Faculty

Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty

Professor 

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

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 

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

Kerry Thompson

Professor

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

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

Zoë J. Kitchel
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Rutgers University

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

Sigfrido A. Zimmermann
Visiting Instructor
B.A., M.S., California State University, Northridge