Dr. Sam Behseta, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Education: B.Sc National University, Iran; M.Sc San Diego State University; PhD in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests: Bayesian statistics, statistics in neuroscience, Bayesian functional data analysis, probabilistic watermarking, Probability theory and biostatistics.
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Amybeth Cohen, Ph.D.
Biology
Education: Ph.D., UC Riverside

Research Interests: Regulation of photosynthetic gene expression in plant cells, nuclear-chloroplast interactions, expression of foreign therapeutic proteins in the unicellular green alga, Chlamydymonas reinhardtii
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Carol Creighton
Acting Associate Dean, UEE

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Math P. Cuajungco, Ph.D.
Biological Science, Assistant Professor
Education: B.Sc., M.Sc. University of Auckland, New Zealand; Ph.D. University of Auckland, New Zealand

Research Interests: The role of TRP ion channels in human diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Mucolipidosis type IV, and cancer); Zinc neurobiology; Metal transporters; Stem cells; Drug discovery
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Peter de Lijser, Ph.D.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Education: B.Sc. Van Leeuwenhoek Institute; M.Sc. Leiden University; Ph.D. Dalhousie University; Postdoctoral: University of Rochester

Research Interests: Environmental organic photochemistry: currently studying the structure and reactivity of naturally occurring compounds (drugs, pesticides, dyes) containing a carbon-nitrogen double bond (oximes, oxime ethers, hydrazones, azines) upon photochemical excitation and one-electron oxidation. Specific interests include the generation of reactive species (radicals, radical ions) via surface-catalyzed photochemical reactions (pesticides; environmental) and enzyme-catalyzed oxidations (drugs; toxicology) of model compounds.
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David B. Drath, Ph.D.
Biology
Education: B.A., Ph.D. New York University

Research Interests: Immune response to infection; immunotherapy; tumor metastasis; neuroimmune communication; stress and immune dysfunction.
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Mark Filowitz, Ph.D.
Physical Chemist
Education: B.A., Chemistry 1973, New York University; M.A., Chemistry 1974, Columbia University; M.Phil., Chem., 1976, Columbia University; Ph.D., Chemistry 1977, Columbia University

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Christina A. Goode, Ph.D.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Education: B.S. 1980 University of London; Ph.D. 1984 University of Guelph

Research Interests: Membrane receptor proteins. Specifically looking at the interaction between egg and sperm in fertilization and the mechanisms that exist in nature to block this interaction and prevent the catastrophic event of polyspermy.
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Erin Hollis, Ph.D.
Department of English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
Education: Ph.D. (2005) and M.A. (1999) in English Texas A&M University, B.A. in English Illinois State University (1996)

Research Interests: Modernist Literature, including James Joyce, Mina Loy, and Virginia Woolf, Textual Criticism (manuscript studies), and Popular Culture, including Harry Potter, Vampire Literature, and the Graphic Novel.
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Paula Hudson, Ph.D.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Education: B.A. 1995 UC San Diego; Ph.D. 2001 University of Colorado, Boulder

Research Interests: Chemical and physical processes of atmospherically relevant surfaces and aerosol using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, quantitative adsorption methods and particle sizing instrumentation.
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Dr. Kevin Nichols, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Education: B.S. in applied mathematics from UC Berkeley, M.S. in statistics from UCLA, Ph.D. in statistics from UCLA

Research Interests: Spatio/Temporal Statistics, specifically with application to earthquake and wildfire patterns
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Harold R. (Hal) Rogers, Ph.D.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Education: B.S. (Honors), California State University, Los Angeles, 1974; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978

Research Interests: Organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry; synthesis and mechanisms of organometallic reactions involving main- group metals; polymer-bound organometallics as biocidal materials; synthesis and characterization of novel plastics that inhibit formation of bacterial biofilms; hazardous materials chemistry – design, preparation and evaluation of environmentally friendly flame retardants.
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Brandy Schaal
Program Manager
University Extended Education

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Sora Park Tanjasiri, Ph.D.
Kinesiology and Health Science
Education: B.A. 1986 UC Berkeley; MPH 1989 UCLA; PhD 1996 UCLA

Research Interests: Dr. Tanjasiri’s research foci are in health disparities, chronic disease prevention and control, and participatory research models that facilitate long-term health of communities.
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Sean Walker, Ph.D.
Biological Science
Education: B.S. University of Texas at Tyler; M.S., Ph.D. Miami University (Ohio)

Research Interests: Behavioral and evolutionary ecology, sexual selection, animal communication, ecological morphology, chemical ecology, impacts of stress and aging on insect immunity and behavior, mathematical and simulation modeling, and statistics.
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