Asmita Patel leads a multidisciplinary team that includes Strategic Planning, Finance, Administrative Services, Environment Health & Safety, HR, Facilities, and Communications. She leads the annual Multi-Lab Safety Week; co-chairs ATAP’s Stewardship Committee; serves on Labwide leadership committees, including the Mentoring Committee; and is a four-time team winner of the Laboratory Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement. Asmita earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology from UC Riverside, conducted postdoctoral research at UC Santa Barbara, and earned an executive MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. She came to Berkeley Lab with 16 years’ experience in biotech, healthcare, and diagnostics in the private sector.
Professional Experience
2014-present, Deputy Division Director, Operations, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, LBNL.
2012– 2014, Senior Administrator, Laboratory Directorate, LBNL.
2010-2012, Program Administrator, Life Sciences Division, LBNL.
1997-2009, Director, Strategy and Business Management, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA.
1993-1997, Senior Scientist and Global Project Manager, General Electric Healthcare (Amersham Pharmacia), Amersham, UK.
1992-93, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Service and Recognition
2018-2021, Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) Delegate, LBNL.
2019, 2023, 2024, team Director’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement, LBNL.
Education
- Ph.D., Molecular Biology|University of California, Riverside|
- M.S., Biochemistry|University of California, Riverside|
- Executive MBA|University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business|
