Director

Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton
email: lindyelkins@berkeley.edu

Executive Officer

Mark Jenkinson
email: mjenkinson@berkeley.edu

Associate Directors

Dr. John Tomsick
tel: 510-725-5591
email: jtomsick@ssl.berkeley.edu
Dr. Robert Lillis
tel: 510-642-6211
email: rlillis@ssl.berkeley.edu
Dr. Thomas Immel
tel: 510-643-3504
email: immel@ssl.berkeley.edu
Dr. Phyllis Whittlesey
email: phyllisw@berkeley.edu

Mission Operations

Dr. Abhi Tripathi, Director
email: atripathi@berkeley.edu

Engineering

Michael Ludlam, Director
email: michaelludlam@berkeley.edu
Joel Krajewski, Chief Engineer
email: joelkrajewski@berkeley.edu

Information Technology

Greg Paschall, Director
email: gregp@berkeley.edu
Computer Help
email: helpdesk@ssl.berkeley.edu

Business Manager, Administration Operations

Angela Lee
email: angela133@berkeley.edu

Administrative Assistants

Jensine Irasusta
email: jirasusta@berkeley.edu
Jennifer Satow
email: jsatow@berkeley.edu
Kylie Dobson
email: kylied@berkeley.edu

Building Maintenance and Shipping/Receiving

James Sampson
email: jdsampson@berkeley.edu
Eric Gardner
email: granny@berkeley.edu
Building Issues
email: building@ssl.berkeley.edu
Keys and Access
email: keys@ssl.berkeley.edu

Building Safety

Hilary Brunner
tel: 510-333-7500
email: habrunner@berkeley.edu

Procurement Officer

Yaling Zhu
email: yaling@berkeley.edu

Financial Analysts

Erica Hissom, FA Supervisor
email: eski@berkeley.edu
David King
email: twoloveones@berkeley.edu
Doris Via
email: dorisv@berkeley.edu
Erica Gilbert
email: erica_joyce@berkeley.edu
Maria Rey-Webb
email: mreywebb@berkeley.edu
Mary Ann Young
email: m_young@berkeley.edu
Michelle Mendoza
email: mmendoza_3@berkeley.edu
Sharmin Hossainy
email: shossainy02@berkeley.edu
Yaling Zhu
email: yaling@berkeley.edu
Victoria Lissvett Garcia Fields
email: vlgarcia@berkeley.edu

Human Resources

Veronica Potts, HR Supervisor
email: vlpotts@berkeley.edu
Nick Bronson, Student Appointments
email: nick.t.bronson@berkeley.edu
Kim King, Staff Appointments and Postdocs
email: kimking@berkeley.edu
Thomas Miao, Non-Senate Appointments
email: tmiao510@berkeley.edu

Media Inquiries

Alan Toth, Communications Specialist
email: alantoth@berkeley.edu
Visitors Background

Visitors

SSL is not open to the public. Please contact our administrative team at spacesciencesadmins@ssl.berkeley.edu should you need access to our lab.​

The Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) is located at 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720. The campus consists of three buildings: The Silver Lab (original building), the Addition (new building) and the Annex.

Getting here

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From the San Francisco Airport, head northwest toward US-101 N, continue on US-101 N. Take 1-80 to Broadway in Oakland. Take exit 6 from CA-24E, then take Hiller Dr, Tunnel Rd and Centennial Dr to Gauss Way.
From the Oakland Airport, get on I-880 from 98th, continue on I-880 E, CA-24 and Grizzly Peak Blvd to Gauss Way.

When going through the Caldecott tunnel (CA-24 East) you must go through the right most bore/tunnel and then be in the right hand lane of the right hand bore, and then take the very first exit, Fish Ranch Road.

Parking

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UC Berkeley parking enforcement is aggressive. Parking for visitors may be provided by your host or to pay for parking, a day use permit may be obtained through the parking kiosks at the Lawrence Hall of Science or pay for parking using your smartphone. Because cell service is intermittent on the hill, it is recommended that you get the PayByPhone App ahead of time and select the SSL parking lot code 9477.

Shuttle Bus & Public Transportation

From the Downtown Berkeley BART Station, take the UC Berkeley shuttle to SSL.

The 7:35am Hill Line shuttle stop is at Kala Bagai Wy just south of Addison in front of the Sandwich Zone. For getting to SSL all other times, you will need to take the P (Perimeter) shuttle or the C (Central Campus) shuttle from Kala Bagai Wy just south of Addison to Evans Hall/Hearst Mining Circle and transfer to the H (Hill) shuttle to the last stop. Each trip is $1. Please note that as of February 2023, the intersections of where to catch the 7:35am H, and the P and C shuttles noted in the schedules indicate the wrong intersection.

Take the 65 AC Transit bus to the Centennial Dr & Parking Lot stop and walk up the hill through the parking lot.

Lodging

See the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce for a listing of local hotels and motels.