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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

Faculty

While HSRI members may have research interests that overlap with multiple research clusters, they are listed below by their primary research cluster. Please scroll or select a research cluster from the dropdown.

Basic & Behavioral Neuroscience

Ramesh Balasubramaniam

Ramesh Balasubramaniam

Professor
ramesh@ucmerced.edu
Anand Gadre

Anand Gadre

Director, Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry
+1 (209) 228-2345
agadre@ucmerced.edu
Dr Xuecai Ge UC Merced HSRI

Xuecai Ge

Assistant Professor
xge2@ucmerced.edu

Jeffrey Gilger

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4641
jgilger@ucmerced.edu
hsri member david noel

David Noelle

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4101
dnoelle@ucmerced.edu
Ramen Saha UC Merced

Ramen Saha

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2425
rsaha3@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Fred Wolf

Fred Wolf

Assistant Professor
+1 (415) 370-1132
fwolf@ucmerced.edu

Biomolecular Research

HSRI member David Ardell

David Ardell

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-2953
dardell@ucmerced.edu
Mehmet Baykara UC Merced HSRI

Mehmet Baykara

Assistant Professor
mehmet.baykara@ucmerced.edu

Michael Cleary

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4554
mcleary4@ucmerced.edu
Linda Hirst

Linda Hirst

Professor
lhirst@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Patti LiWang

Patricia LiWang

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4568
pliwang@ucmerced.edu
hsri member munoz

Victor Muñoz

Professor
+1 (209) 228-2430
vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu

Chih-Wen Ni

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4308
cni3@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Ortiz

Rudy Ortiz

Professor
rortiz@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Nestor Oviedo

Nestor Oviedo

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4541
noviedo2@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Liang Shi UC Merced HSRI

Liang Shi

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 201-2409
lshi4@ucmerced.edu
hsri member ben stokes

Benjamin Stokes

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2489
bstokes2@ucmerced.edu
hsri member anand subramaniam

Anand Subramaniam

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2466
asubramaniam@ucmerced.edu

Shahar Sukenik

Assistant Professor
ssukenik@ucmerced.edu

Biosimulation & Modeling

Ahmed Arif UC Merced HSRI

Ahmed Sabbir Arif

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-3639
asarif@ucmerced.edu
hsri member mike colvin

Mike Colvin

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4364
mcolvin@ucmerced.edu
hsri member lilian davila

Lilian Davila

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4707
ldavila@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Ajay Gopinathan

Ajay Gopinathan

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4048
agopinathan@ucmerced.edu
hsri member sachin goal

Sachin Goyal

Assistant Professor
+1 (734) 576-2200
sgoyal2@ucmerced.edu
hsri member hratchian

Hrant Hratchian

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2365
hhratchian@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member christine inborn

Christine Isborn

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4693
cisborn@ucmerced.edu
hsri member kallmann

Marcelo Kallmann

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4168
mkallmann@ucmerced.edu
hsri member arnold kim

Arnold Kim

Professor
+1 (209) 228-2951
adkim@ucmerced.edu
hsri member shawn newsam

Shawn Newsam

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4167
snewsam@ucmerced.edu
hsri member suzanne sindi

Suzanne Sindi

+1 (209) 228-4224
ssindi@ucmerced.edu
hsri member Jian Qiao Sun

Jian-Qiao Sun

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4540
jsun3@ucmerced.edu
hsri member warlaumont

Anne Warlaumont

Assistant Professor
awarlaumont2@ucmerced.edu
hsri member xu

Jing Xu

Assistant Professor
jxu8@ucmerced.edu

Cancer Research

hsri member nancy burke

Nancy Burke

Professor
+1 (415) 514-9419
nburke2@ucmerced.edu
hsri member cameron

Linda Cameron

Professor
+1 (209) 228-2252
lcameron@ucmerced.edu
hsri member fabian filipp

Fabian Filipp

Assistant Professor
filipp@ucmerced.edu
MariaElena Gonzalez UC Merced

MariaElena Gonzalez

Assistant Professor
mgonzalez82@ucmerced.edu

Anna Song

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4591
asong5@ucmerced.edu
hsri member jitske tiemensma

Jitske Tiemensma

Assistant Professor
jtiemensma@ucmerced.edu

Decision Making

HSRI member Evan Heit

Evan Heit

Professor
eheit@ucmerced.edu
hsri member kurt schnier

Kurt Schnier

Professor
kschnier@ucmerced.edu

Paul Smaldino

Assistant Professor
psmaldino@ucmerced.edu
Deborah Wiebe

Deborah Wiebe

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4614
dwiebe@ucmerced.edu

Environment & Health

hsri member roger bales

Roger Bales

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4348
rbales@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Yihsu Chen

Yihsu Chen

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4102
yihsu.chen@ucmerced.edu
YangQuan Chen

YangQuan Chen

Associate Professor
ychen53@ucmerced.edu
HSRI Member Cisneros

Ricardo Cisneros

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4786
rcisneros@ucmerced.edu
Justin Cook UC Merced

Justin Cook

Assistant Professor
jcook9@ucmerced.edu
hsri member harmon

Thomas Harmon

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4337
tharmon@ucmerced.edu
Dr Emilia Huerta-Sanchez

Emilia Huerta-Sánchez

Assistant Professor
ehuerta-sanchez@ucmerced.edu
hsri member joyce

Andrea Joyce

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2381
ajoyce2@ucmerced.edu
hsri member o'day

Peggy O'Day

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4338
poday@ucmerced.edu
hsri member wolfgang rogge

