Current Faculty
Allen, Larry G.
(1982) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1974, M.A. 1976, California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D. 1980, University of Southern California.
Banner, Lisa
(1998) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1984, San Diego State University; Ph.D. 1992, University of Southern California.
Baresi, Larry
(1994) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1969, M.S. 1972, California State University, Northridge; Dr.P.H. 1978, University of California, Los Angeles.
Basu, Chhandak
(2011) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 1996, B.C.K.V.; M.S. 1998, Montana State University; Ph.D. 2003, University of Rhode Island.
Bermudes, David
(2010) Associate Professor of Biology. B.A. 1982, Oberlin College; Ph.D. 1987, Boston University.
Cacho, Natalia Ivalu
(2016) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 2003, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Ph.D. 2009, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Carpenter, Robert C.
(1988) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1975, University of Michigan; M.S. 1979, University of the Pacific; Ph.D. 1984, University of Georgia.
Cohen, Randy W.
(1994) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1976, University of Southern California; M.S. 1980, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 1987, University of Illinois.
Cooper, Kerry K.
(2013) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 1998, Sterling College; Ph.D. 2007, University of Arizona.
De Bellard Pecchio, Maria Elena
(2005) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1985, University Simon Bolivar, Caracas Venezuela; Ph.D. 1998, CUNY Hunter College.
Dudgeon, Steven R.
(1999) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1985, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 1992, University of Maine.
Edmunds, Peter J.
(1992) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1983, University of Newcastle, England; Ph.D. 1986, Glasgow University.
Espinoza, Robert E.
(2001) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1990, San Diego State University; Ph.D. 2002, University of Nevada, Reno.
Flores, Gilberto E.
(2013) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 2001, Humboldt State University; M.S. 2006, University of Idaho; Ph.D. 2011, Portland State University.
Gray, David A.
(2001) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1992, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D. 1997, University of New Mexico.
Hertel, Fritz S.
(2000) Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1994, University of California, Los Angeles.
Hogue, Cheryl C.
(1995) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1980, M.S. 1982, Murray State University; Ph.D. 1988, University of Wisconsin Madison.
Hong, Ray L.
(2008) Associate Professor of Biology. B.A. 1996, Pomona College; Ph.D. 2002, University of California, San Diego.
Karels, Timothy J.
(2005) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1993, University of Toronto at Scarborough; M.S. 1996, Ph.D. 2000, University of Toronto.
Kelber, Jonathan A.
(2012) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 1999, M.S. 2003, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ph.D. 2009, University of California, San Diego.
Loza Coll, Mariano
(2015) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 1998, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Ph.D. 2005, University of Toronto.
Mackelprang, Rachel
(2011) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 2001, University of Utah; Ph.D. 2006, University of Washington.
Malone, Cindy S.
(2005) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1991, Illinois State University; Ph.D. 1997, University of California, Los Angeles.
Medh, Rheem D.
(2001) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1982, M.S. 1984, University of Bombay; Ph.D. 1990, University of Texas.
Metzenberg, Aida B.
(1995) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1977, Reed College; M.A. 1980, University of California, Irvine; Ph.D. 1989,University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Metzenberg, Stan
(1997) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1980, Reed College; Ph.D. 1989, University of Wisconsin.
Murray, Sean R.
(2007) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1997, Montclair State University; M.S. 1999, M. Phil. 2000, Ph.D. 2003, Yale University.
Oberholzer Vandergon, Virginia M.
(2000) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1984, St. Mary’s College; M.S. 1993, University of California, Davis; Ph.D. 1999, University of California, Riverside.
Odom, Daniel P.
(2006) Lecturer in Biology. B.A. 1984, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D. 1994, Case Western Reserve University.
Robertson, Jeanne M.
(2011) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 1993, University of California, Davis; M.S. 2001, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Ph.D. 2008, Cornell University.
Rogers, Crystal
(2015) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 2001, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 2009, Georgetown University.
Ruiz Rueda, Cristian
(2015) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 1999, M.Phil. 2001, Ph.D. 2005, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Schiffman, Paula M.
(1989) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1981, University of California, Riverside; M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1990, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Steele, Mark A.
