Graduate Group Chairs

The Graduate Group Chair is responsible for supervising graduate study in his/her Graduate Group, including planning and carrying out graduate student recruitment, ensuring that each graduate student is assigned an individual Faculty Advisor and mentor, ensuring the progress of graduate students through the program, determining resource needs and administration of the group’s budget, determining both graduate course offerings each semester and curriculum changes. 

AY 2018-2019 Graduate Group Chairs 

• Boaz Ilan, Applied Mathematics
• Victor Muñoz, Bioengineering
• Courtenay Conrad, Political Science
• Erik Menke, Chemistry & Chemical Biology
• Gerardo Diaz, Mechanical Engineering
• Sayantani Ghosh, Physics
• Irenee Beattie, Sociology 
• Jan Wallander, Psychological Sciences
• Kevin Dawson, Interdisciplinary Humanities 
• Kara McCloskey, Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering
• Marc Beutel, Environmental Systems
• Marcelo Kallmann, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Miriam Barlow, Quantitative & Systems Biology
• Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Cognitive & Information Sciences
• Paul Brown, Public Health
• Paul Maglio, Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology

Meeting Schedule

Resources

• Admissions: 
  • Admissions Requirements
  • Admissions Review Tool- Pending
  • Admissions Review Tool Guide- Pending
  • CGS An Essential Guide to Graduate Admissions
  • CGS Doctoral Initiative on Minority Attrition and Completion 
  • CGS Holistic Review
  • National Academies Press- To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science & Engineering
• Graduate Council: 
  • Course Request Form
  • Course Approval and CRF Process 
  • Graduate Policies & Procedures Handbook
  • Website: https://senate.ucmerced.edu/GC  
• Graduate Division:
  • Graduate Division Events & Deadlines Calendar
  • Graduate Division Student Forms
  • Graduate Group Chairs Manual
  • Graduate Group Chairs FAQ
  • Master's Degree Completion Checklist
  • Doctoral Degree Completion Checklist
  • UC Merced Thesis & Dissertation Formatting Guide
• Mentoring: 
  • Mentoring Guidelines
  • Mentoring Resources 
  • Nature's Checklist 
  • Nature Guide for Mentors