Full Time Faculty
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
Associate Professor
Joined in 2017
PhD 2009, MIT
Research: Molecular Microbiology
Office: ASCL 354; ext: 3-2091
Email: [email protected]
Web: Cohen Lab
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]
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, 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
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Professor
Joined in 2002
PhD 2001, California Institute of Technology
Research: Environmental Microbiology
Office: ASCL 214; ext: 3-2065
Email: [email protected]
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, Associate Chair
Professor
Joined in 1998
PhD 1996, UCLA
Research: Bioluminescence, Ostracod Taxonomy
Office: ASCL 313; ext: 3-2179
Email: [email protected]
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
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
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]
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
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Daisy Chau
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