Meet Your Advisors

Schools/Departments

Graduate Support Staff in the schools work with graduate students to provide administrative support, help graduate students and faculty find available resources, and follow the conflict management guidelines.

Contact the graduate program coordinator of your program to make an appointment.

SSHA Graduate Staff
SOE Graduate Staff
SNS Graduate Staff - To reach the SNS Department & Program staff, please use the new email addresses below:
Applied Math – amdeptsupport@ucmerced.edu
Chemistry & Biochemistry – chemistry@ucmerced.edu
Physics – physics@ucmerced.edu
Quantitative System Biology (QSB):

For TAs, other ASEs, and GSRs – lifesciences@ucmerced.edu

For degree-clearing, fellowships, event planning, admissions - qsb@ucmerced.edu

For deferrals of admission, please contact BOTH of the previous emails.

For any other questions or if you’re unsure who to contact – qsb@ucmerced.edu

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.

Meet Your Advisors

Schools/Departments

Graduate Group Chairs

AY 2025-26 Graduate Group Chairs

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