Faculty Teaching and Research Interests
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invertebrate zoology, functional invertebrate zoology, marine biology, developmental biology and ecological physiology of marine invertebrates, UV photobiology and photochemistry |
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spatial ecology, movement ecology, conservation biology, habitat ecology, mammalogy, biogeography, wildlife management |
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cell and molecular biology, microbial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions (including molecular mechanisms of disease and the immune response), virology; biology education |
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human anatomy & physiology, cardiovascular, muscular, and exercise physiology, physiology of tunas and other scombrid fishes, cardiac shunting in crocodilians |
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| Lauren Chan | evolution, molecular ecology, population genomics, phylogeography, conservation biology, herpetology |
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post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation of gene expression by cell signaling pathways in mammalian cells; epigenetics; gender, race, culture, science & technology |
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genetics and genomics; molecular biology; bioinformatics and computational biology; genetic counseling and clinical genomics; databases, biocuration, and ontologies |
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food microbiology, wine microbiology, molecular biology, virology, bacterial pathogenesis, microbial physiology, biotechnology, emerging infectious diseases, beneficial microbe-host interactions |
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sensory ecology, community ecology, behavioral ecology, global change biology, plant-animal interactions |
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| Mallary Greenlee-Wacker | Host-pathogen interactions, immunology, cell biology, extracellular vesicles, sepsis, and immunology education |
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evolution, plant evolutionary ecology, speciation, phylogenetics, biodiversity, conservation biology |
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environmental physiology of marine invertebrates; metabolic effects of intracellular and environmental hypoxia; molecular and physiological adaptations to stress in crustaceans; comparative muscle physiology and energetics; evolution of behavior in crustaceans |
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biology education, plant physiology, genetics, bioinformatics |
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cell biology, genetics, developmental biology, and science education |
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plant taxonomy; cytotaxonomy; field botany; plant ecology; biogeography; evolution; rare and endangered plants; California vegetation; systematics of Asteraceae; flora of San Luis Obispo County; floristics of California, Arizona; thistle taxonomy |
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Christopher L. Kitts (emeritus)
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bacterial physiology; microbial ecology; bacterial energy transduction; biodegradation; microbial ecology in bioremediation; intestinal microbial ecology |
| plant evolutionary biology; physiology; ecology; statistical methods in biology; photosynthesis; whole genome evolution in plants; plant distribution and abundance in the California flora | |
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Costs and benefits of sexually selected displays and aggressive interactions; costs of mating and resulting trade-offs; evolution in poeciliid fishes, especially the Cuban species Girardinus metallicus; phenotypic plasticity and geographic variation in mating tactics; Host-parasite interactions |
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environmental endocrinology; behavioral ecology of marine and freshwater fishes; evolution of developmental and behavioral plasticity; endocrine disruption by chemical pollutants; integration of phenotypic plasticity into new approaches to conservation |
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| Heather Liwanag | comparative physiology, thermal biology, physiological ecology, evolutionary physiology, animal behavior; vertebrate biology, especially marine mammals and reptiles |
| Nathaniel Martinez | HIV-1 assembly: trafficking of HIV-1 Gag and Env proteins in the host cell; point-of-care devices: development of effective, low cost, low tech, portable devices for the quantitative measurement of biological specimens |
| Population and community ecology of marine plankton; food web interactions involving microzooplankton and viruses; ecology of marine protozoa and viruses; role of planktonic organisms in nutrient cycling | |
| conservation biology, wildlife management, vertebrate ecology, mammalogy, environmental science, history of biology, relationship between science and policy | |
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geobotany, plant evolutionary ecology, phytoremediation, conservation biology, ethnobotany |
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botany; plant molecular and developmental biology; plant biotechnology; genetic engineering; agriculture; crop improvement; sustainable agriculture; economic botany; plant ecology; restoration ecology |
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ecological, demographic, and life history variation in populations; spatial and temporal structure of populations across environmental and anthropogenic gradients; prediction of population and community responses to natural and anthropogenic influences; management of marine systems |
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neuroendocrinology, animal behavior, environmental physiology, physiology, anatomy |
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environmental physiology, ecology, animal behavior, herpetology |
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ecological physiology of marine Invertebrates; proteomics; global climate change; biochemical temperature adaptation |
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(emeritus)
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molecular and organismal evolution, molecular systematics, population genetics, conservation genetics, invasion genetics, statistical phylogeography, demography in natural populations, phylochronology, mammalogy and ornithology |
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medical/veterinary entomology, parasitology, medical bacteriology, tick-borne pathogens of humans and animals |
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physiology and ecology of marine invertebrate animals including factors that influence larval settlement and metamorphosis, energetics, use of dissolved organic matter, development of non-toxic marine coatings |
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marine ecology and conservation; fisheries management; ecosystem-based management and marine spatial planning of interacting ocean uses; dispersal and population connectivity; K-12 marine science education |
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immunology, virology, pre-health professionals, public health. |
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microbial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, general microbiology, medical microbiology, bacterial genetics, molecular biology
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food and dairy microbiology, molecular detection and epidemiology of foodborne pathogens, probiotic activities |
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botany, plant speciation, plant systematics, plant evolution and adaptation, Asteraceae |