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TODD ANDERSON
Associate Professor of Biology, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara (1993).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Marine ecology, recruitment processes, population and community ecology of
coastal temperate and tropical fishes, influence of habitat structure on demographic processes.
Office/Lab: Life Science North 201/201. Phone: 619-594-0995 (office) /-3750 (lab).
Email: tanderson@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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SANFORD I. BERNSTEIN
Professor of Biology, Ph.D., Wesleyan University (1979).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Molecular analysis of gene expression during Drosophila muscle development;
molecular and ultrastructural defects of Drosophila muscle mutants; function of muscle proteins
isoforms; mechanism of alternative RNA splicing.
Office/Lab: Life Science 371/371A. Phone: 619-594-5629 (office) /-4160 (lab)
Email: sbernstein@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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ANNALISA BERTA
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1979).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Mammal systematics and evolution, functional anatomy.
Office/Lab: Life Science 250/260. Phone: 619-594-5392 (office) /-4584 (lab)
Email: aberta@sunstroke.sdsu.edu |
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RICHARD BIZZOCO
Professor of Biology, Ph.D., Indiana University (1972).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Discovery/isolation of new Archaea; membrane fusion in single cell algae.
Office/Lab: Life Science 360/362. Phone: 619-594-5396 (office & lab).
Email: rbizzoco@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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ANDREW J. BOHONAK
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (1998).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Freshwater invertebrates, population genetics, population ecology,
estimation of gene flow and dispersal, invasion genetics, computational biology, systematics.
Office/Lab: Life Science 212A/212. Phone: 619-594-0414 (office) /-0457 (lab).
Email: bohonak@sciences.sdsu.edu
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MICHAEL J. BUONO
Professor of Biology and Exercise and Nutritional Science. Ph.D., University of Arizona (1982).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Thermoregulation and body temperature control; Exercise physiology; Endocrine
sweat gland physiology; Cardiovascular dynamics.
Phone: 619-594-6823 (office)
Email: mbuono@mail.sdsu.edu
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KEVIN BURNS
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1996).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Ornithology, systematic biology, molecular evolution.
Office/Lab: Life Science 231/233. Phone: 619-594-0538 (office) /-4561 (lab).
Email: kburns@sunstroke.sdsu.edu |
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RULON W. CLARK
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (2004).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal communication, foraging behavior, conservation ecology, integrating animal behavior with population ecology.
Office/Lab: Life Science 224A/224. Phone: 619-594-1527 (office) / (lab).
Email: rclark@sciences.sdsu.edu |
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DOUG DEUTSCHMAN
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (1996).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Population and community dynamics; plant community structure; population
modeling; scaling from individuals to ecosystems; application of statistics and computer models to
ecosystem management.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 150A. Phone: 619-594-5391 (office) /-0678 (lab).
Email: ddeutschman@sciences.sdsu.edu
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KELLY S. DORAN
Assistant Professor of Biology, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1998).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis. Molecular mechanisms of blood-brain barrier
invasion by Group B Streptococcus and characterization of the host innate immune response. Role of
bacterial pili in disease progression.
Office/Lab: Life Science 317A/317. Phone: 619-594-1867 (office) /-4291 (lab).
Email: kdoran@sciences.sdsu.edu
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MATT EDWARDS
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (2001)
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Marine ecology: scale-dependent regulation of subtidal kelp forests, recruitment
processes in marine macroalgae (with emphasis on the role of dormant stages), impacts of large disturbances (El Niño-Southern Oscillations).
Office/Lab: Life Science 204B/209. Phone: 619-594-7049 (office) /-0114 (lab).
Email: edwards@sciences.sdsu.edu
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ROBERT EDWARDS
Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Ph.D., University of Sussex, England (1994).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Annotation of microbial genomes; bioinformatics of random community genomes
(metagenomes).
Office/Lab: GMCS 536/429. Phone: 619-594-1672 (office) /-3137 (lab).
Email: redwards@cs.sdsu.edu
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JANET FRANKLIN
Professor and Associate Chair of Biology, Adjunct Professor of Geography. Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara (1988)
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Landscape ecology, plant ecology, biogeography, biophysical remote sensing,
digital terrain analysis, and geographic information science.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 145/142. Phone: 619-594-5491 (office) /-0994 (lab).
Email: janet@sciences.sdsu.edu
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RALPH FEUER
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno, 1999.
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Autoimmune diseases associated with a previous viral infection. Mechanisms of
enteroviral persistence and pathogenesis. Susceptibility of stem cells to virus infection and
coxsackievirus-associated neonatal disease.
Office/Lab: Life Science 358/351,54,56. Phone: 619-594-7377 (office) /-0777 (lab).
Email: rfeuer@sciences.sdsu.edu
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TERRENCE G. FREY
Professor and Chair of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (1975).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Structure of biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies; membranes
and membrane proteins; bioenergetics; electron microscopy; image processing.
