Biological Sciences, School of
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All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.
Professors
Susan Ackerman, PhD, HHMI Investigator, Stephen W. Kuffler Chair in Biology, National Academy of Sciences (2019), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019), National Academy of Medicine (2020)
Omar Akbari, PhD
Eric Allen, PhD
Tim Baker, PhD, Emeritus
Eric Bennett, PhD
Darwin K. Berg, PhD, Emeritus, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018)
Ethan Bier, PhD, Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Professorship in Cell and Developmental Biology
Jack W. Bradbury, PhD, Emeritus
Steve Briggs, PhD, National Academy of Sciences (2000), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)
Stuart Brody, PhD, Emeritus
Lin Chao, PhD
Andrew Chisholm, PhD, Associate Dean
Maarten J. Chrispeels, PhD, Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences (1996), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003), American Society of Plant Biologists (2007)
Elsa Cleland, PhD, Chancellor’s Associates Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Kimberly Cooper, PhD, Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Professorship in Cell and Developmental Biology (Professorship VIII) (2021–2026)
Nigel M. Crawford, PhD, Emeritus
Michael David, PhD
Arshad Desai, PhD, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022)
Rachel Dutton, PhD
Richard W. Dutton, PhD, Emeritus
Mark Estelle, PhD, Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Professorship VI in Cell and Developmental Biology, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Gen-Sheng Feng, PhD
Richard A. Firtel, PhD, Emeritus
Douglass J. Forbes, PhD
Timothy Gentner, PhD
Michael E. Gilpin, PhD, Emeritus
James Golden, PhD
Susan Golden, PhD, HHMI Professor, Chancellor’s Associates Endowed Chair III, Director, Center for Circadian Biology, National Academy of Sciences (2010), American Academy of Microbiology (2000)
Ananda Goldrath, PhD, Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Professorship V in Molecular Biology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2021)
Melvin H. Green, PhD, Emeritus
Ralph Greenspan, PhD, Codirector, Cal-BRAIN, Associate Director, Kavli Institute for the Brain and Mind
Shelley L. Halpain, PhD
Randolph Y. Hampton, PhD, Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, Chancellor’s Associates Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Nan Hao, PhD
Jeff Hasty, PhD
Masaki Hayashi, PhD, Emeritus
Stephen M. Hedrick, PhD, Emeritus
Donald R. Helinski, PhD, Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences (1980), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1987)
Ryan Hibbs, PhD
David Holway, PhD
Terrence Hwa, PhD, American Academy of Microbiology (2015), National Academy of Sciences (2020)
Yishi Jin, PhD, Director of Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, Junior Seau Foundation Endowed Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019), National Academy of Sciences (2022)
Suckjoon Jun, PhD
James T. Kadonaga, PhD, Amylin Endowed Chair in Lifesciences Education and Research, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993), American Academy of Microbiology (1995), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017), National Academy of Sciences (2022)
David Kleinfeld, PhD, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012), American Academy of Microbiology (2015), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)
Joshua R. Kohn, PhD
Takaki Komiyama, PhD
William B. Kristan, Jr., PhD, Emeritus, Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award in Graduate Teaching
Carolyn Kurle, PhD
Russell Lande, PhD, Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Andres Leschziner, PhD
Jill Leutgeb, PhD, Walter F. Heiligenberg Professorship in Neuroethology
Stefan Leutgeb, PhD, Chair, Neurobiology
Jens Lykke-Andersen, PhD, Chancellor’s Associates Award for Faculty Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Eduardo R. Macagno, PhD, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1992)
Robert Malinow, PhD, Shiley Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research, National Academy of Sciences (2012), National Academy of Medicine (2015)
Therese Markow, PhD, Emerita
Stephen Mayfield, PhD, Codirector of Food & Fuel for the 21st Century (2018–2022), Director, California Center for Algae Biotechnology
William J. McGinnis, PhD, Emeritus, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010), National Academy of Sciences (2019)
S. Mauricio Montal, MD, PhD, Emeritus
Cornelis Murre, PhD, Chair, Molecular Biology
Xuong Nguyen-Huu, PhD, Emeritus
James C. Nieh, PhD, Associate Dean, Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
Maho Niwa Rosen, PhD
Karen Oegema, PhD, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022)
Amy Pasquinelli, PhD
Gentry Patrick, PhD, UCSD Excellence in Stewardship Award (2021)
Lorraine Pillus, PhD, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017), American Academy of Microbiology (2018)
Joseph A. Pogliano, PhD, American Academy of Microbiology (2019)
Kit J. Pogliano, PhD, Dean, Richard C. Atkinson Endowed Chair, American Academy of Microbiology (2009)
