelly Bailey (formerly Thorpe)
Teaching Programs Coordinator
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 143
Email: kcbailey@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-7538

Undergraduate Questions/Concerns?

Please contact us via Virtual Advising Center (VAC)

For prospective undergraduates, please contact us via be-uginfo@ucsd.edu

Graduate Student Affairs

Current Students

Prospective Students

Graduate Affairs Team

Vanessa Hollingsworth
Director of Student Affairs, BENG & BISB
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 142
Email: vkhollin@ucsd.edu
Phone:(858) 822-1604

Sandra Marqas
Manager of Graduate Affairs & PhD Advisor, BENG
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 142
Email: be-phdadvising-g@ucsd.edu
Phone:(858) 822-1604

Vacant Position
MS/MEng Coordinator
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 141
Email: be-mastersadvising-g@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 822-0006

Kelly Bailey (formerly Thorpe)
Teaching Programs Coordinator
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 143
Email: kcbailey@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-7538

Please send all funding emails/inquiries to : be-gradfunding-g@ucsd.edu

Justine Garcia
Graduate Financial Support Administrator
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall
Email:be-gradfunding-g@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-0432

Bioinformatics & Systems Biology

Amber Christensen
Graduate Affairs Coordinator
Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall, Rm. 141.2
Email: alchristensen@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 822-0831

Graduate Questions/Concerns?

Please email us via be-gradinfo@ucsd.edu

Please send all funding emails/inquiries to: be-gradfunding-g@ucsd.edu