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Faculty & Staff

Biology Faculty and Their Research Interests

Lisa M. Baird, Ph.D. (University of California at Davis).

Developmental botany with an emphasis on symbioses for nitrogen fixation in legumes.

Email:  baird@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4073
Office:  ST481
Dr. Baird's Home Page

Terry Bird, Ph.D.  (University of British Columbia).

Signal transduction and the control of gene expression in bacteria.

Email:  tbird@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4671
Office:  ST477
Dr. Bird's Home Page coming soon

Marcelle Darby, MS (San Diego State University).

Email:  mdarby@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4074
Office:  ST433

Hugh I. Ellis, Ph.D.  (University of Florida).

Physiological ecology of animals, especially energetics of birds.

Email:  ellis@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4075
Office:  ST478
Dr. Ellis' Home Page

Jeremy H.A. Fields, Ph.D.  (University of British Columbia).

Cell biology; adaptive mechanisms on the cellular level, particularly in invertebrates.

Email:  fields@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4076
Office:  ST479
Dr. Field's Home Page coming soon

Richard J. Gonzalez, Ph.D., Department Chair   (The Pennsylvania State University).

Environmental and comparative physiology of aquatic organisms.

Email:  gonzalez@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4077
Office:  ST483
Dr. Gonzalez's Home Page

Valerie S. Hohman, Ph.D.  (University of Arizona).

Evolution of the vertebrate immune system, particularly the regulation of immunoglobulin gene expression in elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) and the evolution of J. chains.

Email:  vhohman@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-7440
Office:  ST436
Dr. Hohman's Home Page coming soon

Paul R. Kemp, Ph.D.  (Washington State University).

Impact of human disturbance and global changes on arid ecosystems.

Email:  pkemp@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4074
Office:  ST433
Dr. Kemp's Home Page

Curtis M. Loer, Ph.D.  (University of California at San Diego).

Genetic regulation of neurotransmitter choice in the neamode C. elegans.

Email:  cloer@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4129
Office:  ST437
Dr. Loer's Home Page

Mary Sue Lowery, Ph.D.  (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego).

Biochemistry and physiology of fish muscle; muscle cell culture; swimming physiology.

Email:  slowery@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4078
Office:  ST482
Dr. Lowery's Home Page coming soon

Michael Mayer, Ph.D.  (Washington State University).

Molecular systematics and microevolutionary patterns and processes in plants.

Email:  mayer@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4081
Office:  ST434
Dr. Mayer's Home Page coming soon

Marjorie Patrick, Ph.D.  (University of California at Irvine).

Insect physiology, specifically osmoregulation of adult and larval mosquitoes; secondary interest in fish osmoregulation.

Email:  mpatrick@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-8863
Office:  ST432
Dr. Patrick's Home Page

Gregory K. Pregill, Ph.D.  (University of Kansas).

Morphology, systematics and paleontology of vertebrates, especially amphibians and reptiles.

Email:  pregill@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4082
Office:  ST367
Dr. Pregill's Home Page coming soon

Laura Moran Rivard, Ph.D.  (University of California at San Diego).

Email:  lrivard@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4074
Office:  ST433

Marie A. Simovich, Ph.D.  (University of California at Riverside).

Population genetics approach to the roles of hybridization and asexual reproduction in evolution and to the conservation of endangered species.

Email:  simo@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4083
Office:  ST369
Dr. Simovich's Home Page

Curt Spanis, Ph.D.  (University of California at Los Angeles).

Neurophysiology and microbiology; drugs and memory mechanisms.

Email:  curts@sandiego.edu
Phone:  (619) 260-4084
Office:  ST371
Dr. Spanis' Home Page coming soon

Staff

Sharon Bunton
Executive Assistant
bunton@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4729; (619) 260-6804 fax
ST372

Don Gennero
Laboratory Manager
gennero@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4080
ST368

Keith Macdonald

Laboratory Technician
keithm@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4211
ST366