(2007) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1989, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. 1995, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Stein, Mary-Pat
(2006) Associate Professor of Biology. B.A. 1985, University of Pennsylvania; M.S. 1994, Hood College; Ph.D. 2000, University of New Mexico.
Stinner, Jerry N.
(2005) Dean, College of Science and Mathematics; Professor of Biology. B.S. 1972, California Baptist College; Ph.D. 1980, University of California, Riverside.
Summers, Michael L.
(1998) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1976, Heidelberg College; Ph.D. 1995, University of California, Davis.
terHorst, Casey P.
(2013) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.A. 1998, University of Southern California; M.S. 2004, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 2010, Florida State University.
Van Buskirk, Cheryl L.
(2011) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 1993, University of Calgary; Ph.D. 2000, Princeton University.
Wilson, Paul S.
(1995) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1988, Humboldt State University; Ph.D. 1994, State University of New York Stony Brook.
Zavala, Maria E.
(1988) Professor of Biology. A.B. 1972, Pomona College; Ph.D. 1978, University of California, Berkeley.
Emeriti
Bishop, Nancy H.
(1977) Professor emerita of Biology. B.S. 1958, M.S. 1961, Washington State University; Ph.D. 1975, University of California, Los Angeles; Licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Specialist in Bacteriology and Serology, State of California; Specialist Microbiologist, Public Health and Medical Laboratory Microbiology; American Academy of Microbiology.
Caren, Linda D.
(1988) Professor emerita of Biology. B.S. 1962, The Ohio State University; A.M. 1965, Ph.D. 1967, Stanford University; Licensed Clinical Laboratory Technologist, State of California.
Corcoran, Mary
(1962) Professor emerita of Biology. B.A. 1953, Ph.D. 1959, University of California, Los Angeles.
Dole, Jim W.
(1963) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1957, Arizona State College; M.S. 1959, Ph.D. 1963, University of Michigan.
Emboden, William A.
(1965) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1957, Purdue University; M.A. 1960, Indiana University; Ph.D. 1965, University of California, Los Angeles.
Fisler, George F.
(1964) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.S. 1954, M.S. 1956, Michigan State University; Ph.D. 1961, University of California, Berkeley.
Furumoto, Warren
(1962) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.S. 1957, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 1960, University of California, Los Angeles.
Gaudin, Anthony J.
(1970) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1959, M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1969, University of Southern California.
Jones, Kenneth C.
(1964) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1957, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1965, University of California, Los Angeles.
Kuhn, Daisy A.
(1959) Professor emerita of Biology. A.B. 1952, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. 1960, University of California, Davis.
Matos, Jennifer A.
(1994) Professor emerita of Biology. B.S. 1976, M.S. 1979, Texas Technological University; Ph.D. 1992, Washington University.
Maxwell, Joyce B.
(1970) Professor emerita of Biology. B.A. 1963, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 1969, California Institute of Technology.
Moore, Joseph
(1962) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1952, M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1961, University of California, Los Angeles.
Oppenheimer, Steven B.
(1971) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.S. 1965, The City University of New York; Ph.D. 1969, Johns Hopkins University.
Pohlo, Ross H.
(1963) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.S. 1954, University of Illinois; M.S. 1958, University of Arkansas; Ph.D. 1961, University of Chicago.
Pollock, Edward G.
(1961) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1953, Wilkes College; M.A. 1957, University of Virginia; Ph.D. 1961, University of California, Berkeley.
Scott, O. Tacheeni
(1989) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1966, Westmont College; M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1981, University of Oregon.
Sheeler, Phillip
(1965) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1960, M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1965, University of California, Los Angeles.
Sparling, Mary Lee
(1966) Professor emerita of Biology. B.S. 1955, University of Miami; M.A. 1958, Duke University; Ph.D. 1962, University of California, Los Angeles.
Spotts, Charles R.
(1968) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1955, M.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1962, University of California, Berkeley.
Weston, Charles R.
(1968) Associate Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1957, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D. 1964, Princeton University.
Wilson, Kenneth A.
(1960) Professor emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1951, Miami University, Ohio; M.S. 1953, University of Hawaii; Ph.D. 1958, University of Michigan.