Evolutionary Biology
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Faculty and Staff in Evolutionary Biology
Faculty / Part-time Faculty / Emeritus Faculty / Adjunct Faculty / Staff

Faculty:

 J. DAVID ARCHIBALD
 Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1977).
 Research Interests: Mammal systematics and paleontology, K/T boundary vertebrate radiation.
 Courses Taught: Genetics and Evolution, Mammalogy, Seminar in Biogeography.

 CESAR ARENAS-MENA
 Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Universitat de Barcelona (1995).
 Research Interests: Evolution of developmental processes, marine invertebrate embryos,
    genomic regulatory networks.
 Courses Taught: Evolution of Development, Genetics and Evolution, World of Animals.
 ANNALISA BERTA
 Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1979).
 Research Interests: Mammal systematics and evolution, functional anatomy.
 Courses Taught: Evolution and Ecology of Marine Mammals, Principles of Organismal Biology,
    Seminar in Systematics and Evolution.
 ANDREW J. BOHONAK
 Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (1998).
 Research Interests: Freshwater invertebrates, population genetics, population ecology,
    estimation of gene flow and dispersal, invasion genetics, computational biology, systematics.
 Courses Taught: Genetics and Evolution, Population Genetics, Seminar in Systematics and Evolution.
 KEVIN BURNS
 Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1996).
 Research Interests: Ornithology, systematic biology, molecular evolution.
 Courses Taught: Evolutionary Biology, Ornithology.
 RULON W. CLARK
 Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (2004).
 Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal communication,
  
  foraging behavior, conservation ecology, integrating animal behavior with population ecology.
 Courses Taught: Animal Behavior.
 Primary Affiliation: Ecology Program Area
 MARSHAL C. HEDIN
 Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Washington University (1995).
 Research Interests: Speciation, phylogenetics, biodiversity, spider biology & evolution,
    evolution in caves.
 Courses Taught: Principles of Organismal Biology, Systematics and Biodiversity,
    Terrestrial Arthropods.
 SCOTT T. KELLEY
 Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998).
 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. MS and PhD student mentor.
 Courses Taught: Bioinformatics, General Microbiology.
 Primary Affiliation: Cell & Molecular Biology Program Area
 LEROY R. McCLENAGHAN, JR
 Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Kansas (1977).
  [Note: No longer accepting students.]
 Research Interests: Mammalian ecology, ecological genetics, conservation genetics.
 Courses Taught: Ecology and the Environment, General Biology.
 Primary Affiliation: Ecology Program Area
 TOD W. REEDER
 
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Zoology, University of Texas at Austin (l993).
 
Research Interests: Molecular ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, particularly those
  
  of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
 Courses Taught: Evolution, Herpetology, Principles of Organismal Biology,
    Phylogenetic Systematics, Seminar in Systematics and Evolution
 FOREST ROHWER 
  Assistant Professor of Biology. PhD.  San Diego State University. (1997).
 Research Interests: Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic infections and coral disease,
 
   diversity of coral-associated bacteria.
 
Primary Affiliation: Cell & Molecular Biology Program Area
 MICHAEL G. SIMPSON
 Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Duke University (1983).
 Research Interests: Plant systematics, anatomy, embryology, and palynology.
 Courses Taught: Economic Botany, Plant Systematics, Principles of Organismal Biology,
    Taxonomy of California Plants.

 ELIZABETH WATERS
 Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Washington University (1993).
 Research Interests: Plant evolution, the origin of land plants, molecular evolution.
 Coures Taught: Molecular Evolution, Introduction to Plant Biology, Principles of Organismal Biology.

 KATHY S. WILLIAMS
 Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Stanford University (1981).
 Research Interests: Insect/plant interactions, effects of food quality on insect population dynamics,     insects as indicators of biodiversity and habitat restoration.
 
