BMPN Admin

See https://bmpn.ucr.edu/staff/bmpn-org-chart

Contacts Page: https://bmpn.ucr.edu/staff

Hybrid Staff Schedule: https://bmpn.ucr.edu/bmpn-staff-schedules

CNAS has a Centralized Personnel Services Unit for both the Academic and Non-Academic payroll services called HARVEST.

 Harvest Academic CONTACTS

Academic hires – Postdoc, Jr. Specialist, Visiting    Scientist…etc)

For general guidance and information on UCOP and BMPN travel policies, guides to submit your travel reimbursement to Concur, FAQs, etc., please see: https://bmpn.ucr.edu/concur-travel-non-travel-reimbursement

Personal Car Mileage Reimbursement

Please see the Concur Travel & Non-Travel Reimbursement page, Use of Privately Owned Automobiles on University Business section.

Rental Car Agencies

Please see the Concur Travel & Non-Travel Reimbursement page, Vehicle Rental and Hotel Accommodations section.

University Vehicles

Please see the Concur Travel & Non-Travel Reimbursement page, Use of University Vehicles section. You may also find information about Fleet Rental Guidelines on the BMPN Administrative Forms, Guides, & Links page.

Visitor Parking

For UCR Staff & Faculty travelling to another UC, please see the Concur Travel & Non-Travel Reimbursement page, Travel FAQs tab question: Do I need to pay for parking at another UC?.

For visitors coming to UC Riverside that the department or PI seeks to pre-purchase a parking permit for, please email BMPNpurchasing@ucr.edu with the request for a 1-day Kiosk Permit or a Long-Term (multi-day) Permit. All 1-day permits should be submitted 2 business days before the guest's arrival and all long-term permits must be submitted 7 business days before arrival as it takes TAPS 5 business days to issue the permit. Note: You will need to include the full name of the individual, a valid COA to charge the permit to, and the date of arrival/length of time that the guest will be on campus. For long term parking permits, additional information may be required, so the email of the individual would be appreciated as well.

For visitors coming to UC Riverside on their own, without a pre-purchased parking permit, please see the Transportation Services site for more information on Visitor Parking.

Entertainment Expense Reimbursements

Please see the Concur Travel & Non-Travel Reimbursement page, Expenditures: Campus Hospitality section.

Non-Travel Expense Reimbursements

Please see the Concur Travel & Non-Travel Reimbursement page, Non-Travel Reimbursement FAQs tab.

Travel Reimbursements

Please refer to the Concur Travel & Non-Travel Reimbursement page for information and guidance on completing requests for travel reimbursement.

Contracted Vendors:

We are encouraged to utilize our contracted vendors as the first resource for all purchases. Please see the Oracle Procurement page, Using UCR Approved Vendors section for how to shop the Hosted catalog suppliers and punchout websites.

Campus Business Services

For IDT, Ethyl Alcohol, Gas Cylinder, and Lab Coat Laundering orders, please see the Oracle Procurement page, Service Now Requests section.

For office & lab furniture requests, please see the Oracle Procurement page, Office and Lab Furniture section.

For Printing & Reprographics requests (Business Cards/Posters/Exams), please see the Oracle Procurement page, Printing & Reprographics - Business Cards/Posters/Exams section.

For poster printing requests from external vendors, please see the Oracle Procurement page, Poster Printing Via External Vendors section.

University Credit Card (ProCard/PCard)

Please see Oracle Procurement page, ProCard purchases section.

Campus Store (Barnes & Noble)

Please see Oracle Procurement page, Always Request a Purchase Order First section.

Equipment Repair

If you have equipment that is not working correctly and you require a diagnosis and/or repair, please submit all required information to the Request for Equipment Repair form and BMPN Procurement staff will assist with scheduling the necessary repairs.

For information on the Boyce Hall mailroom, BMPN receiving room, photocopier usage, package delivery & pickup, mail services, assistance with creating FedEx shipping forms, etc., please see the BMPN Receiving Room & Mail Services page.

Computer Support

https://its.ucr.edu/support

Varying degrees of computer support are available to UCR students, staff, faculty, researchers, and guests through ITS's Service Now ticket system and/or their dedicated support phone line, 951-827-4848.

The ITS support site also provides a knowledge base of support resources, including video trainings and step-by-step instructions, that allow users the option to independently troubleshoot and/or determine next steps for the task(s) that they are trying to complete.

Greenhouses

Updates as of 4/16/2024, per Peggy Mauk:

Hung Lai is the greenhouse manager, responsible for issues related to greenhouse personnel, security, maintenance, and space usage. They serve as safety officer for the greenhouses and are responsible for pest management and environmental controls. At this time, they also oversee all greenhouses and CNAS-owned growth chambers [located in Plant Research 1(PR1)], supervises the greenhouse staff: 3 greenhouse technicians and our greenhouse pest management person, and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of all of Ag Ops greenhouses, lath houses and PR1, including the allocation of greenhouse space.

To request greenhouse space, please email your request to agops@ucr.edu and Hung Lai will be in touch with you regarding the request.

For requests for space in PR1, please contact email agops@ucr.edu and request the formal application for greenhouse or growth chamber space. The applications will be forwarded to you and then once you return the application to agops@ucr.edu, Ag Ops staff we will forward the completed application to the Greenhouse Academic oversight committee for review. You should hear back from the committee within 2 weeks of the submission.

For questions on billing and updating  and releasing space assignments, please contact Hung Lai (hung.lai@ucr.edu) and Brian Alvarez (brian.alvarez@ucr.edu). Please be aware that Ag Ops staff will continue to charge for the greenhouse space until an email is sent indicating the effective date of release. Note: Sue Lee will continue in an administrative role overseeing financials.

For workorders, please use the Ag Ops work order system to request repairs, irrigation requests, modifications, etc. Here is a direct link to the page for Workorders https://agops.ucr.edu/forms. Workorders are automatically routed to the office. If the need is urgent, please call their office at 951-827-5906 and the workorder will be routed to the appropriate person in accordance with the urgency. Due to the volume of workorders for greenhouses, Ag Ops staff are implementing the protocol that Facilities established for their workorder system, prioritizing the workorder request based on the supervisor’s assessment.

Key & Key Fobs

New key/fob request form coming soon...

Lacey Grawe issues departmental keys and fobs (not including Genomics or Keen Hall). Faculty may authorize keys for any employee in their lab. Please notify Lacey by email of your intentions. Note that Laboratory Safety Fundamentals training via the UC Learning Center must be completed and a copy of the certificate or screen shot of completed training must be emailed to Lacey before keys are handed out. Once all necessary documents and approvals have been received, an appointment link will be provided to the key recipient to schedule a key/fob pickup appointment. At pick up, ID and signature of receipt will be required. Only the individual receiving the key(s)/fob can pick them up.

Safety

The department has a safety committee responsible for interactions with the campus Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Department. There is also a great deal of information at the EH&S website.

Web Page Management

The department web pages are maintained by Lacey Grawe, Debbie Brown (CCB) and Jeanette Westbrook (BMPN). For changes, corrections, or updates to the web pages, please contact Lacey, Debbie, and Jeanette via email.

Conference Rooms

Conference room reservations can be made at https://frs.ucr.edu. Department conference rooms will be listed under Facility notated with the prefix BMPN, followed by the building and room #.

Contact Lacey Grawe for any questions. Below are the rooms available for each department.

Biochemistry: Boyce Hall 2476, Boyce Hall 5487

Microbiology & Plant Pathology: Boyce Hall 1467, Webber Hall 3239

Nematology: Webber Hall 2294