![Prof. Stephen Wooding](https://hsri.ucmerced.edu/sites/hsri.ucmerced.edu/files/wooding-steve-150.jpg)
Associate Professor, Anthropology & Heritage Studies, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
Professor Wooding is an evolutionary biologist investigating patterns of human genetic diversity, with a focus on genes controlling bitter taste perception. He is also conducting field studies of bitterness and toxicity in yuca, a noxious crop domesticated by indigenous Amazonian peoples