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Microbiology Administrative Staff


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Cecelia Wood Chief Administrative Officer 215-573-6261 woodcec2@upenn.edu
Lourdes Seroka Business Administrator 215-573-3694 lseroka@upenn.edu
Margaret Kimble Faculty Coordinator 215-898-8012 mkimble@upenn.edu
Meridith Plenn Grants Coordinator 215-898-1021 mplenn@upenn.edu
Patsy Hooker Administrative Assistant 215-898-9978 phooker@upenn.edu
Paul Lopez Laboratory Curator 215-620-9373 215-898-8791
Michael Ma IT Specialist 215-573-5462 mikema@upenn.edu
Laurie Zimmerman Assistant to Chair, Webmaster 215-573-6780 zimml@upenn.edu



CECELIA WOOD
- Financial reporting to SOM
- Management of financial, administrative and personnel activities for the department
- Management of all financial resources
- Analysis of department trends and projections
- Department budget preparation, submission, and management
- Administration of department policies
- Department budget preparation, submission and management
- Sponsored Projects budget preparation, submission and management
- ADF budget preparation, submission and management
- Administration of building facilities for research programs
- Staff management and training
- Performance appraisals
- Student tracking (WIP)
- SOM HR requisition system for posting staff jobs
- HR liaison for salary increases and reclassifications
- Faculty incentives and bonus
- All grant post award including T32
- Transaction approval and monitoring, reporting, and provision of
- Closeout reporting, NCE request, NIH requests, and projections
- Payroll allocation for all grants and department accounts
- Perform post-award audit
- Verification of compliance
- Effort Reports


LOURDES SEROKA
PRE-AWARD GRANTS MANAGER

- All pre-award - New proposals and Non-competing continuations
- AIS processing
- Advance accounts
- Just-in-time submissions
- All core centers account activation
- Protocol to account assignments
- Material Transfer Agreements
- TAC animal forms
- All forms requiring institutional signature
- Other support


MARGARET KIMBLE
FACULTY COORDINATOR

- Perform faculty, academic staff, visiting faculty and associated faculty appointments, reappointments, promotions and terminations
- Post and manage job postings for the above
- Perform & coordinate all aspects of graduate student & postdoctoral fellowship administration, appointment
- Training grant appointments, reappointments and terminations in xTrain
- Obtain work authorizations and extensions for all faculty, staff, postdocs and visiting students
- Enter new hires into the payroll system and E-verify
- Process weekly payroll
- Enter budgets and journal entries
- Notary Public
- Backup for Purchasing Coordinator


PATSY HOOKER
PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT

- Organize seminars
- Approve purchase orders from requisitioners
- Prepare Bookstore requisition forms
- Prepare Computer Connection requisition form
- Clear monthly Pro-card transactions
- Provide Petty Cash
- Clear and reconcile Petty Cash
- Process check request and travel Reimbursements
- Approve World travel reservations
- Invoice questions/problems
- Process subcontractor payments and maintain database
- UPS/FEDEX questions/issues
- Black key access
- Backup for Payroll processing