Full Time Faculty
![Headshot of Dr. Andres Aguilar](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/dr._andres_aguilar.jpg?itok=vLiA-zHg)
Andres Aguilar
Professor
Joined in 2013
PhD 2003, UCLA
Research: Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics
Office: ASCR 323E; ext: 3-2078
Email: [email protected]
Web: Aguilar Lab
![Susan Cohen](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size4.jpg?itok=e7lTjd4x)
Susan Cohen
Associate Professor
Joined in 2017
PhD 2009, MIT
Research: Molecular Microbiology
Office: ASCL 354; ext: 3-2091
Email: [email protected]
Web: Cohen Lab
![Robert A. Desharnais](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/raul_diaz_headshot.jpg?itok=Ql8s4dA1)
Raul Diaz
Assistant Professor
Joined in 2019
PhD 2012, U Kansas Med Center
Research: Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Vertebrates
Office: ASCL 394; ext: 3-2077
Email: [email protected]
![Ed Eivers](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size9.jpg?itok=zYn4x0Or)
Edward Eivers
Professor
Joined in 2011
PhD 2004, Nat U of Ireland, Galway
Research: Developmental Biology, Cell Signaling
Office: ASCL 392; ext: 3-2075
Email: [email protected]
![Kirsten Fisher](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size3.jpg?itok=KkzInMsi)
Kirsten Fisher, Chair
Professor
Joined in 2008
PhD 2004, UC Berkeley
Research: Bryophyte Ecology and Evolution
Office: ASCL 393; ext: 3-2089
Email: [email protected]
![Ashley Heers](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/heers.jpg?itok=fwZAmAkT)
Ashley Heers
Assistant Professor
Joined in 2018
PhD 2013, University of Montana
Research: Ontogeny and Evolution of Vertebrate Locomotion
Office: ASCL 316; ext: 3-2072
Email: [email protected]
![Pat Krug holding a sea hare](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Krug_slug.jpg?itok=XuvbQyHN)
Patrick Krug
Professor
Joined in 2002
PhD 1998, UC San Diego
Research: Ecology & Evolution of Marine Invertebrates
Office: ASCL 314; ext: 3-2076
Email: [email protected]
Web: Krug Lab
![Paul Narguizian](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size11.jpg?itok=NJ5bMUmf)
Paul Narguizian
Professor
Joined in 2002
Ed.D. 2002, USC
Research: Evolution Education, Nature of Science
Office: ASCR 323C; ext: 3-2054
Email: [email protected]
Web: Narguizian Lab
![blank photo](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/robertnissen_1.jpg?itok=eQ0hmdrC)
Robert Nissen
Professor
Joined in 2005
Ph.D. 2000, UC San Francisco
Research: Molecular Mechanisms in Vertebrate Development
Office: ASCL 216; ext: 3-2039
Email: [email protected]
![Hyunsook Park](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size8.jpg?itok=nxiVkuMN)
Hyunsook Park
Professor
Joined in 2007
Ph.D. Ewha Womans Univ
Research: Fungal Pathogenesis
Office: ASCL 353; ext: 3-2060
Email: [email protected]
Web: Park Lab
![Edith Porter wearing burgandy sweater](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Dr.%20Edith%20Porter%20422.7KB.jpg?itok=s915YjGY)
Edith Porter
Professor
Joined in 2001
MD 1989, U of Mainz, Germany
Research: Innate Mucosal Immunity
Office: ASCL 355; ext: 3-6353
Email: [email protected]
![Gustavo Ramirez](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/gustavo_ramirez_003.jpg?itok=6eRRLplW)
Gustavo Ramirez
Assistant Professor
Joined in 2022
PhD 2016, USC
Research: Computational Biology, Microbial Ecology
Office: ASCL 218; ext: 3-2050
Email: [email protected]
Web: Ramirez Lab
![Jinae Roa](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size10.jpg?itok=NiH8wNmz)
Jinae Roa
Assistant Professor
Joined in 2022
Ph.D. 2017, UC San Diego
Research: Comparative Cell Biology and Physiology
Office: ASCL 323D; ext: 3-2050
Email: [email protected]
Web: Roa Lab
![Amelia Russo-Neustadt](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/russo.jpg?itok=gqipxIgF)
Amelia Russo-Neustadt
Professor
Joined in 1999
Ph.D. 1988, M.D. 1999, UC Irvine
Research: Neurophysiology of the Brain
Office: ASCL 217; ext: 3-2074
Email: [email protected]
![Tina Salmassi](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size7.jpg?itok=txf175fZ)
Tina Salmassi
Professor
Joined in 2002
PhD 2001, California Institute of Technology
Research: Environmental Microbiology
Office: ASCL 214; ext: 3-2065
Email: [email protected]
![Christine Scoffoni](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size13.jpg?itok=akIvMjti)
Christine Scoffoni
Assistant Professor
Joined in 2017
PhD 2014, UCLA
Research: Plant Physiology, Anatomy, Ecology, Evolution
Office: ASCR 323B; ext: 3-2059
Email: [email protected]
Web: Scoffoni Lab
![Elizabeth Torres](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size14.jpg?itok=b82vCmTc)
Elizabeth Torres, Associate Chair
Professor
Joined in 1998
PhD 1996, UCLA
Research: Bioluminescence, Ostracod Taxonomy
Office: ASCL 313; ext: 3-2179
Email: [email protected]
![Ben Vincent](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size5.jpg?itok=zATtE7Tr)
Ben Vincent
Assistant Professor
Joined in 2023
PhD 2017, Harvard University
Research: Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics in Fruit Flies
Office: ASCL 317; ext: 3-2092
Email: [email protected]
![Eric Wood](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/wood.jpg?itok=h4gaSx1s)
Eric Wood
Professor
Joined in 2015
PhD 2011, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
Research: Avian Ecology and Conservation
Office: ASCL 312; ext: 3-2055
Email: [email protected]
Web: Wood Lab
![Sasha Wright](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/Bios%20Faculty%20Web%20Size1.jpg?itok=MsH82gp9)
Alexandra Wright
Assistant Professor
Joined in 2017
PhD 2013, Univ of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Research: Plant Community Ecology, Ecophysiology
Office: ASCL 315; ext: 3-2065
Email: [email protected]
![photo of Dr. Howard Xu](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/HX-headshot-2023.jpg?itok=66BkB4-g)
Howard Xu
Professor
Joined in 2004
PhD 1992, University of Minnesota
Research: Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology
Office: ASCL 356; ext: 3-2188
Email: [email protected]
Web: Xu Lab
Office and Instructional Support Staff
![Daisy Chau](/sites/default/files/styles/cards__329x231_/public/daisy_chau.jpg?itok=449QMKI6)
Daisy Chau
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Jean Chen
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John Harris
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