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Faculty
Faculty Directory
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Nancy Aguilar-Roca
Associate Teaching Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: nmaguila@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-3632
PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2000
Biology Education Research, Comparative Physiology (adaptation to hypoxia, evolution of air-breathing).
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Steven Allison
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: allisons@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2341
Microbial enzymes, theoretical ecology, and biogeochemistry.
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Manny Azizi
Associate Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: eazizi@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-7414
Muscle physiology.
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Matthew Bracken
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mbracke1@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6976
Causes and consequences of changes in biodiversity;
community and ecosystem ecology.
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Adriana Briscoe
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: abriscoe@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-1118
Evolution of sensory systems.
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Nancy T. Burley
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: ntburley@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5440
Behavioral ecology; sexual selection, social organization and
communication.
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Diane Campbell
Distinguished Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: drcampbe@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2242
Evolution in natural plant populations;
plant-pollinator interactions.
AAAS Fellow
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Kwasi Connor
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: kmconnor@uci.edu
Integrative Biology, Physiological Ecology, Marine Environmental
Biology, Aging Biology.
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Monica Daley
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: madaley@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6654
Comparative neuromuscular physiology and biomechanics of animal movement.
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J.J. Emerson
Associate Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jje@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-9527
Evolution of genetic novelty: copy number variation,
gene duplication, sex chromosome evolution and the evolution
of gene expression.
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Celia Faiola
Associate Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: cfaiola@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2061
Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation and Chemical Composition.
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Steven Frank
Distinguished Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: safrank@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2244
Evolutionary genetics, host-parasite interactions.
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Ana Elisa Garcia-Vedrenne
Assistant Teaching Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: anaeg3@uci.edu
Biology education research, equity and diversity in science, parasite ecology, environmental DNA
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Brandon Gaut
Distinguished Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: bgaut@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2564
Phylogenetic analysis; molecular evolution.
AAAS Fellow
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Donovan German
Associate Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: dgerman@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5368
Ecological and nutritional physiology.
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Tobin J. Hammer
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: hammert@uci.edu
Gut microbiomes, evolution of symbiosis, insect ecology
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Bradley Hughes
Associate Teaching Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: bhughes@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2359
Comparative physiology and science education.
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Travis Huxman
Chair and Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: thuxman@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2594
Physiological Ecology, Plant Ecology, Ecohydrology,
Global Change Biology.
Ecological Society of America Fellow
Director, Center for Environmental Biology
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Sarah Kimball
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2007
community ecology, restoration ecology, conservation biology, global change biology, increasing diversity in ecology
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Joleah Lamb
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jblamb@uci.edu
Oceans and Public Health, Marine Disease and Urban Ecology,
Conservation Biology, Ecosystem Services.
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Grace Yuh Chwen Lee
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: grylee@uci.edu
Genome evolution, Population genetics, Genomics, Epigenetics.
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Anthony Long
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: tdlong@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-2562
Quantitative and population genetics. Evolutionary Genetics.
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Catherine Loudon
Vice Chair and Teaching Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: cloudon@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-0371
Biomechanics and insect physiology.
Center for Organismal Biology.
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Deborah Lutterschmidt
Associate Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: dil@uci.edu
Environmental physiology, Behavioral endocrinology, and Comparative neurobiology.
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Christopher M. Martinez
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: cmmarti6@uci.edu
Form, function, and motion diversity in fishes.
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Adam Martiny
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: amartiny@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-9713
Microbial ecology, genomics, and physiology
(Split appointment with Earth System Science).
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Jennifer Martiny
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jmartiny@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-0487
Community ecology, microbial diversity, and global change biology.
Ecological Society of America Fellow.
American Academy of Microbiology Fellow.
Chancellor’s Fellow.
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Matt McHenry
Vice Chair and Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mmchenry@uci.edu
Phone: 949-302-7325
Hydrodynamics and mechanoreception of aquatic animals.
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Kailen Mooney
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mooneyk@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-7852
Community ecology, evolutionary ecology, community genetics, plant-insect interactions.
