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HSRI Members typically have numerous research interests and participate in multiple HSRI research centers and cores. Please select an option from the drop-down menu below to view HSRI Members associated with each research topic, center, or core.

Prof. Paul Almeida
Paul Almeida
Professor
Sociology
palmeida@ucmerced.edu
Monica Alvarado Academic Personnel/Human Resources Analyst
Monica Alvarado
Academic Personnel/Human Resources Analyst
Health Sciences Research Institute
malvarado37@ucmerced.edu
Chris Amemiya
Chris Amemiya
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
camemiya@ucmerced.edu
Prof. David Ardell
David Ardell
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
dardell@ucmerced.edu
Ahmed Sabbir Arif
Ahmed Sabbir Arif
Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
asarif@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Kristina Backer
Kristina Backer
Assistant Professor
Cognitive & Information Sciences
kbacker@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Ramesh Balasubramaniam
Ramesh Balasubramaniam
Professor
Cognitive & Information Sciences
ramesh@ucmerced.edu
Mayra Bamaca
Mayra Bamaca
Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
mbamaca@ucmerced.edu
Miriam Barlow
Miriam Barlow
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
mbarlow@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Irenee Beattie
Irenee Beattie
Associate Professor
Sociology
ibeattie@ucmerced.edu
Heather Bortfeld
Heather Bortfeld
Professor
Psychological Sciences
Prof. Asa Bradman
Asa Bradman
Professor
Public Health
Prof. Paul Brown
Paul Brown
Professor
School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
pbrown3@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Nancy Burke
Nancy Burke
Professor
Public Health
nburke2@ucmerced.edu
Linda Cameron
Linda Cameron
Professor
Psychological Sciences
lcameron@ucmerced.edu
Ruben Michael Ceballos
Ruben Michael Ceballos
Associate Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
rceballos@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Alec Chan-Golston
Alec Chan-Golston
Assistant Professor
Public Health
achan-golston@ucmerced.edu
Prof. YangQuan Chen
YangQuan Chen
Professor
Engineering
ychen53@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Wei-Chun Chin
Wei-Chun Chin
Professor
Materials Science & Engineering
wchin2@ucmerced.edu
Ricardo Cisneros
Ricardo Cisneros
Associate Professor
Public Health
rcisneros@ucmerced.edu
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Claudia Corchado
Program Manager
Cultiva La Salud Merced
claudia@cultivalasalud.org
Kinjal Dasbiswas
Kinjal Dasbiswas
Assistant Professor
Physics
kdasbiswas@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Lilian Davila
Lilian Davila
Assistant Professional Researcher
Materials Science & Engineering
ldavila@ucmerced.edu
Eva De Alba
Eva De Alba
Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engineering
edealbabastarrechea@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Robin DeLugan
Robin DeLugan
Professor
Anthropology & Heritage Studies
rdelugan@ucmerced.edu
Sarah Depaoli
Professor
Psychological Sciences
sdepaoli@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Arturo Durazo
Arturo Durazo
Project Scientist
HSRI
adurazo2@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Anna Epperson
Anna Epperson
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
aepperson@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Xuecai (Susan) Ge
Xuecai (Susan) Ge
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
xge2@ucmerced.edu
Hirosha Geekiyanage
Hirosha Geekiyanage
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering
dgeekiyanage@ucmerced.edu
Sidra Goldman-Mellor
Sidra Goldman-Mellor
Associate Professor
Public Health
sgoldman-mellor@ucmerced.edu
MariaElena Gonzalez
MariaElena Gonzalez
Associate Professor
Public Health
mgonzalez82@ucmerced.edu
Arvind Gopinath
Arvind Gopinath
Associate Professor
Bioengineering
agopinath@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Ajay Gopinathan
Ajay Gopinathan
Professor
Physics
agopinathan@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Sachin Goyal
Sachin Goyal
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
sgoyal2@ucmerced.edu
Juris Grasis
Juris Grasis
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
jagrasis@ucmerced.edu
David Gravano
David Gravano
Technical Director of Cytometry
Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry (SCIF)
dgravano@ucmerced.edu
Sandie Ha
Sandie Ha
Assistant Professor
Public Health
sha55@ucmerced.edu
Martin Hagger
Martin Hagger
Professor
Psychological Sciences
mhagger@ucmerced.edu
Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook
Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
jhahn-holbrook@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Kyra Hamilton
Kyra Hamilton
Associate Professor
Griffith University (Australia)
kyra.hamilton@griffith.edu.au
Thomas Harmon
Thomas Harmon
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
tharmon@ucmerced.edu
Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks
Assistant Professor
Cognitive & Information Sciences
dhicks4@ucmerced.edu
HSRI Executive Director Trevor Hirst
Trevor Hirst
Executive Director
Health Sciences Research Institute
thirst@ucmerced.edu
Linda S. Hirst
Linda S. Hirst
Professor and Chair, Physics
Physics
lhirst@ucmerced.edu
Colin Holbrook
Colin Holbrook
Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
cholbrook@ucmered.edu
Prof. Jennifer Howell
Jennifer Howell
Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
howell@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Katrina Hoyer
Katrina Hoyer
Associate Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
khoyer2@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Elif Isbell
Elif Isbell
Assistant Professor
Psychological Sciences
eisbell@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Kirk Jensen
Kirk Jensen
Associate Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
