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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

Kristina Backer

Kristina Backer

Assistant Professor
kbacker@ucmerced.edu
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 (Susan) Ge

Assistant Professor
xge2@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Elif Isbell

Elif Isbell

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
eisbell@ucmerced.edu
hsri member david noel

David Noelle

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4101
dnoelle@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Rachel Ryskin

Rachel Ryskin

Assistant Professor
rryskin@ucmerced.edu
Tony Shahin

Antoine Shahin

Associate Research Scientist
ashahin@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

Jaapna Dhillon

Postdoctoral Scholar-Molecular Cell Biology
jdhillon5@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
HSRI member Ortiz

Rudy Ortiz

Professor
rortiz@ucmerced.edu
HSRI member Nestor Oviedo

Nestor Oviedo

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4541
noviedo2@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

Kinjal Dasbiswas

Assistant Professor
kdasbiswas@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 kallmann

Marcelo Kallmann

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

Shawn Newsam

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

Jing Xu

Assistant Professor
jxu8@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Lihong Zhao

Lihong Zhao

Postdoctoral Scholar
lzhao33@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
MariaElena Gonzalez UC Merced

MariaElena Gonzalez

Assistant Professor
mgonzalez82@ucmerced.edu

Erica Rutter

Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics
erutter2@ucmerced.edu

Anna Song

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4591
asong5@ucmerced.edu

Decision Making

Paul Brown

Professor
pbrown3@ucmerced.edu

Martin Hagger

Professor
mhagger@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Kyra Hamilton

Kyra Hamilton

Professor, Griffith University, Australia
kyra.hamilton@griffith.edu.au

Paul Smaldino

Assistant Professor
psmaldino@ucmerced.edu
Deborah Wiebe

Deborah Wiebe

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

Mi Zhou

Postdoctoral Scholar---School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
mzhou30@ucmerced.edu

Environment & Health

Prof. Asa Bradman

Asa Bradman

Professor, School of Social Sciences Humanities & Arts
abradman@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Alec Chan-Golston

Alec Chan-Golston

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
achan-golston@ucmerced.edu
YangQuan Chen

YangQuan Chen

Associate Professor
ychen53@ucmerced.edu
HSRI Member Cisneros

Ricardo Cisneros

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4786
rcisneros@ucmerced.edu
hsri member o'day

Peggy O'Day

Professor
+1 (209) 228-4338
poday@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Beth Scaffidi

Beth Scaffidi

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
cscaffidi@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

Associate Professor
sdepaoli@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Anna Epperson

Anna Epperson

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
aepperson@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza UC Merced HSRI

Tanya Golash-Boza

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

Whitney Pirtle

Associate Professor
wpirtle@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Andrea Polonijo

Andrea Polonijo

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
apolonijo@ucmerced.edu
Susana Ramirez

Susana Ramirez

Associate Professor
sramirez37@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Meredith Van Natta

Meredith Van Natta

Assistant Professor
+1 (415) 326-3248
mvannatta@ucmerced.edu

Jan Wallander

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

Maria-Elena Young

Assistant Professor, Public Health
mariaelena@ucmerced.edu

Immunity & Infectious Diseases

Miriam Barlow

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 228-4174
mbarlow@ucmerced.edu
HSRI Member Chin

Wei Chun Chin

Professor
+1 (209) 228-8668
wchin@ucmerced.edu
Juris A. Grasis UC Merced HSRI

Juris Grasis

Assistant Professor
jagrasis@ucmerced.edu
Katrina Hoyer

Katrina Hoyer

Associate 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

General Biomedical Sciences

Dr Chris Amemiya UC Merced HSRI

Chris Amemiya

Professor
camemiya@ucmerced.edu
Roberto Andresen Eguiluz

Roberto Andresen Eguiluz

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
randreseneguiluz@ucmerced.edu
Prof. Eva deAlba

Eva De Alba

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
headshot of Stefan Materna

Stefan Materna

Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
smaterna@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
Joel Spencer UC Merced HSRI

Joel Spencer

Assistant Professor
joel.spencer@ucmerced.edu

Margo Vener

Professor, Interim Director of Medical Education
mvener@ucmerced.edu
Dr. Stephanie Woo UC Merced HSRI

Stephanie Woo

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

Stephen Wooding

Assistant Professor
swooding@ucmerced.edu
Maria-Elena

Maria-Elena Zoghbi

Assistant Professor
mzoghbi@ucmerced.edu

General Behavioral Sciences

Mayra Bamaca

Associate Professor
mbamaca@ucmerced.edu
hsri member heather bortfeld

Heather Bortfeld

Professor
hbortfeld@ucmerced.edu

Deepti Chittamuru

Post Doctoral Fellow--School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
dchittamuru@ucmerced.edu
hsri member robin delugan

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
Dr. Joanna Mackie

Joanna Mackie

Postdoctoral Scholar
jmackie@ucmerced.edu

Dalia Magana

Assistant Professor
dmagana6@ucmerced.edu

Alexandra Main

Assistant Professor
+1 (209) 228-2429
amain@ucmerced.edu
photo of Teenie Matlock

Teenie Matlock

Professor of Cognitive Science; Vice Provost
tmatlock@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