Wolfgang Rogge

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4543
wrogge@ucmerced.edu

Health Disparities

hsri member paul almeida

Paul Almeida

Professor
+1 (209) 228-3002
palmeida@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Beattie

Irenee Beattie

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4596
ibeattie@ucmerced.edu

Sarah Depaoli

Assistant Professor
sdepaoli@ucmerced.edu
hsri member diaz rios

Karina Díaz Rios

kdiazrios@ucmerced.edu
Charlie Eaton UC Merced HSRI

Charlie Eaton

Assistant Professor
ceaton2@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza UC Merced HSRI

Tanya Golash-Boza

Professor
tgolash-boza@ucmerced.edu
hsri member whitney pirtle

Whitney Pirtle

Assistant Professor
wpirtle@ucmerced.edu
Susana Ramirez

Susana Ramirez

Assistant Professor
sramirez37@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Linda Rebhun

Linda-Anne Rebhun

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4550
lrebhun@ucmerced.edu

Jan Wallander

Distinguished Professor
+1 (209) 756-5731
jwallander@ucmerced.edu

Immunity & Infectious Diseases

Miriam Barlow

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4174
mbarlow@ucmerced.edu
hsri member anna beaudin

Anna Beaudin

Assistant Professor
abeaudin@ucmerced.edu
HSRI Member Chin

Wei Chun Chin

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-8668
wchin@ucmerced.edu

Carolin Frank

Associate Professor
cfrank3@ucmerced.edu
hsri member marcos garcia

Marcos García-Ojeda

Lecturer
+1 (209) 228-6986
mgarcia-ojeda@ucmerced.edu
Juris A. Grasis UC Merced HSRI

Juris Grasis

Assistant Professor
jagrasis@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Katrina Hoyer

Katrina Hoyer

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4229
khoyer2@ucmerced.edu
hsri member kirk jensen

Kirk Jensen

Assistant Professor
kjensen5@ucmerced.edu
hsri member changqing li

Changqing Li

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4777
cli32@ucmerced.edu

Jennifer Manilay

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4175
jmanilay@ucmerced.edu
hsri member nobile

Clarissa Nobile

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2427
cnobile@ucmerced.edu
hsri member mark sistrom

Mark Sistrom

Assistant Professor
+1 (203) 623-9979
msistrom@ucmerced.edu

General Biomedical Sciences

Dr Chris Amemiya UC Merced HSRI

Chris Amemiya

Professor
camemiya@ucmerced.edu

Mike Dawson

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4056
mdawson@ucmerced.edu

Eva De Alba

Acting Associate Professor
edealbabastarrechea@ucmerced.edu
hsri member ariel escobar

Ariel Escobar

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4618
aescobar4@ucmerced.edu
Arvind Gopinath

Arvind Gopinath

Assistant Professor
agopinath@ucmerced.edu
hsri member henry

Aaron Hernday

Assistant Professor
ahernday@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Andy LiWang

Andy LiWang

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4617
aliwang@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Gabrielle Loots

Gabrielle Loots

Assistant Adjunct Professor
+1 (925) 423-0923
gloots@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Kara Mcclosky

Kara McCloskey

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-7885
kmccloskey@ucmerced.edu
Emily Jane McTavish

Emily Jane McTavish

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4489
ejmctavish@ucmerced.edu
Dr Chih-Wen Ni UC Merced HSRI

Chi-Wen Ni

Assistant Professor
Alexander Petersen

Alexander Petersen

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 752-9741
apetersen3@ucmerced.edu
Joel Spencer UC Merced HSRI

Joel Spencer

Assistant Professor
joel.spencer@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Stephanie Woo UC Merced HSRI

Stephanie Woo

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4030
swoo6@ucmerced.edu
hsri member steve wooding

Steve Wooding

Assistant Professor
swooding@ucmerced.edu
Maria-Elena

Maria-Elena Zoghbi

Assistant Professor
mzoghbi@ucmerced.edu

General Behavioral Sciences

hsri member heather bortfeld

Heather Bortfeld

Professor
hbortfeld@ucmerced.edu

Paul Brown

Professor
pbrown3@ucmerced.edu
hsri member robin deluge

Robin DeLugan

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4032
rdelugan@ucmerced.edu
Dr Sidra Goldman-Mellor

Sidra Goldman-Mellor

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2498
sgoldman-mellor@ucmerced.edu

Sandie Ha

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-3615
sha55@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook UC Merced HSRI

Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook

Assistant Professor
jhahn-holbrook@ucmerced.edu

Colin Holbrook

Assistant Professor
cholbrook@ucmerced.edu
Jennifer Howell

Jennifer Howell

Assistant Professor
howell@ucmerced.edu
Abdrew Johnston UC Merced HSRI

Andrew Johnston

Assistant Professor
acjohnston@ucmerced.edu

Dalia Magana

Assistant Professor
dmagana6@ucmerced.edu

Paul Maglio

Professor
pmaglio@ucmerced.edu

Alexandra Main

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2429
amain@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Denise Payan

Denise Payan

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-3618
dpayan@ucmerced.edu
hsri member rose scott

Rose Scott

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4362
rscott@ucmerced.edu
Eric Walle

Eric Walle

Assistant Professor
ewalle@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Irene Yen UC Merced HSRI

Irene Yen

Professor
+1 (209) 228-3363
Iyen@ucmerced.edu
hsri member zawadzki

Matthew Zawadzki

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-4787
mzawadzki@ucmerced.edu