Group Jobs (Fall 2025)

Last updated: 10/02/2025

Administrative

Desk Manager: Assign desk spaces at LBL and on campus	Bryant Li
Onboarding Guide (Grads): Assist new graduate students in getting started at LBL; create & manage onboarding resources and welcome events. Adding new members to the google group/slack channels	Mackinzie Farnell
Onboarding Guide (Postdocs/Staff): Assist new postdocs/staff in getting started at LBL, create & manage onboarding resources and welcome events. Adding new members to the google group/slack channels	Mona Abdelgaid
Seminar Scheduler: Maintain schedule for "big" group meetings; schedule additional talks/seminars that may benefit the group	Roberta Pascazio

Infrastructure

Job	Name(s)
Group Librarian: Manage group handbook, Google Drive, and educational resources	Matthew Liu, Jaemin Yoo
Group Supplier: Maintain group printer and regular resupply toner; manage Slack Pro subscription for PerssonHuddle workspace	Hongqian Zheng (printer), Yinhe Wang (printer) Wayne Zhao (slack subscription)
Group Webmaster: Update the Persson Group public website (+publications), keep group roster on google drive up to date	Vir Karan
MP MatSci / public docs Manager: Make sure that answers from matsci.org community forum are regularly transferred back to the docs + check that MP's wiki is in good shape	Patrick Huck and Aaron Kaplan
MP Swag Coordinator: Coordinate the design and ordering of MP swag, including t-shirts, mugs, etc.	Prathami Kamath
Production Gatekeeper: Assist with production jobs and group data management	Tyler Mathis and Patrick Huck, MP staff as needed
Publications Manager: Assist HR in compiling publications for reports (mostly for MP reporting)	Aaron Kaplan
Workstation Manager: Assist Kristin in managing the workstation inventory allotted from MSD and ETA. Keep track of laptops (LBL/Berkeley) and large assets with a DOE tag	Nagappan Nataraja Chockalingam, Wilma Rishko

Computing

Job	Name(s)
Builder Guru: Manage database builders (Emmet); train new people in builders	Tyler Mathis and Karlo Berket
NERSC Resource Manager: Distribute computing time, monitor/plan group usage, submit annual proposals for compute time, and manage user access to the matgen, m4889, and astra allocations, project directories and resources	Rohith Srinivaas Mohanakrishnan (matgen) and Nagappan Nataraja Chockalingam (matgen); Roberta Pascazio (esra); Aaron Kaplan (m4889) and Colin Bundschu (m4889)
NREL Point of Contact: Monitor computing time, write NREL HPC proposals, and interface with NREL staff	Nessa Majaya (silimorphous and drxkp), Rohith Srinivaas Mohanakrishnan (drxkap), Bryant Li (bmrkp), and Nagappan Nataraja Chockalingam (nakp)
Savio/Lawrencium Support: Manage accounts, assist users with job/system setup	Bryant Li, Aaron Kaplan, and Mona Abdelgaid

Extracurriculars

Job	Name(s)
Group Chef: Provide food/snacks for the group; work with other chefs to cover food for 1) group meetings, 2) group time, 3) communal snacks/coffee	Wayne Zhao, Galio Guo, Jaemin Yoo, and Wilma Rishko
Kavli Representative: Attend Kavli ENSI meetings once per month, prepare materials for distribution/presentation at Kavli events, facilitate collaborations between Kavli member groups, assist students in applying to Kavli awards and fellowships	Max Gallant
Social Chairs: Plan major group outings & retreat, schedule annual group photo	Max Gallant, Vir Karan, Oliver Hvidsten
BearBuy and Ebuy coordinators: help with purchasing equipment through UCB and LBNL procurement sites + maintaining docs for these	Wayne Zhao (BearBuy) and Jihye Park (Ebuy)
ERSO and TREX help: help with travel auth / reimbursement through ERSO and TREX	Prathami Kamath (ERSO) and Roberta Pascazio (TREX)
MicroContribs Approval: handling approvals for MP's micro contributions, including reading cited literature to check submissions	Eymana Maria

Deprecated Group Jobs

Job
Alumni Relations Officer: create and administer exit surveys to departing group members, maintain contact information for alumni, manage alumni social network group (e.g., LinkedIn), and invite alumni to give talks
Matsci.org Moderator: Ensure timely response to questions on the Matsci.org forums (e.g.,