Faculty

Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty

Kerry Thompson, chair

Professor

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Renee Baran

Professor 

B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Elizabeth Braker

Professor 

B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Shana Goffredi

Professor 

B.A., University of San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

John McCormack

Professor

Director and Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology

B.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Gretchen North

John W. McMenamin Endowed Chair in Biology 

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Cheryl Okumura

Associate Professor 

B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Alexandria Pivovaroff

Roberta Pollock

Professor 

B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Harvard University

Daniel Pondella

Professor

Director, Vantuna Research Group

A.B., M.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Joseph Schulz

Professor 

B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Amber Stubler

Assistant Professor

B.S., Ph.D., Stony Brook University

Amanda J. Zellmer

Associate Professor

B.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Alejandra Martínez Berdeja
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Stephanie S. L. Birnbaum

Babak Hassanzadeh
Visiting Instructor
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles

Mia Mattioli

Karen Molinder
Resident Assistant Professor
A.B., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Jeffrey Morse

Gary Schindelman

Resident Professor

B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University

Lucie Suchomelova

Jonathan P. Williams
Resident Senior Instructor
B.S., University of North Carolina at Wilmington; M.S., California State University, Northridge