Administrative services include the following functions: IT, facilities support, including design and oversight of research laboratories, student services, budgetary and financial management, recharge administration, academic personnel, support of upper and lower division instructional: laboratories, fund-raising, communications & program development, receiving, space planning and safety program services. Leads and manages, plans and administers operations of a large teaching and research science department, complex due to the range of its programs, facilities and activities, the specialized and highly regulated laboratory environment, the wide range of staff expertise and the multiple fund sources required to support its programs.