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 

Frank Macabenta
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. University of Guam; Ph.D. Rutgers University of Medicine and Dentistry

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

Daniel Pondella

Professor

Director, Vantuna Research Group

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

Alyssa Rodriguez
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. University of San Diego; Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

Joseph Schulz

Professor 

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

Amber Stubler

Associate 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 

Stephanie S. L. Birnbaum

John Black
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S. Missouri State University; M.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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

Amina Kinkhabwala
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.A. Columbia University; M.A. Stony Brook University; Ph.D. Cornell University 

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

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