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Jessica Pratt
Associate Teaching Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jdpratt@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-1082
Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology, Plant-Insect Interactions, Conservation & Sustainability Education Research.
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José Ranz Navalpotro
Associate Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jranz@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-9071
Comparative genomics and evolution of the expression network.
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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mreboll1@uci.edu
Microbial ecology and evolution; experimental evolution; microbial metabolism; evolution of novelty; eco-evolutionary dynamics
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Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: alejanr1@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-3120
Microbial evolution, evolutionary community ecology, individuality in bacteria.
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Michael Rose
Distinguished Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mrrose@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-8121
Evolution of life histories and genetic systems.
AAAS Fellow
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Cascade Sorte
Associate Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: csorte@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6971
Global change ecology; marine ecophysiology; invasion biology.
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Celia Symons
Assistant Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: csymons@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-5927
Aquatic ecology, evolutionary ecology, community ecology and global change biology.
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Kevin Thornton
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: krthornt@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-0614
Comparative genomics and population genetics.
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Kathleen Treseder
Howard A. Schneiderman Endowed Chair and Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: treseder@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6006
Ecosystem ecology, global change biology, and microbial biogeochemistry.
AAAS Fellow
Ecological Society of America Fellow
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Alan Barbour
Population biology of infectious diseases
(Joint appointment with Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Medicine).
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Michael Goulden
Ecosystem ecology; plant physiological ecology; micrometeorology
(Joint appointment with Earth System Science)
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Mahtab Jafari
Impact of Botanical Extracts on Longevity and Health Span, anti-aging
Pharmacology, and Preventative Medicine
(Joint appointment with Pharmaceutical Sciences).
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Chenyang Sunny Jiang
Aquatic microbiology and ecology
(Joint appointment with Environmental Health, Science & Policy).
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Katherine Mackey
(Joint appointment with Earth System Science).
Interested in understanding how photosynthesis shapes, and is shaped by, biological, chemical, and physical processes in the ocean
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James Randerson
Global carbon and nutrient cycles, fires, atmospheric trace gases, and biosphere-atmosphere interactions
(Joint appointment with Earth System Science).
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Dominik Wodarz
Theoretical biology of cancer, infectious diseases, and immunology.
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Guiyun Yan
Ecology and genetics of malaria
(Joint appointment with Public Health).
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Peter R. Atsatt, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: peter.atsatt@uci.edu
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John C Avise, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: javise@uci.edu
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Albert F. Bennett, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: abennett@uci.edu
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Rudi Berkelhamer, PhD
Professor Emerita, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: rcberkel@uci.edu
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Peter A. Bowler, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: pabowler@uci.edu
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Timothy J. Bradley, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: tbradley@uci.edu
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Robin N. Bush, PhD
Professor Emerita, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: rmbush@uci.edu
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Lynn Carpenter, PhD
Professor Emerita, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
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Michael T. Clegg, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: mclegg@uci.edu
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James Hicks
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: jhicks@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-6386
Comparative physiology of circulation and gas exchange;
activity physiology.
AAAS Fellow
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Bradford A. Hawkins, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: bhawkins@uci.edu
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George L. Hunt,Jr, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: glhunt@uci.edu
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Harold Koopowitz, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: hkoopowi@uci.edu
Richard E. MacMillen, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: remacmill@uci.edu
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Laurence Mueller
Professor
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: ldmuelle@uci.edu
Phone: 949-824-4744
Theoretical and empirical studies of density-dependent natural selection.
AAAS Fellow
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Ann K. Sakai, PhD
Professor Emerita, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: aksakai@uci.edu
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Arthur E. Weis, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: aeweis@uci.edu
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Stephen G. Weller, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Email: sgweller@uci.edu
James David Bever, 1998 – 2000
Natalia Komarova, 2004 – 2005
Diane Pataki, 2004 – 2012
Sergio Rasmann, 2013 – 2014
Robert Reed, 2007 – 2012
Katharine Suding, 2003 – 2009
Adam Summers, 2001 – 2009
Neil Tsutsui, 2003 – 2007
Douglas Wallace, 2002 – 2010
Dominik Wodarz, 2004 – 2019