Faculty

Priyanga Amarasekare Associate Professor	Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in variable environments. amarasek@eeb.ucla.edu
Daniel Blumstein Associate Professor	The evolution of behavior and the integration of behavior and conservation biology. marmots@ucla.edu
Clifford Brunk Professor	Molecular biological approaches to the study of evolution. cbrunk@ucla.edu
Donald Buth Professor	Ichthyology; parasitology, phylogenetic systematics, population structure of lower vertebrates dbuth@ucla.edu
Peggy Fong Associate Professor	Marine ecology of coastal ecosystems. pfong@biology.ucla.edu
Arthur Gibson Professor	Functional plant anatomy and ecophysiology of plants, with recent emphasis on deserts, alpine, fynbos, and lowland rain forest; the flora of the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills. agibson@biology.ucla.edu
Malcolm Gordon Professor	Comparative ecological physiology of lower vertebrates, with emphasis on the fishes msgordon@ucla.edu
Patricia Gowaty Distinguished Professor	gowaty@eeb.ucla.edu
Gregory Grether Associate Professor	Evolution of coloration and mate preferences, sexual selection and speciation, phenotypic plasticity ggrether@ucla.edu
Stephen Hubbell Distinguished Professor	Community ecology; biodiversity shubbell@eeb.ucla.edu
Henry Hespenheide Professor	The evolutionary ecology and biodiversity of Neotropical wet forest insects. hahiii@ucla.edu
David Jacobs Professor	Evolution/Development of Invertebrate Body Plans, Paleobiology and Marine Speciation djacobs@ucla.edu
Glen MacDonald Professor	I am interested in the relationship between climatic variations and vegetation response at different spatial and temporal scales. macdonal@geog.ucla.edu
Peter Narins Distinguished Professor	Auditory Behavior, Neurophysiology and Mechanics pnarins@ucla.edu
Peter Nonacs Professor	Behavioral ecology and social evolution, using both theoretical and experimental approaches. pnonacs@biology.ucla.edu
John Novembre Assistant Professor	Computational methods in population genetics; human evolutionary genetics; genome evolution; population structure and adapation jnovembre@ucla.edu
Philip Rundel Distinguished Professor	Adaptations of plants to environmental stress, focusing on mediterranean, desert, and tropical ecosystems; applications of environmental sensor arrays for ecological research rundel@biology.ucla.edu
Lawren Sack Associate Professor	Ecology and physiology of plant species coexistence. Hydraulics of plant water transport. Evolution and functional consequences of diversity in leaf size, shape and venation. Forest dynamics and eco-hydrology. Conservation physiology. lawrensack@ucla.edu
Rebecca Shipe Assistant Professor	Marine phytoplankton ecology, physiology and biogeochemistry rshipe@ucla.edu
Thomas Smith Professor	Evolutionary ecology, speciation, and conservation of vertebrates, especially in the tropics. tbsmith@ucla.edu
Victoria Sork Professor and Department Chair	Plant evolutionary ecology, Population/conservation genetics, pollen and seed dispersal vlsork@ucla.edu
Charles Taylor Professor	Research interests: population genetics and adaptation; population structure of malaria vectors; adaptation in sensor arrays, especially for bioacoustics. taylor@biology.ucla.edu
Blaire Van Valkenburgh Professor	Paleobiology, ecology, and functional morphology of vertebrates bvanval@ucla.edu
Robert Wayne Professor	Application of molecular genetic techniques to questions in systematics, population genetics, sociobiology and conservation rwayne@biology.ucla.edu
Cheryl Ann Zimmer Professor	Population ecology of marine organisms, especially the role of hydrodynamic processes cazimmer@biology.ucla.edu
Richard Zimmer Professor	Ecology and sensory biology of aquatic organisms; chemical signals and communication z@biology.ucla.edu

