Arrange by: Last Name | Department | Role on Grant
James Henderson, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator, Dean of NSS)
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Dean, College of Natural and Social Sciences CINQA Principle Investigator |
Silvia Heubach, Ph.D. (Co-Director, Mathematics)
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Research Interest: Mathematical modeling, probability, combinatorics Office: ST F211, Phone: (323) 233-2150 E-mail: sheubac@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/sheubac |
Elizabeth Torres, Ph.D. (Co-Director, Biology)
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Research Interest: Evolutionary history of bioluminescent organisms and of bioluminescence in the marine environment Office: ASCL 313, Phone: (323) 343-2179 E-mail: etorre11@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/etorre11/etorre11.htm |
Oscar Bernal, Ph.D. (Co-PI, Physics)
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Research Interest: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Muon Spin Rotation techniques applied to the study of condensed matter systems, such as uranium-intermetallic materials an unconventional superconductors Office: PS 418, Phone: (323) 343-2138 E-mail: obernal@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/obernal/obernal.htm |
Valentino Crespi, Ph.D. (Co-PI, Computer Science)
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Research Interest: Distributed Computing, Tracking Systems, UAV Surveillance, Sensor Networks, Information and Communication Theory, Stochastic Processes and Hidden Markov Models, Complexity Theory and Combinatorial Optimization Office: E&T A318, Phone: (323) 343-4596 E-mail: vcrespi@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/vcrespi |
Jamil Momand, Ph.D. (Co-PI, Biochemistry)
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Research Interest: Characterization of signal transduction pathways that activate tumor suppressor genes Office: ASCL 270, Phone: (323) 343-2361 E-mail: jmomand@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jmomand |
Ed Rezayi, Ph.D. (Former Co-PI, Physics)
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Research Interest: Office: PS 404, Phone: (323) 343-2130 E-mail: erezayi@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/erezayi/erezayi.htm |
Bob Desharnais, Ph.D. (Curriculum Development, Biology)
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Research Interest: Nonlinear population dynamics, spatially-mediated dynamics in benthic communities Office: BS 161, Phone: (323) 343-2056 E-mail: rdeshar@calstatela.edu Web: www.caldera.calstatela.edu/rdeshar |
Kirsten Fisher, Ph.D. (Curriculum Development, Biology)
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Research Interest: Utilizing the phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data to investigate the evolution of ecologically interesting traits in an ancient lineage of land plants, the mosses Office: ASCL 393, Phone: (323) 343-2089 E-mail: kfisher2@calstatela.edu Web: instructional1.calstatela.edu/kfisher2 |
Melisa Hendrata, Ph.D. (Curriculum Development, Mathematics)
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Research Interest: Dynamical systems and mathematical biology Office: ST 216, Phone: (323) 343-2165 E-mail: mhendra@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/mhendra |
Stacey Thompson, Ph.D. (Curriculum Development, Biology)
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Research Interest: Plant Evolutionary Genomics Office: ASCL 392, Phone: (323) 343-2075 E-mail: staceylee.thompson@calstatela.edu Web: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/sthomps8/labpage.htm |
Jack Woolum, Ph.D., Emeritus (Curriculum Development, Physics)
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Research Interest: Biophysics applied to neurophysiology and circadian rhythms |
Dwight Beltz (Program Coordinator)
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Office: BS 140, Phone: (323) 343-5555 E-mail: dbeltz@cslanet.calstatela.edu or cinqa@calstatela.edu |
Ronnie Cheng (Web Development)
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Office: PS 504, Phone: (323) 343-2494 E-mail: socalbsi@calstatela.edu |















