Meet the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Staff!

Business Administration

Miki Arlen

Budget/Business Analyst
EEB 500, (213) 821-9711
mikia@usc.edu

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Ana Hernandez

Administrative Assistant
EEB 100, (213) 740-0659
anahdez@usc.edu

Cathy Huang

Ming Hsieh Institute - Project Specialist
EEB 131B, (213) 740-7352
chiachih@usc.edu

Ted Low

Senior Business Officer
EEB 100, (213) 740-1251
theodore.low@usc.edu

Marilyn Poplawski

Chair's Assistant
EEB 100, (213) 740-7874
eceadmin@usc.edu

Gerrielyn Ramos

Senior Payroll Specialist
EEB 100, (213) 740-7334
eces.department@usc.edu

Kim Reid

Director of Administration and Finance
PHE 504, (213) 740-7759
reid@usc.edu

Isabella Schilter

Budget/Business Analyst
EEB 400, (213) 821-0091
schilter@usc.edu

Mayumi Thrasher

Faculty Affairs Coordinator
EEB 100, (213) 740-1788
ece.facultyaffairs@usc.edu

Student Services

Diane Demetras

Director
EEB 102E, (213) 740-4447
demetras@usc.edu

Gabby Garcia

Associate Director
EEB 102C, (213) 740-4447
gabby.garcia@usc.edu

Samantha Graves

Associate Director
EEB 102F, (213) 740-4447
smgraves@usc.edu

Patty Rinehart

Associate Director
EEB 102, (213) 740-4447
ptrinida@usc.edu

Jaime Zelada

Assistant Director
EEB 102D, (213) 740-4447
zelada@usc.edu

Research Support

Ana Chan

(213) 740-4622
anachan@usc.edu

John Diaz

EEB 200, (213) 740-4450
johnd@usc.edu

Monica Gonzalez

EEB 200, (213) 740-6748
varelago@usc.edu

Shane Goodoff

EEB 308, (213) 740-4451
sgoodoff@usc.edu

Gloria Halfacre

EEB 404, (213) 740-4145
gloriah@usc.edu

Jean Lee

EEB 300, (323) 442-8229
leejihye@usc.edu

Jenny Lin

PHE 510, (213) 821-2917
jennyjli@usc.edu

Mario Mandujano

EEB 200, (213) 821-3243
mmanduja@usc.edu

Jennifer Ramos

PHE 506
jns@usc.edu

Maria Ruvalcaba Rizo

PHE 508, (213) 821-0429
mgruvalc@usc.edu

Christina Tang-Bernas

PHE 506, (213) 740-0194
tangbernas@usc.edu

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Susan Wiedem

EEB 500, (213) 740-7875
wiedem@usc.edu

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Corine Wong

EEB 500, (213) 740-4685
corinewo@usc.edu

Esther Yang

EEB 400, (323) 865-0831
esthery@usc.edu

Annie Yu

EEB 300A, (213) 740-4465
annhuayu@usc.edu

Susan Zarate

PHE 524, (213) 740-4412
zarate@usc.edu

Research Center Administration

Ariana Perez

USC + Amazon Center on Secure & Trusted Machine Learning

Program Specialist
EEB 500C, (213) 821-9847
arianape@usc.edu

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Mary Yung

Dynamic Imaging Science Center (DISC)

Clinical Research Program Specialist
EEB 400, (213) 821-5617
maryyung@usc.edu

Information Technology & Lab Support

Seth Scafani

Senior Computer Consultant Specialist
EEB 402, (213) 740-9595
sscafani@usc.edu

Nathan Timpke

Instructional Laboratory Manager
OHE 246, (213) 740-4541
timpke@usc.edu

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Richard Tsung

Computing Systems and Infrastructure Engineer - Research IT Services
EEB B225, (213) 821-4415
ctsung@usc.edu

Published on August 31st, 2016Last updated on February 14th, 2025