Lecturers and Adjunct Faculty

Vicente Cassano Lecturer
Patricia Halpin Lecturer
Ines Horovitz Adjunct Assistant Professor	Recent and fossil mammal systematics and evolution horovitz@ucla.edu, i_horovitz@juno.com
Jon Keeley Adjunct Professor	Ecology of fire-prone ecosystems and alien plants that invade these systems. keeley@ucla.edu
Joel Martin Adjunct Associate Professor	I am a morphologist and evolutionary biologist interested in just about all groups of crustaceans, and in nearly all aspects of crustacean natural history. jmartin@nhm.org
Seth Riley Adjunct Assistant Professor	Ecology and conservation of wildlife in fragmented urban landscapes. seth_riley@nps.gov
Raymond Sauvajot Adjunct Assistant Professor	Ecological effects of urban encroachment and habitat fragmentation; conservation biology, reserve design and management; interface between ecology and environmental policy. ray_sauvajot@nps.gov
Ronald Swaisgood Adjunct Assistant Professor	Application of behavioral research to conservation problem-solving rswaisgood@sandiegozoo.org
Angel Valdes Gallego Adjunct Assistant Professor	My research interests are the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of opisthobranch mollusks, a highly derived group of marine gastropods that have developed aposematic colorations and chemical defenses to replace the reduction or loss of the shell. avaldes@nhm.org
Xiaoming Wang Adjunct Associate Professor	My current researches have two broad focuses: 1, evolution, systematics, and phylogeny of fossil carnivorans (meat-eating mammals) in Cenozoic and. 2, Geology and vertebrate paleontology of Tibetan Plateau. xwang@nhm.org

Professors Emeriti

Martin Cody Professor Emeritus	Community structure, determinants of diversity, density and distribution, interspecific interactions and adaptive morpho mlcody@ucla.edu
Nichola Collias Professor Emeritus	Behavior and populations in birds and mammals collias@noemail.ucla.edu
Franz Engelmann Professor Emeritus	Insect physiology, insect and invertebrate endocrinology. fengelma@ucla.edu
Elma Gonzalez Professor Emerita	Cell and molecular biology of calcification in coccolithophorid algae. gonzalez@biology.ucla.edu
William Hamner Professor Emeritus	Behavior of oceanic animals, emphasizing in situ observations at sea. hamner@biology.ucla.edu
J. Lee Kavanau Professor Emeritus	Origin, evolution, and functions of sleep; memory maintenance and mental disorders, early avian evolution lkavanau@biology.ucla.edu
Austin Macinnis Professor Emeritus	Behavior, molecular, and immunoparasitology ajmcginnis@ucla.edu
Ken Nagy Professor Emeritus	Ecological physiology of terrestrial vertebrates, especially desert reptiles. kennagy@biology.ucla.edu
Park Nobel Distinguished Professor Emeritus	Plant physiological ecology, especially agaves and cacti psnobel@biology.ucla.edu
Richard Vance Professor Emeritus	Marine, Theoretical, and Restoration Ecology rvance@ucla.edu
Eduardo Zeiger Professor Emeritus	Plant physiology and photobiology; with emphasis in stomatal function. zeiger@biology.ucla.edu

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Postdocs and Research Faculty

Luís Borda De Água Postdoc	Modeling of large scale ecological patterns and mechanisms using the Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography lbagua@eeb.ucla.edu
Brant C Faircloth Postdoc	Environmental, social, and random effects on multiple mating in eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) and Drosophila spp. brant@ucla.edu
Antonio Gasco Guerrero Postdoc	agasco@ucla.edu
Klaus-Peter Koepfli Postdoc	klausk@Lifesci.ucla.edu
Mckown, Athena Postdoc	research interests are plant evolution, adaptation, anatomy and development admckown@ucla.edu
J. Cully Nordby Assistant Researcher	nordby@ucla.edu
John Pollinger Project Scientist	jpolling@ucla.edu
Sasan S Saatchi Researcher	ssaatchi@ucla.edu
Joshua Samuels Postdoc	Postdoc in the lab of Blaire Van Valkenburgh, working on an NSF funded study examining mammalian olfactory anatomy and turbinate structure. We are using 3D imaging software to reconstruct the internal anatomy of carnivore skulls from CT scan data. jsamuels@ucla.edu
Douglas Scofield Postdoc	dgscofield@ucla.edu
Hendrik Thomassen Postdoc	hathomassen@ucla.edu
Zeidberg, Louis D Postdoc	I am utilizing existing oceanography and fishery databases to better understand the ecology and biological oceanography of the California market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens, formerly Loligo opalescens). zeidberg@ucla.edu