It was pretty obvious to Sam that this was the sort of situation Sarissa was more comfortable with than him - he'd never planned to end up in a role where he was responsible for this kind of professional sociability. 'Desk job' wasn't exactly his dream, and neither was 'office manager'. They were about as far from his actual job back home as you could get, some days. Still, he shook her hand, aware of the required niceties. "No problem. It's not too busy at the moment, I think people are recovering from the holiday season a bit."
That was about as much small talk as he could handle, though. He gestured her to a chair as he settled back in his own, wanting to get into the meat of things. "What kind of non-human biology do you have experience with?"