Chair: Professor Matteo Pellegrini

Vice Chair: Professor Xia Yang

Chief Administrative Officer: Kimberly Linsley

Director of Academic Programs & Student Services: Eileen Mansoorian

Program Coordinator & Academic Counselor: Maria Sanchez
CaSB Undergraduate Office: 102 Hershey Hall

Email: casb@lifesci.ucla.edu

Advising Appointments: Advising meetings will be by appointment only–no drop-ins and via Zoom.

Students may schedule an appointment via MyUCLA here: https://my.ucla.edu/directLink.aspx?featureID=3&org=46 — can search for either remote appointments (Zoom), student option (either Zoom or in-person), or both (all available appointment types/first available)

Advising Appointment Hours (subject to change):
Monday: 10:00am – 11:30am; 1:30pm – 3:00pm (Remote)
Tuesday: 1:30pm – 3:00pm (In-Person)
Wednesday: 10:00am – 11:00am; 1:30pm – 3:00pm (In-Person)
Thursday: 9:00am – 11:30am; 1:30pm – 3:00 pm (Remote)
Friday: 9:00am – 11:30am; 1:30pm – 3:00pm (Remote)

If, for any reason, you prefer a phone appointment, please specify “Phone Appt” in the “Description” section when booking a remote appointment.

Appointments are scheduled for 20 minutes, but may last up to 30 minutes.

If you are currently on a different time zone and all appointment times are in the middle of the night your time, I am happy to accommodate appointments outside of my normal hours at a mutually agreeable time. Please contact me via email at casb@lifesci.ucla.edu to setup an appointment outside of 9-4 Pacific Time.

Please be mindful of other students when booking appointments and, if needed, please cancel or reschedule your appointment at least 2 hours in advance so another student can have your timeslot. Please be on-time to appointments. If you are more than 5 minutes late, your appointment will be considered a “No-Show” and you will need to reschedule. If a student misses (or cancels with less than 2 hours’ notice) three or more appointments in a quarter, students will lose access to the online booking system and will have to email the counselor to setup an appointment.

CaSB Undergrad BRUIN LEARN Page: Effective Winter 2023, this is the primary method of mass communication for the CaSB Undergraduate Office. The BRUIN LEARN forums are used to inform current students about:

  • Curriculum updates and changes
  • Enrollment instructions and updates on new classes/seats being opened during enrollment
  • Department events
  • Information related to graduate & professional schools
  • Opportunities for research, leadership, internships, employment, scholarships, volunteering, study abroad, etc.

To begin receiving our updates, you can enroll yourself in the CaSB Undergrad BRUIN LEARN page here: https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/enroll/BJNA8K 

You will receive email alerts when a new message is posted to BRUIN LEARN. If you want to view past announcements, you can login to the site and view the forum using your UCLA login and password. Note that email notifications will be sent to the email address that you have on file on your student record.