Faculty within the School of Biological Sciences & UCI School of Medicine:
- Steve Allison, allisons@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Microbial ecology, modeling, and global environmental change - Mathew Blurton-Jones, mblurton@uci.edu, Neurobiology and Behavior
Neural stem cells, neurodegeneration, Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, molecular and cellular mechanisms
- Adriana Briscoe, abriscoe@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
Evolution of sensory systems - Karina S. Cramer, cramerk@uci.edu, Neurobiology and Behavior,
Explores the cellular and molecular mechanisms that facilitate axon targeting and synapse maturation in neural circuit assembly - J.J. Emerson, jje@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary genomics, population genetics, evolution of genetic novelty, natural genetic variation, structural genetic variation - Brandon Gaut, bgaut@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics, molecular evolution, genome evolution - Donovan German, dgerman@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Nutritional Physiology, Comparative Physiology, Global Change, Biogeochemistry - Grace Lee, grylee@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics, evolutionary genomics, epigenetics, transposable elements, Drosophila - Anthony Long, tdlong@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics, the genetics of complex traits, the genetics of adaptation, and bioinformatics
- Adam C. Martiny, amartiny@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Microbiology, Environmental Genomics, Oceanography. - Jennifer B.H. Martiny, jmartiny@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Diversity, evolution, and functioning of microbial communities (microbiomes). - Jose M. Ranz, jranz@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Functional and comparative genomics; Evolution of the expression network; Speciation - Kevin Thornton, krthorn@uci.edu, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics, quantitative genetics, and computational biology - Momoko Watanabe, momokow@uci.edu, Anatomy & Neurobiology Human brain organoids as a model system for neural development and disease
- Marcelo Wood, mwood@uci.edu, Neurobiology and Behavior
Role of epigenetic mechanisms involved in synaptic plasticity, normal long-term memory processes, memory processes associated with drugs of abuse, and age-related memory impairments