Faculty in Biology
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TODD ANDERSON
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@sdsu.edu
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NICHOLAS A. BARBER
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis (2009).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests:
Community ecology, ecosystem restoration, functional trait and phylogenetic diversity, plant-insect interactions, aboveground-belowground linkages.
Office/Lab: Physical Sciences 101/105. Phone: 619-594-3054 (office) / (lab).
Email: nbarber@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@sdsu.edu
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ANDREW J. BOHONAK
Professor 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: abohonak@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@sdsu.edu
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KEVIN BURNS
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@sdsu.edu |
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RULON W. CLARK
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@sdsu.edu |
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RICHARD CRIPPS
Professor and Fred Henry Chair of Life Sciences. D.Phil., University of York (1990).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Defining the transcriptional mechanisms of heart and skeletal muscle development and disease, using Drosophila as the model system. Identification of novel myofibrillar proteins, and using CRISPR to determine their roles in muscle assembly and function.
Office/Lab: BioScience Center 4200. Phone: Please email (office) / (lab).
Email: rcripps@sdsu.edu |
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ELIZABETH A DINSDALE
Professor of Biology, PhD, James Cook University, Australia (2005).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Microbial and viral community dynamics in coral reef, kelp forests and oxygen minimum zones.
Office/Lab: Life Science 308. Phone: 619-594-5623.
Email: Elizabeth_dinsdale@hotmail.com |
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MATT EDWARDS
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: medwards@sdsu.edu
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ROBERT EDWARDS
Professor of Biology. 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@sdsu.edu
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RALPH FEUER
Associate 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@sdsu.edu |
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LLUVIA FLORES-RENTERIA
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2011.
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests:
Effects of climate change on plant-insect-microbe interactions and on plant reproduction, evolution of breeding systems, hybridization, phylogenetics, plant evolution and population genetics.
Office/Lab: Life Science 268/266. Phone: 619-594-3080 (lab).
Email: lfloresrenteria@sdsu.edu |
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STEPHANIE GRAINGER
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2012.
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Cell Biology, Wnt Signaling, Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Cancer.
Office/Lab: Life Science 317/321. Phone: 619-594-1867 (office) /-44291 (lab).
Email: sgrainger@sdsu.edu |
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GREG L. HARRIS
Professor and Vice Chair 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@sdsu.edu
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MARSHAL C. HEDIN
Professor and Associate Chair 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@sdsu.edu
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BRIAN T. HENTSCHEL
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: bhentschel@mail.sdsu.edu
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CARRIE D. HOUSE
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., George Washington University (2011).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Cancer biology/molecular oncology, tumor heterogeneity and phenotypic diversity in cancer cell populations, cancer stem cells/tumor-initiating cells, drug resistance and growth signaling pathways.
Office/Lab: BioScience Center 2200. Phone: 619-594-3053 (office) / (lab).
Email: cdhouse@sdsu.edu |
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KEVIN HOVEL
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: khovel@sdsu.edu
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MARINA G. KALYUZHNAYA
Associate Professor of Biology, Ph.D., IBPM, Russian Academy of Sciences (2000)
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Methane
biocatalysis; Microbial genetics, physiology and biochemistry;
Systems biology, metabolic modeling and engineering; Functional
diversity of microbial methane cycle and environmental impacts of
climate change.
Office/Lab: North Life Science 406 Phone: 619-594-5626 (lab).
Email: mkalyuzhnaya@sdsu.edu
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SCOTT T. KELLEY
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Microbiology
of human microbial communities, microbial contamination in indoor
environments, and microbiology of geothermal habitats. Developing
bioinformatics tools for Metagenomic studies.
Office/Lab: Life Science 373/355. Phone: 619-594-5371 (office) /-7829 (lab).
Email: skelley@sdsu.edu
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CHUN-TA LAI
Associate 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: chun-ta.lai@sdsu.edu
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REBECCA LEWISON
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@sdsu.edu
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DAVID A. LIPSON
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@sdsu.edu |
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JEREMY LONG
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 142A/142. Phone: 619-594-3598
Email: jlong@sdsu.edu
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ROBERT JAMES LUALLEN
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (2016).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Evolution of host/pathogen interactions, molecular mechanisms of pathogen tissue tropism, the role of temperature in pathogen growth and clearance, and innate immune defense.
Office/Lab: North Life Science 308. Phone: 619-594-4060 (office) / (lab).
Email: rluallen@sdsu.edu |
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STANLEY MALOY
Associate Vice President for Research & Innovation, 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: 619-594-5623 (lab).
Email: smaloy@sdsu.edu |
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LUKE MILLER
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Stanford University (2008).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests:
Temperature stress and climate change; Ecophysiology; Biomechanics; Rocky intertidal ecosystems; Ocean acidification; Behavior; Predator-prey interactions; Heat budget modeling; Sensor and datalogger development.
Office/Lab: Physical Sciences 150A/150. Phone: 619-594-5391 (office)/ 43122 (lab).
Email: luke.miller@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: woechel@sdsu.edu
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TOD W. REEDER
Professor of Biology and Associate Dean, College of Sciences. 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 & LS 104 Phone: 619-594-7826 or 3044 (office) /-3621 (lab).