Primary Affiliation: Ecology Program Area

 ROBERT W. ZELLER
 Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1995).
 Research Interests: Chordate development, evolution of development, evolution of genomic
    regulatory networks, genomics, bioinformatics.
 Courses Taught: Advanced Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology; Principles of Cell and
   Molecular Biology.
 Primary Affiliation: Cell & Molecular Biology Program Area



Part-time Faculty:

SANDRA GARVER 
Lecturer in Biology. M.S., San Diego State University (1997)
Research Interests: Marine mammal physiological ecology.
Courses Taught: Human Anatomy, The Human Body, Human Dissection.                                                     
 
Email: sgarver@sunstroke.sdsu.edu



Emeritus Faculty:

 THEODORE J. COHN
 Emeritus Professor of Biology. PhD., University of Michigan.
 Research Interests: Insect Systematics, especially of camel crickets, katydids, and grasshoppers of the     western US and northern Mexico.
 Email: tcohn@sunstroke.sdsu.edu

 RICHARD ETHERIDGE
 Emeritus Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Michigan.
 Research Interests: Herpetology. Vertebrate morphology.

 DAVID G. FUTCH
 Emeritus Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Texas.
 Research Interests: Ecological genetics. Evolution.
 Email: dfutch@sunstroke.sdsu.edu



Adjunct Faculty:

 TED W. CRANFORD
 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, San Diego State University.
 Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (1992).
 Research Interests: Comparative anatomy, functional morphology, biomechanics, morphometrics,
   
 bioacoustics, evolution of echolocation, marine mammal science.

 THOMAS A. DEMERE
 Curator of Paleontology, San Diego Natural History Museum.
 Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.
 Research Interests: Mammal systematics, evolution, and biogeography; cenozoic stratigraphy and
  
  biochronology.

 ROBERT FISHER
 Staff Scientist, Biological Resourses Division.
 Ph.D., University of California, Davis (1995).
 Research Interests: Conservation ecology, herpetology.

 BRADFORD D. HOLLINGSWORTH
 Curator of Herpetology, San Diego Natural History Museum.
 Ph.D., Loma Linda University (1999).
 Research Interests: Herpetology, evolution and biogeography of the herpetofauna of Baja California,
  
  distribution analysis and thermoregulation .


 MICHAEL MAYER
 Assistant Professor of Biology, University of San Diego.
 Ph.D., Washington State University.
 Research Interests: Plant molecular systematics.


 GREG PREGILL
 Professor of Biology, University of San Diego.
 Ph.D., University of Kansas.
 Research Interests: Morphology, systematics and paleontology of vertebrates, especially amphibians
  
  and reptiles.

 JON REBMAN
 Curator of Botany, San Diego Natural History Museum.
 Ph.D., Arizona State University (1995).
 Research Interests: Plant systematics, Baja California and San Diego County floristics,
  
  taxonomy of Opuntioids (Cactaceae).

 JAY SAVAGE
 
Rana Dorada Enterprises, S.A.
 3401 Adams Avenue, Suite A
 San Diego, CA 92116-2490
 Research Interests: Evolutionary and historic determinants of the systematics and distribution of
      vertebrates (especially amphibians and reptiles), their ecologic role in tropical forests, and
      biogeographic theory.

MARIE SIMOVICH
 
Professor of Biology, University of San Diego
 Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
 Research Interests: Community ecology, population genetic structure, evolution and conservation of
      ephemeral pool organisms.
HANS SUES
 
Associate Director for Research and Collections,
 National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution
 Ph.D., Harvard University.
 
 Research Interests: Phylogeny and morphology of Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates, especially
    archosaurian reptiles and non-mammalian synapsids, and changes in continental ecosystems.

 TED TOWNSEND
 Postdoctoral Researcher/Lecturer
 Department of Biology, San Diego State University and
    Center for Applied and Experimental Genomics
 D.V.M., Texas A&M University (1992)
 Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis (2002)
 Research Interests: Molecular phylogenetics, phylogenomics, historical biogeography, herpetology.
AMY VANDERGAST
 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology.
 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2002).
 Research Interests: Population genetics and conservation of terrestrial arthropods.
MICHAEL WALL
 Curator of Entomology, San Diego Natural History Museum.
 Ph.D., University of Connecticut (2004).
 Research Interests: Taxonomy and systematics of Heteroptera; natural history and ecology of
   insect-plant interactions.


Staff:

 MIKE VAN PATTEN
 Vertebrate Technician for Evolutionary Biology program area.
 B.S., San Diego State University.
 Research Interests: Mammalogy.