Office/Lab: Life Science 332A/104A/332. Phone: 619-594-3044/6756 (office) /-4028 (lab).
Email: tfrey@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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CHRISTOPHER GLEMBOTSKI
Associate Dean of the Graduate Division
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (1979).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Regulation of cardiac-specific gene expression; mechanisms of cardiac myocyte
derived hormone secretion. MS and PhD student mentor.
Office/Lab: Life Science 326C/315. Phone: 619-594-2958 (office) /-2960 (lab).
Email: cglembot@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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ROBERTA A. GOTTLIEB
Professor of Biology, and Director of the BioScience Center, M.D., Johns Hopkins University (1984).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Myocardial ischemia and programmed cell death; mitochondrial
alterations,bioenergetics, autophagy, calpains; role of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in
ischemia/reperfusion injury; studies at the organismal, isolated organ, primary cells, and molecular
levels; live cell fluorescence microscopy, TAT-mediated protein transduction.
Office/Lab: BioScience Center 4101. Phone: 619-594-8983 (office) /-8981 (lab).
Email: robbieg@sciences.sdsu.edu
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GREG L. HARRIS
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1981).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Molecular and physiological analysis of phototransduction in Drosophila;
biophysical analysis of ion channel function; isolation of neuron- specific genes
Office/Lab: Life Science 311A/311. Phone: 619-594-5655 (office) /-5038 (lab).
Email: gharris@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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MARSHAL C. HEDIN
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Washington University (1995).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Speciation, phylogenetics, biodiversity, spider biology & evolution,
evolution in caves.
Office/Lab: Life Science 204F/206. Phone: 619-594-6230 (office) /-1107 (lab).
Email: mhedin@sciences.sdsu.edu
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BRIAN T. HENTSHEL
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Washington (1995).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Marine invertebrates, benthic ecology, complex life cycles, ontogenetic niche
shifts, larval ecology, deposit feeding, organism-flow interactions.
Office/Lab:Physical Science 147/LS 259C.
Email: hentsche@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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KEVIN HOVEL
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Science (1999).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Marine invertebrate conservation ecology: relationship between habitat structure
and faunal survival and abundance; effects of habitat fragmentation on fauna in marine systems;
crustacean ecology; larval dispersal and recruitment; seagrass community ecology; kelp forest ecology
Office/Lab: Life Science 352/341. Phone: 619-594-6322 (office) /-5645 (lab).
Email: hovel@sciences.sdsu.edu
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SCOTT T. KELLEY
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Phylogenetic approaches to RNA structure prediction, DNA and protein motif
pattern recognition, and genome sequence analysis. Molecular systematics studies of insect and
microbial communities.
Office/Lab: Life Science 373/355. Phone: 619-594-5371 (office) /-7829 (lab).
Email: skelley@sciences.sdsu.edu
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CHUN-TA LAI
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Duke University (2001).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Biosphere-atmosphere interactions, biological control of carbon and water transfer, | hydrological and ecological impacts of climatic change, applications of stable isotopes in global
change studies.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 154A/154. Phone: 619-594-0678 (office) / (lab).
Email: lai@sciences.sdsu.edu
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REBECCA LEWISON
Assistant Professor of Biology. PhD., University of California, Davis (2002).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Vertebrate conservation, population ecology, behavioral ecology, estimating the
impact of anthropogenic disturbances, resource and land use.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 157A/157. Phone: 619-594-8287 (office) /-8698 (lab).
Email: rlewison@sciences.sdsu.edu
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DAVID A. LIPSON
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Soil microbial ecology; plant-microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; linking
microbial diversity to ecosystem processes.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 241C/241A,241B. Phone: 619-594-4460 (office) /-5602 (lab).
Email: dlipson@sciences.sdsu.edu |
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JEREMY LONG
Assistant Professor of Biology
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Marine chemical ecology; consumer-prey interactions; ecology of planktonic,
rocky shore, and salt marsh ecosystems.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 145A/145. Phone: 619-594-xxx (office) /-xxx (lab).
Email: j.long@neu.edu
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STANLEY MALOY
Dean, College of Sciences and Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Irvine (1981).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
focus on Salmonella, using a combination of genetic, molecular, biochemical, and
genomic approaches to answer questions about general biological processes, and questions that relate
to the evolution of pathogenesis.
Office/Lab: Life Science 308A/308. Phone: 619-594-5142 (office) /-5623 (lab).
Email: smaloy@sciences.sdsu.edu |
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LEROY R. McCLENAGHAN, JR
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Kansas (1977).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Mammalian ecology, ecological genetics, conservation genetics.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 257/255. Phone: 619-594-3751 (office) /-4356 (lab).
Email: lmcclena@sciences.sdsu.edu |
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KATHLEEN MCGUIRE
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (1985).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Human Immunology: Immune responses to cancer and vaccine development.
Office/Lab: Life Science 407B/407. Phone: 619-594-7191 (office) /-7192 (lab).