Email: twreeder@sdsu.edu
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ANGELICA RIESTRA
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., UCLA (2015).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of Trichomonas vaginalis pathogenesis. Biology of host-microbe interactions; Parasite-bacteria interactions; Innate immunity; Inflammasome biology; Pyroptotic cell death.
Office/Lab: Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center 4105/4200 Phone: 619-594-1109
Email: ariestra@sdsu.edu
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DWAYNE ROACH
Assistant Professor and Conrad Prebys Chair of Virology. Ph.D., Brock University. (2011).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
My lab investigates the beneficial and harmful interplay between host (human and animal) and microbe(s) (bacteriophages and bacteria) using approaches that bridge microbiology, immunology, genomics/bioinformatics, in vivo and mathematical models, and clinical research.
Office/Lab: EIS 201A. Phone: 619-594-3066 (office)/ lab).
Email: dwayne.roach@sdsu.edu |
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FOREST ROHWER
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@gmail.com
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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@sdsu.edu
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NICHOLAS J. SHIKUMA
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (2011).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Molecular mechanisms of bacteria/bacteriophage/animal interactions.
Office/Lab: North Life Science 401A/401 Phone: Phone: 619-594-2325 (office) 619-594-2519 (lab).
Email: nshikuma@sdsu.edu
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JEET SUKUMARAN
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence (2012).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests:
Process-based modeling of macroevolutionary dynamics, diversification, and biogeography/phylogeography; species delimitation; host-parasite coevolution, phylogenetics.
Office/Lab: South Life Sciences 260/262. Phone: 619-594-6917 (office)/ lab).
Email: jsukumaran@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: heartman4ever@icloud.com
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ELIZABETH WATERS
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@sdsu.edu
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XIAOFENG XU
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Auburn University, (2010).
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests:
Global Change Ecology, Ecosystem Modeling, Microbial Ecology, Land-atmosphere interaction, Soil biogeochemistry.
Office/Lab: Physical Sciences 257/249/255 Phone: 619-594-2279 (office) 619-594-4356 (lab).
Email: xxu@sdsu.edu
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RICARDO M. ZAYAS
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@sdsu.edu
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ROBERT W. ZELLER
Professor and Chair 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@sdsu.edu
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DONATELLA ZONA
Associate Professor of Biology, Ph.D., UC Davis (2009).
Program Area: Ecology, Climate change
Research Interests:
Impact of climate change on greenhouse gas emission, stress ecology, remote sensing, Arctic ecology, impact of climate change on methane emissions..
Office/Lab: Physical Sciences 240/PS240A Phone: 619-594-6613
Email: dzona@sdsu.edu
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Research Faculty
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Kim Finley
Associate Research Professor, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1993).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Fruit fly model systems to study: cellular processes that promote
healthy aging, long-term maintenance of the adult nervous system,
genetic and environmental factors effects on aging and the CNS
including protein aggregates and behaviors, RNA-sequencing
technologies, and pathways and stresses that influence neural aggregate
formation, metabolism and aging.
Office/Lab: Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center 3105/3200. Phone: 619-594-8980
Email: kfinley@sdsu.edu
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Nick Gekakis
Research Associate Professor, Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health (1993).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Causes of metabolic diseases such as obesity and non-alcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD). Two main projects are under way: lipid
metabolism in the liver and genetics of obesity.
Office/Lab: Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center 2104/4200. Phone: 619-594-3547
Email: ngekakis@sdsu.edu
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Bruce Ito
Research Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington (1983) .
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Myocardial ischemia/infarction, heart failure and cardiac remodeling,
cardioprotective mechanisms and therapies, cardiac autophagy, effects
of metabolic syndrome on cardiovascular disease.
Office/Lab: Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center 4104/4200. Phone: 858-603-1443
Email: brito@sdsu.edu
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Phyllis-Jean Linton
Research Professor in Immunology, Ph.D., Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (1984)
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Immune function in the aged with an emphasis on dendritic cell/
macrophage, and T cell alterations; relationship between autophagy and
inflammation in infection and the ischemic heart.
Office/Lab: Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center 3102/3200. Phone: 619-594-4901
Email: plinton@sdsu.edu
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Joy A. Phillips
Associate Research Professor in Immunology, Ph.D., Albany Medical Center of Union University (1991).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Immunology, vaccine development, innate and acquired immunity during
respiratory infection, neuronal regulation of immune inflammation and
autoimmunity, influence of prenatal alcohol on the immune system,
effect of cannabinoids on age-related inflammation and immunity,
respiratory immunity and the mucosal microbiome.
Office/Lab: Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center 3104/3200. Phone: 619-488-2169
Email: jphillips@sdsu.edu
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Marilyn Thoman
Research Professor in Immunology, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1978)
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:
Immunology, T cell development, Senescence, Interactions between innate
and acquired immunity in pulmonary disease, cytokines, immune
regulation by miRNA, innate memory.
Office/Lab: Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center 3103/3200. Phone: 619-208-7872
Email: mthoman@sdsu.edu
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