Current Faculty
Banner, Lisa
(1998) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1984, San Diego State University; Ph.D. 1992, University of Southern California.
Basu, Chhandak
(2011) 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) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1982, Oberlin College; Ph.D. 1987, Boston University.
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.
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) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 2001, Humboldt State University; M.S. 2006, University of Idaho; Ph.D. 2011, Portland State University.
Franklin, Michael P.
(2006) Lecturer in Biology. B.A. 1987, M.S. 1991, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 1997, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gray, David A.
(2001) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1992, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D. 1997, University of New Mexico.
Guerra Amorim, Carlos Eduardo
(2021) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.Sc. 2006, M.Sc. 2009, Universidade de BrasÃlia; Ph.D. 2013, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Hanzawa, Yoshie
(2017) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 1995, M.S. 1997, Ph.D. 2000, Hokkaido University.
Hertel, Fritz S.
(2000) Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1994, University of California, Los Angeles.
Hogue, Cheryl C.
(1995) Department Chair of Biology; Professor of Biology. B.S. 1980, M.S. 1982, Murray State University; Ph.D. 1988, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Hong, Ray L.
(2008) 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) 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) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 1998, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Ph.D. 2005, University of Toronto.
Mackelprang, Rachel
(2011) 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.
Murray, Sean R.
(2007) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1997, Montclair State University; M.S. 1999, M. Phil. 2000, Ph.D. 2003, Yale University.
Nickols, Kerry J.
(2017) Associate Professor of Biology. B.A. 2002, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 2012, University of California, Davis.
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.
Robertson, Jeanne M.
(2011) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1993, University of California, Davis; M.S. 2001, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Ph.D. 2008, Cornell University.
Ruiz Rueda, Cristian
(2015) Associate 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.
Silbiger, Nyssa J.
(2017) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 2006, Florida State University; M.S. 2009, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D. 2015, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Steele, Mark A.
(2007) Professor of Biology. B.A. 1989, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. 1995, University of California, Santa Barbara.
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.
Takahashi, Melissa K.
(2018) Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. 2004, University of California, Davis; M.S. 2005, Stanford University; Ph.D. 2015, Cornell University.
terHorst, Casey P.
(2013) 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) Professor of Biology. B.S. 1993, University of Calgary; Ph.D. 2000, Princeton University.
Yoder, Jeremy B.
(2017) Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. 2004, Eastern Mennonite University; Ph.D. 2011, University of Idaho.
Zavala, Maria E.
(1988) Professor of Biology. A.B. 1972, Pomona College; Ph.D. 1978, University of California, Berkeley.
Emeriti
Allen, Larry G.
(1982) Professor Emeritus of Biology. B.A. 1974, M.A. 1976, California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D. 1980, University of Southern California.
Bishop, Nancy H.
(1977) Professor Emeritus 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 Emeritus 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 Emeritus 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.
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 Emeritus of Biology. A.B. 1952, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. 1960, University of California, Davis.
Maxwell, Joyce B.
(1970) Professor Emeritus 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 Emeritus 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.
Summers, Michael L.
(1998) Professor Emeritus of Biology. B.S. 1976, Heidelberg College; Ph.D. 1995, University of California, Davis.
Weston, Charles R.
(1968) 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.