kjensen5@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Changqing Li
Changqing Li
Professor
Electrical Engineering
cli32@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Andy LiWang
Andy LiWang
Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
aliwang@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Patricia LiWang
Patricia LiWang
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
pliwang@ucmerced.edu
Dalia Magaña
Dalia Magaña
Assistant Professor
History & World Cultures
dmagana6@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Alexandra Main
Alexandra Main
Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
amain@ucmerced.edu
Jennifer Manilay
Jennifer Manilay
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
jmanilay@ucmerced.edu
Rosa Manzo
Rosa Manzo
Project Scientist
HSRI
rmanzo3@ucmerced.edu
Stefan Materna
Stefan Materna
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
smaterna@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Kara McCloskey
Kara McCloskey
Professor
Bioengineering
kmccloskey@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Emily Jane McTavish
Emily Jane McTavish
Associate Professor
Life & Environmental Sciences
ejmctavish@ucmerced.edu
Carmen Middleton
Carmen Middleton
Departmental Research Administrator
Health Sciences Research Institute
cmiddleton@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Victor Muñoz
Victor Muñoz
Professor
Bioengineering
vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu
Leann Nascimento
Leann Nascimento
Chief Administrative Officer
Health Sciences Research Institute
lnascimento@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Shawn Newsam
Shawn Newsam
Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Clarissa Nobile
Clarissa Nobile
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
cnobile@ucmerced.edu
Prof. David Noelle
David Noelle
Associate Professor
Cognitive & Information Sciences
Peggy O'Day
Peggy O'Day
Professor
Life & Environmental Sciences
poday@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Rudy Ortiz
Rudy Ortiz
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
rortiz@ucmerced.edu
Néstor Oviedo
Néstor Oviedo
Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
noviedo2@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Whitney Pirtle
Whitney Pirtle
Associate Professor
Sociology
wpirtle@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Andrea Polonijo
Andrea Polonijo
Assistant Professor
Sociology
apolonijo@ucmerced.edu
Martin Reyes
Martin Reyes
Departmental Research Administrator
Health Sciences Research Institute
mreyes54@ucmerced.edu
Alexandra (Ali) Rivera-Gonzalez
Alexandra (Ali) Rivera-Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
Public Health
arivera10@ucmerced.edu
Erica Rutter
Erica Rutter
Assistant Professor
Applied Mathematics
erutter2@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Rachel Ryskin
Rachel Ryskin
Assistant Professor
Cognitive & Information Sciences
rryskin@ucmerced.edu
Ramendra Saha
Ramendra Saha
Associate Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
rsaha3@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Beth Scaffidi
Beth Scaffidi
Assistant Professor
Anthropology & Heritage Studies
cscaffidi@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Rose Scott
Rose Scott
Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
rscott@ucmerced.edu
Antoine Shahin
Antoine Shahin
Academic Administrator
Cognitive & Information Sciences
ashahin@ucmerced.edu
Kelly Shepardson
Kelly Shepardson
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
Paul Smaldino
Paul Smaldino
Associate Professor
Cognitive & Information Sciences
psmaldino@ucmerced.edu
Anna Song
Anna Song
Professor
Psychological Sciences
asong5@ucmerced.edu
Joel Spencer
Joel Spencer
Associate Professor
Bioengineering
jspencer5@ucmerced.edu
Christiane Spitzmüller
Christiane Spitzmüller
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Strategy
Office of the Provost
cspitzmueller@ucmerced.edu
Excellent Student
Excellent Student
Graduate Student
Molecular & Cell Biology
hsri@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Anand Subramaniam
Anand Subramaniam
Associate Professor
Bioengineering
asubramaniam@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Shahar Sukenik
Shahar Sukenik
Assistant Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
ssukenik@ucmerced.edu
Darrin Tracy
Darrin Tracy
Lecturer
Psychological Sciences
dtracy2@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Meredith Van Natta
Meredith Van Natta
Assistant Professor
Sociology
mvannatta@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Margo Vener
Margo Vener
Director of Medical Education
Medical Education
mvener@ucmerced.edu
Silas Verrinder
Silas Verrinder
Departmental Research Administrator
Health Sciences Research Institute
sverrinder@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Eric Walle
Eric Walle
Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
ewalle@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Deborah Wiebe
Deborah Wiebe
Professor and Director, HSRI
Psychological Sciences
dwiebe@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Fred Wolf
Fred Wolf
Associate Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
fwolf@ucmerced.edu
Stephanie Woo
Stephanie Woo
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
swoo6@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Stephen Wooding
Stephen Wooding
Associate Professor
Anthropology & Heritage Studies
swooding@ucmerced.edu
Jing Xu
Jing Xu
Associate Professor
Physics
jxu8@ucmerced.edu
Yueqi Yan
Yueqi Yan
Project Scientist
HSRI
yyan105@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Irene Yen
Irene Yen
Professor
Public Health
iyen@ucmerced.edu
Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
Assistant Professor
Public Health
mariaelena@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Matthew Zawadzki
Matthew Zawadzki
Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
mzawadzki@ucmerced.edu
Mariaelena Zoghbi
Mariaelena Zoghbi
Assistant Professor
Molecular & Cell Biology
mzoghbi@ucmerced.edu