People

Staff

• Oversees operations and finance for the department
• Primary payroll approver, backup level 2 NUFinancials approver
• Manages faculty salary and effort
• Manages BME administrative staff
• Coordinates effort reporting, annual report, annual space survey, etc.

• Places orders (purchase orders), expense reports, vouchers, etc.
• Journals and other financial tasks for assigned accounts
• Monthly budget statement distribution and reconciliation
• Supports Research Administrator
• Sponsored account closeout
• Monitor subcontracts, including invoicing

• Assists with general Mrksich Group operations
• Processes orders, expense reports, vouchers
• Manuscript submission
• Website updates

• Manages pre-award (proposal) activities
• Liaison with Office for Sponsored Research (OSR)
• Local subject matter expert and compliance monitor for all sponsored research activities

• Administrative support to BME Chair, Assistant Chair and BA
• Assists with Faculty Recruitment and P & T
• Coordinates monthly faculty meetings
• Registration and enrollment (permission number waitlists, quarter schedule, and room assignment)

Back-up: Mike Okun-Perlin

• BME graduate and undergraduate program coordinator (recruitment, applications, and admissions)
• Oversees PhD and MS Recruitment and Orientation
• Course description, tracking students, graduation

• Supports Prof. Guillermo Ameer and the CARE Center
• Supports Prof. Hao Zhang, including administrative and financial support
• Manages CARE NIH T32 Training Grant

• Payroll and tuition management (including grad students)
• Appointments and hiring
• Serves as liason with McCormick Customer Service Center for visas and hiring paperwork
• Payroll tracking - monitor suspense account, process payroll journals
• Level 1 approver in NU Financials

Back-up: Asta Stekovic 

• Primary backup to Financial Administrator 2
• Primary Level 2 NUFinancials approver
• Processes payroll funding and appointments
• Annual budget planning, space survey, and misc. reporting
• Assists with BME administrative staff hiring and manages BME financial staff

• Leads administration of BME PhD, MS, and undergraduate programs
• Assists with student registration, recruitment, milestone tracking, and graduation
• Helps BME Financial Assistant with management of PhD student funding (stipend and tuition)

• Places orders (purchase orders), expense reports, vouchers, etc.
• Journals and other financial tasks for assigned accounts
• Monthly budget statement distribution and reconciliation
• Supports Falk Center financial administration

Back-up: Deb Cundiff

• Primary backup to Business Administrator
• Primary Level 2 NUFinancials approver, backup payroll approver
• Processes payroll funding and appointments, assists with faculty salary planning and effort reporting
• Annual budget planning, space survey, and misc. reporting
• Assists with BME administrative staff hiring and manages BME financial staff

• General clerical and administrative support for Backman lab
• Manages calendars, organizes travel arrangements for Backman and Backman lab members
• Schedules meetings, orders food for meetings and special events
• Updates group's website
• Internal and external interdisciplinary collaboration manager

Back-up: Jaime Harris 

• Seminar Series planning
• General inquiries: Chair, Asst. Chair and BA support; Listservs
• Misc event planning, bulletin board maintenance, advisory board meetings, seminars, travel arrangements, conference room scheduling, and faculty search coordination
• Monthly staff meeting coordination
• BME website updates (backup)
• Mail and packages, wildcard access, keys, meal vouchers and parking passes
• Facilities Management: repairs and maintenance

• Places orders (purchase orders), expense reports, voucher, etc.
• Journals and other financial tasks for assigned accounts
• Monthly budget statement distribution and reconciliation
• Conference registration and travel arrangements
• Monitors subcontracts, including invoicing
• Holds and manages department p-card

Back-up: Naomi Vasciannie (primary), Jaime Harris

• General clerical and administrative support for faculty (Szleifer, Efimov, & Rivnay)
• Maintains laboratory websites
• BME department website updates
• Schedules meetings, order food for meetings and special events
• Conference registration and travel arrangements
• Communicates with Accounting Specialists on financial matters

Back-up: Naomi Vasciannie, Jaime Harris

For SQBRC 11^th floor (Chicago Campus):

• General SQBRC 11th floor inquiries
• Event planning and bulletin board maintenance
• Room Reservations
• Mail and packages, keys, and parking passes
• Facilities Management repairs and maintenance