James W. Posakony, PhD, Emeritus, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011)
Paul A. Price, PhD, Emeritus, Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
Morton Printz, PhD, Emeritus
Samara Reck-Peterson, PhD, HHMI Investigator
Kaustuv Roy, PhD
Milton H. Saier, PhD, American Academy of Microbiology (1999)
Eric A. Schmelz, PhD
Robert J. Schmidt, PhD, Emeritus
Julian I. Schroeder, PhD, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006), Torrey Mesa Research Institute Chair in Plant Science (2015), National Academy of Sciences (2015), Leopoldina German National Academy of Sciences (2017)
Terrence J. Sejnowski, PhD, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2000), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006), National Academy of Medicine (2008), National Academy of Sciences (2010), National Academy of Engineering (2011), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013)
Allen I. Selverston, PhD, Emeritus
Jonathan Shurin, PhD, Chair, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
Douglas W. Smith, PhD, Emeritus
Laurie G. Smith, PhD, Paul D. Saltman Chair in Science Education
Nicholas C. Spitzer, PhD, Emeritus, Professor of the Graduate Division, Atkinson Family Chair, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2000), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002), National Academy of Sciences (2013)
Suresh Subramani, PhD, Emeritus, Professor of the Graduate Division, Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Professorship in Molecular Biology
Gurol Suel, PhD
Xin Sun, PhD
David Traver, PhD
Emily Troemel, PhD
Sandra L. Vehrencamp, PhD, Emerita
Elizabeth Villa, PhD, HHMI Investigator
Jing Wang, PhD
Steven A. Wasserman, PhD, Emeritus, Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
James Wilhelm, PhD, Associate Dean of Education
Christopher J. Wills, PhD, Emeritus
Yang Xu, PhD, Emeritus
Michael P. Yaffe, PhD, Emeritus
Martin F. Yanofsky, PhD, Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences (2008), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
Deborah Yelon, PhD, Chair, Cell and Developmental Biology, Herbert Stern Chair in Biology
Juan Yguerabide, PhD, Emeritus
Dong-Er Zhang, PhD, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2018)
Yunde Zhao, PhD, American Society of Plant Biologists (2022), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2022)
Yimin Zou, PhD
Elina Zuniga, PhD, American Academy of Microbiology (2021)
Associate Professors
Andrew Barton, PhD
Brenda Bloodgood, PhD
Willie C. Brown, PhD, Emeritus, Academic Senate Career Distinguished Teaching Award
Matthew Daugherty, PhD
Alisa Huffaker, PhD
Enfu Hui, PhD
Amy Kiger, PhD
Sergey Kryazhimskiy, PhD
Byungkook Lim, PhD
Li-Fan Lu, PhD
Justin Meyer, PhD
Ramón Piñón, PhD, Emeritus
Jose Pruneda-Paz, PhD
Pamela Reinagel, PhD
Scott Rifkin, PhD
Chih-Ying Su, PhD
Jill Wildonger, PhD
Assistant Professors
Johnatan Aljadeff, PhD
Mikio Aoi, PhD
Vineet Augustine, PhD
Matthew Banghart, PhD
Marcus Benna, PhD
Heidi Cook-Andersen, MD, PhD
Shermin de Silva, PhD
Alexandra Dickinson, PhD
Andreas Ernst, PhD
Emma Farley, PhD
Stacey Glasgow, PhD
Sara Jackrel, PhD
Matthew Lovett-Barron, PhD
Cressida Madigan, PhD
Hiruy Meharena, PhD
Andrew Muroyama, PhD
Sonya Neal, PhD
Vu Nguyen, PhD
Gulcin Pekkurnaz, PhD
Michael Perry, PhD
Aspen Reese, PhD
Diana Rennison, PhD
Fabian Rivera Chavez, PhD
Cory Root, PhD
Noah Rose, PhD
Alistair Russell, PhD
Monique Smith, PhD
Teaching Professors
Jon Christopher Armour, MD, PhD, Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
Lakshmi Chilukuri, PhD, Provost of Sixth College
Aaron Coleman, PhD
Barry Grant, PhD
Stanley Lo, PhD
Stephanie Mel, PhD, Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards—Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Ella Tour, PhD
Gabriele K. Wienhausen, PhD, Emerita, Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Associate Teaching Professors
Madeline Butler, PhD, Emerita
James Cooke, PhD
Kathleen French, PhD, Emerita
Ashley Juavinett, PhD
Lisa McDonnell, PhD, Revelle College Faculty Fellow (2022)
Muriel Nesbitt, PhD, Emerita
Sarah Stockwell, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professors
LaTisha Hammond, PhD
Clara Meaders, PhD
Liam Mueller, PhD
Melinda Owens, PhD
Katherine Petrie, PhD
Keefe Reuther, PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Nicola Allen, PhD
Kenta Asahina, PhD
Janelle Ayres, PhD
Eiman Azim, PhD
Wolfgang Busch, PhD
Sreekanth Chalasani, PhD
Jesse Dixon, PhD
Joseph Ecker, PhD
Ronald M. Evans, PhD
Fred Gage, PhD
Martyn Goulding, PhD
Sung Han, PhD
Diana Hargreaves, PhD
Martin Hetzer, PhD
Anthony R. Hunter, PhD
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, PhD
Katherine Jones, PhD
Susan Kaech, PhD
Jan Karlseder, PhD
Mitchell Kronenberg, PhD
Julie Law, PhD
Kuo-Fen Lee, PhD
Vicki Lundblad, PhD
Dmitry Lyumkis, PhD
Uri Manor, PhD
Christian Metallo, PhD
Axel Nimmerjahn, PhD
Clodagh O’Shea, PhD
Satchidananda Panda, PhD
Samuel Pfaff, PhD
Michael Geoffrey Rosenfeld, MD
Oliver A. Ryder, PhD
Alan Saghatelian, PhD
Moselio Schaechter, PhD
Gerald Shadel, PhD
Reuben Shaw, PhD
Andrew Shiau, PhD
Christina Towers, PhD
Kay Tye, PhD
Geoffrey M. Wahl, PhD
Carl Ware, PhD
Ye Zheng, PhD