Email: kmcguire@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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WALTER C. OECHEL
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Riverside (1970)
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Plant physiological ecology; ecosystem ecology, effects of global change and
elevated carbon dioxide on native ecosystems, especially tundra and Mediterranean-type ecosystems.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 240B/240B. Phone: 619-594-4818 (office) /-6613 (lab).
Email: oechel@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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PAUL J. PAOLINI
Professor of Biology Emeritus. Ph.D., University of California, Davis (1968).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Physiology and mechanics of cardiac and skeletal muscle cells: biophysical
methods, including video-enhanced and automated light microscopy and digital image analysis;
computer applications to biological research.
Office/Lab: Life Science 316. Phone: 619-594-4532
Email: ppaolini@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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JACQUES PERRAULT
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1972).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Molecular biology of RNA viruses using vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) as a
model for Ebola, measles, and other medically important agents; engineering of virus vectors for
protein expression and gene therapy; host cell antiviral mechanisms; methods for inactivating
bioterrorism virus agents.
Office/Lab: Life Science 401A/401. Phone: 619-594-5150 (office) /-2519 (lab).
Email: jperrault@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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ROBERT POZOS
Professor of Biology. Ph.D. Southern Illinois University .
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Office/Lab: Life Science 130/336. Phone: 619-594-2581 (office) /-3629 (lab).
Email: bpozos@sciences.sdsu.edu
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TOD W. REEDER
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Zoology, University of Texas at Austin (l993).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Molecular ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, particularly those
of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
Office/Lab: Life Science 264/265A. Phone: 619-594-7826 (office) /-3621 (lab).
Email: treeder@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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FOREST ROHWER
Associate Professor of Biology. PhD. San Diego State University. (1997).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic infections and coral disease,
diversity of coral-associated bacteria.
Office/Lab: Life Science 301/364. Phone: 619-594-1336 (office / lab).
Email: frohwer@sciences.sdsu.edu
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ANCA SEGALL
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Utah (1987).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: DNA recombination and chromosome structure.
Office/Lab: Life Science 327/331/332/. Phone: 619-594-4490 (office) /-6528 (lab).
Email: asegall@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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MICHAEL G. SIMPSON
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Duke University (1983).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Plant systematics, anatomy, embryology, and palynology.
Office/Lab: Life Science 268/266. Phone: 619-594-4479 (office) /-7827 (lab).
Email: msimpson@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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MARK A. SUSSMAN
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Southern California (1989).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: The structural and molecular basis of heart failure. Signal transduction regulating cell survival and proliferation. Myocardial regeneration with stem cells and the potentiation of cardiac progenitor cells to repair damaged myocardium. Preservation of mitochondrial integrity to enhance cell survival. Stem cell signaling and regulation of cardiogenic lineage commitment.
Office/Lab: Life Science 426A/426. Phone: 619-594-2983 (office) /-2982 (lab).
Email: sussman@heart.sdsu.edu
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CONSTANTINE D. TSOUKAS
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco (1975).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Activation of thymus-derived lymphocytes (T lymphocytes). Study of signal transduction events with emphasis on protein tyrosine kinases. Disruption of signaling events in vivo using disease animal models
Office/Lab: Life Science 406A/406. Phone: 619-594-5764 (office) /-2626 (lab).
Email: ctsoukas@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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ELIZABETH WATERS
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Washington University (1993).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Plant evolution, the origin of land plants, molecular evolution.
Office/Lab: Life Science 208B/208. Phone: 619-594-7036 (office) /-0135 (lab).
Email: ewaters@sciences.sdsu.edu
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KATHY S. WILLIAMS
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Stanford University (1981).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Insect/plant interactions, effects of food quality on insect population dynamics,
insects as indicators of biodiversity and habitat restoration.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 151A/151. Phone: 619-594-4358 (office) /-4353 (lab).
Email: kwilliams@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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ROLAND WOLKOWICZ
Assistant Professor of Biology. PhD., The Weizmann Institute of Science (1998).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Use of random peptide libraries and other chemical genetics approaches for the
study of viral pathogenesis and the search of antiviral factors. Main focus on HIV-1and HCV.
Office/Lab: Life Science 304A/304. Phone: 619-594-8668 (office) /-5353 (lab).
Email: roland@sciences.sdsu.edu
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RICARDO M. ZAYAS
Assistant Professor of Biology, Ph.D. Tufts University (2003).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Stem cell biology. Molecular mechanisms underlying regeneration of the nervous
system in planarians.
Office/Lab: Life Science 306A/306. Phone: 619-594-2698 (office) /-3042 (lab).
Email: rzayas@sciences.sdsu.edu
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ROBERT W. ZELLER
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1995).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Chordate development, evolution of development, evolution of genomic
regulatory networks, genomics, bioinformatics.
Office/Lab: Life Science 314A/314. Phone: 619-594-6458 (office) /-4872 (lab).
Email: rzeller@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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