Master’s Student Affairs – Staff
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Binh Tran
Associate Dean, Master’s Services and DEN@Viterbi
Binh oversees the master’s student affairs team to provide support and programming services for the masters students and support to academic departments. Binh also directs all functions of the Distance Education Network (DEN@Viterbi) including infrastructure and student support services.
binhtran@usc.edu

Nora Sandoval
Senior Programs Advisor
Nora oversees master’s student services for on campus and DEN@Viterbi students. She oversees academic and administrative services including those coordinated with central offices to provide student services for all master’s students.
norasand@usc.edu

Patricia Rinehart
Advisor, Master’s Student Services
Patricia provides academic advisement services for the masters students and helps coordinate important services for masters students.
ptrinida@usc.edu

Yadi Wang
Coordinator, International Student Programs
Yadi provides academic advisement services for the masters students and helps coordinate important services for international masters students.
yadiwang@usc.edu

Meredith Mitnick
Assistant Director, Graduate Events and Programming
Meredith organizes and plans important events and programming for masters students.
tiras@usc.edu

Doctoral Student Affairs – Staff
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Jennifer Gerson
Director, Doctoral Programs
Jennifer manages doctoral programs to provide support and programming services for doctoral students, as well as provide support for academic departments. She monitors academic progress and oversees the fellowship process. Jennifer enjoys traveling with her family.
(213) 740-6241 | jgerson@usc.edu

Tracy Charles
Coordinator, Doctoral Programs
Tracy oversees doctoral student accounting and fellowship payments, as well as organizes events and provides other support services to doctoral students. Tracy is an avid runner and is also involved in horse rescue.
(213) 740-0114 | tcharles@usc.edu

The following individuals provide academic advisement to all students in their respective degree programs. If you have questions about your degree requirements, curriculum, course credit, d-clearance for on campus courses, or department policies and procedures, please contact the Graduate Advisor in your department.

DEPARTMENT	ADVISOR	LOCATION	PHONE	E-MAIL
Aerospace & Mechanical	Irice Castro	RRB-101	(213) 740-1735	simbol@usc.edu
Astronautical	Hayley Peltz	RRB-223	(213) 821-4234	hpeltz@usc.edu
Biomedical	Mischalgrace Diasanta	DRB-144	(213) 740-0344	diasanta@usc.edu
Chemical	Andy Chen	VHE-602	(213) 740-6011	andysche@usc.edu
Civil & Environmental	Alexis Matthews	KAP-214	(213) 740-0573	akmatthe@usc.edu
Computer Science & Informatics (Student Last Names starting with A-Ma)	Flor Martinez	SAL-104	(213) 740-3310	fmmartin@usc.edu
Computer Science & Informatics (Student Last Names starting with Mb-Z)	Art Perez	SAL-104	(213) 740-4779	arturope@usc.edu
Electrical Engineering & Green Technologies (Student Last Names starting with A-G)	Ryan Pineda	EEB -102	(213) 740-1184	rcpineda@usc.edu
Electrical Engineering & Green Technologies (Student Last Names starting with H-N)	Gabby Garcia	EEB-102	(213) 740-1787	garc635@usc.edu
Electrical Engineering & Green Technologies (Student Last Names starting with O-S)	Jaimie Zelada	EEB-102	(213) 740-4696	zelada@usc.edu
Electrical Engineering & Green Technologies (Student Last Names starting with T-Z)	David Ho	EEB -102	(213) 740-3483	dho786@usc.edu
Industrial & Systems	Mary Ordaz	GER-240	(213) 740-4886	mordaz@usc.edu
Materials Science	Andy Chen	VHE-602	(213) 740-6011	andysche@usc.edu
Petroleum	Idania Takimoto	HED-317	(213) 740-0322	takimoto@usc.edu
Systems Architecting & Engineering	Hayley Peltz	RRB-223	(213) 821-4234	hpeltz@usc.edu

Department Graduate Advisors provide academic advisement to all students in their respective degree programs. If you have questions about your degree requirements, curriculum, course credit, d-clearance for on campus courses, or department policies and procedures, please contact the Graduate Advisor in your department.

DEPARTMENT	ADVISOR	LOCATION	PHONE	E-MAIL
Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Department	Irice Castro	RRB-101	(213) 740-5353	irice.castro@usc.edu
Astronautical Engineering Department	Hayley Peltz	RRB-223	(213) 821-4234	hpeltz@usc.edu
Biomedical Engineering Department	Mischalgrace Diasanta	DRB-144	(213) 740-0344	diasanta@usc.edu
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science	Andy Chen	VHE-602	(213) 740-6011	andysche@usc.edu
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Alexis Matthews	KAP-214	(213) 740-0573	akmatthe@usc.edu
Computer Science Department	Lizsl De Leon	SAL-308	(213) 740-4496	ldeleon@usc.edu
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering	Diane Demetras	EEB-100	(213) 740-4447	demetras@ee.usc.edu
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering	Shelly Lewis, Roxanna Carter	GER-240	(213) 740-4898 (213) 740-4885	lewisml@vsoe.usc.edu rsharvey@usc.edu