Ashley Nicole Beene, MFA Grants Facilitator 2258G Geology Telephone: (951) 827-5103 Email: ashley.beene@ucr.edu Nikita McWells CUSP Executive Administrator Director of Graduate Student Advising Life Sciences 2430 Telephone: (951) 827-6746 Email: nikita.mcwells@ucr.edu Fidel Rivas Student Services Advisor Life Sciences 2430 Telephone: (951) 827-5688 Email: fidel.rivas@ucr.edu Francey Sladek, PhD CUSP Co-Program Director Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology 4140 MRB Telephone: (951) 827-2264 Email: Frances.Sladek@ucr.edu Loralee Larios, PhD CUSP Co-Program Director Assistant Professor and Plant Ecologist 3207 Batchelor Hall Telephone: (951) 827-4001 Email: loralee.larios@ucr.edu