University of California, Irvine
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

     

 
 

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5205 McGaugh Hall
University of California
Irvine,CA 92697-2525 USA
zot code: 2525

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Faculty
Brandon S. Gaut Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 1992
Phylogenetic analysis; molecular evolution 
Steven D. Allison

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2005
Microbial enzymes, theoretical ecology, and biogeochemistry

John Avise Distinguished Professor 
Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 1975
Molecular evolution and population genetics
Francisco J. Ayala Donald Bren Professor 
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1964
Evolutionary genetics
Albert F. Bennett Professor
Acting Dean of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1971
Environmental and evolutionary physiology of animals
Rudi C. Berkelhamer Senior Lecturer S.O.E.
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1980
Insect ecology and evolutionary biology; teaching methods
Peter A. Bowler Senior Lecturer S.O.E.
Director of the UCI Arboretum
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 1974
Conservation and restoration biology
Timothy J. Bradley Professor
Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 1976
Comparative physiology of ion transport epithelia
Adriana Briscoe Associate Professor
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1998
Evolution of sensory systems
Nancy Tyler Burley Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, 1977
Behavioral ecology; sexual selection, social organization and communication 
Robin M. Bush Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1988
Evolution of infectious diseases
Diane R. Campbell Professor
Ph.D. Duke University, 1983
Plant-pollinator interactions; evolution of plant reproductive systems 
F. Lynn Carpenter Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1972
Restoration of tropical forest; tropical plantation forestry 
Michael T. Clegg

Donald Bren Professor
Ph.D. Univeristy of California, Davis, 1972
Plant Genetics; population genetics; molecular evolution

Walter M. Fitch  Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1958
Molecular evolution
Steven A. Frank  Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1987
Evolutionary genetics, host-parasite interactions 
Michael L. Goulden

Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1992
Ecosystem ecology; plant physiological ecology; micrometeorology
(Joint appointment with Earth System Science)

Steven N. Handel Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1976
Urban Restoration Ecology
Bradford A. Hawkins Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 1984
Macroecology and biogeography 
James W. Hicks Professor
Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1984
Comparative physiology of circulation and gas exchange; activity physiology 
Bradley Hughes

Lecture S.O.E.
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 2007
Comparative physiology and science education
(Coming July 1, 2008)

Chenyang Sunny Jiang Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 1996
Aquatic microbiology and ecology
(Joint appointment with Environmental Health, Science & Policy)
Natalia Komarova Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1998
(Joint appointment with Mathematics)
Anthony Long Professor
Ph.D. McMaster University (Canada), 1994
Quantitative and population genetics
Catherine Loudon

Senior Lecturer S.O.E.
Ph.D. Duke University, 1986
Biomechanics and insect physiology

Adam C. Martiny Assistant Professor
Ph. D. Technical University of Denmark, 2003
Microbial ecology, genomics, and physiology
(Split appointment with Earth System Science)
Jennifer B.H. Martiny Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1999
Microbial ecology and biodiversity
Matt McHenry

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Univeristy of California, Berkeley, 2002
Hydrodynamics and mechanoreception of aquatic animals

Kailen A. Mooney Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 2004
Community ecology, evolutionary ecology, community genetics, plant-insect interactions
Laurence D. Mueller Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 1979
Theoretical and empirical studies of density-dependent natural selection
R. Michael Mulligan Professor
Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1983
RNA editing in plant mitochondria and chloroplasts
(Joint appointment with Developmental and Cell Biology)
Diane Pataki

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Duke University, 1998
Plant physiological ecology; ecosystems ecology, global change

(Split appointment with Earth System Science)

James T. Randerson

Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1998
Global carbon and nutrient cycles, fires, atmospheric trace gases, and biosphere-atmosphere interactions
(Joint appointment with Earth System Science)

José M. Ranz Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, 1998
Comparative genomics and evolution of the expression network
Robert D. Reed Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2004
Evolution and development; butterfly wing patterns
Michael R. Rose Professor
Ph.D. University of Sussex, 1979
Evolution of life histories and genetic systems
Ann K. Sakai Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1978
Plant population biology; evolution of plant reproductive systems
Georg Striedter Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 1990
Evolutionary developmental neurobiology
(Joint appointment with Neurobiology & Behavior)
Katharine Suding Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1999
Community ecology, plant-soil feedbacks
Noboru Sueoka Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1959
Compositional Genomics and Evolution
Adam Summers Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1999
Functional morphology and biomaterials
Richard Symanski Senior Lecturer S.O.E.
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 1971
Cuba
Kevin Thornton Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2003
Comparative genomics and population genetics
Kathleen K. Treseder Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Ecosystem ecology, global change biology, and microbial biogeochemistry
Douglas Wallace

Donald Bren Professor
Director of the Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics (MAMMAG)
Ph.D. Yale University, 1975
Evolutionary biology; genetics; mitochondrial medicine; anthropology
(Split appointment with Biological Chemistry)

Stephen G. Weller Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1975
Plant population biology; evolutionary genetics of plant reproductive systems
Dominik Wodarz

Associate Professor
D.Phil. Oxford University, 1998
Theoretical biology of cancer, infectious diseases, and immunology

Guiyun Yan

Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Vermont, 1994
Ecology and genetics of malaria
(Joint appointment with Public Health)

Lecturers

Brigitte Baldi Associate Director, Honors Research Program in Neuroscience
Ph.D. University of Paris 6, France and M.I.T.
Neuroscience and biostatistics
Jason Hokama Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1999
Physiology of the cardiovascular system and the effects of ischemia
Richard Wetts Ph.D. Yale University, 1982
Animal physiology, neurobiology and development
Adrienne Williams Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 1998
Animal physiology and conservation biology
   
   
   
   
   
Last modified: May 7, 2008