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The Office of Postdoctoral Scholar Affairs (OPSA) is the central office that oversees postdoctoral scholar programs for the UC San Diego campus, including appointments, benefits, services and career development. We strive to develop programs that enhance the advancement and experience of postdoctoral scholars at UC San Diego while supporting and maintaining a diverse and inclusive postdoc community.

  • Jennie Salomon

    Jennie Salomon

    Postdoctoral Scholar Analyst

    jrsalomon@ucsd.edu


    Job Duties:     Jennie Salomon manages the campus wide postdoctoral administration operation. Jennie reviews and analyzes postdoctoral scholar appointments, reappointments, leaves and exception requests. She is the campus liaison with the Postdoctoral Scholar Benefits Plan insurance brokers, leads the monthly New Postdoctoral Scholar Orientation and manages the Health and Wellness programs. Jennie also ensures compliance to the UC-UAW Collective Bargaining Agreement and UC policies.

    Profile: Jennie earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Policy Studies from Syracuse University, Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, and a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College in the City of New York. Jennie worked as a hospital social worker in New York City before moving to San Diego and changing career paths to a human resource and higher education administration focus. She joined UC San Diego in 2016 in the Department of Nanoengineering as the department HR contact before joining the Office of Postdoctoral and Research Scholar Affairs in 2019.

    Fun Fact: Jennie and her husband decided to venture west to San Diego from New York after a snowstorm left almost six feet of snow outside their apartment. 

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