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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@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
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J. DAVID ARCHIBALD
Professor Emeritus. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1977).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Mammal systematics and paleontology, K/T boundary vertebrate radiation.
Office/Lab: Life Science 262. Phone: 619-594-6917 (office).
Email: darchibald@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)
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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
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
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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ELIZABETH A DINSDALE
Assistant Professor, 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.
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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: Host-Pathogen interactions. Molecular mechanisms of host cell invasion by bacterial pathogens and
characterization of the host innate immune response during 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
Associate 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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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@sciences.sdsu.edu
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TERRENCE G. FREY
Professor Emeritus. 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
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
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
Associate 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 142A/142. Phone: 619-594-3598
Email: jlong@sciences.sdsu.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@mail.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.
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 and Vice Chair 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
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 and Chair 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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