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Gregory S. Gilbert

Gregory S. Gilbert

Professor, Director of UCSC Forest Ecology Research Plot

Environmental Studies Department

Areas of expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Science Education, Natural History, Tropical Forest


Biography, Education and Training

Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá (1991-95) Ph.D. in Plant Pathology (Soil Science minor), University of Wisconsin-Madison,(1991, with Jo Handelsman and Jennifer Parke) Tropical Ecosystems Course, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica (1989) M.Sc. in Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988,with Jennifer Parke) B.S. in Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (1985) SeaMester Program ... more »


Areas of expertise: Ecology, Plant Biology, Conservation, Land Management, Evolution, Population Biology


Biography, Education and Training

A.B., University of Chicago Ph.D., University of Washington Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama


Areas of expertise: Mathematical Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Fisheries


Biography, Education and Training

Mathematical biology and evolutionary ecology with applications to climate resilience and natural resource management.  Areas of expertise include nolinear dynamics, chaos, and statistical modeling, contemporary evolution, and transgenerational plasticity.  

Beth Shapiro

Beth Shapiro

Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, Genomics Institute

Areas of expertise: Ancient DNA, Genomics, Ecology, Molecular Evolution, Evolution


Biography, Education and Training

BS, Ecology, University of Georgia (1999) MS, Ecology, University of Georgia (1999) DPhil, Zoology, Oxford University (2003)

Daniel Friedman

Daniel Friedman

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Founder and Director, LEEPS lab

Economics Department

Areas of expertise: Capitalism, Economics, Experimental Economics, Evolution, Game Theory, Mathematical Modeling, Finance


Biography, Education and Training

please see personal web page.

Eric Palkovacs

Eric Palkovacs

Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Director, Fisheries Collaborative Program; Associate Director, Institute of Marine Sciences

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, IMS-Fisheries Collaborative Program, Office of Research

Areas of expertise: Biology, Climate Change, Coastal Science, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Evolution, Fisheries, Genetics, Water


Biography, Education and Training

B.S. University of Michigan Ph.D. Yale University


Areas of expertise: Evolution, Ecology


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Washington & Jefferson College, Pennsylvania Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana

Kathleen M Kay

Kathleen M Kay

Professor, Jean H. Langenheim Chair in Plant Ecology and Evolution

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department

Areas of expertise: Evolution, Plant Sciences, Ecology, Plant Biology, Tropical Forest


Biography, Education and Training

B.S., UC Davis Ph.D., Michigan State University National Parks Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley


Areas of expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Statistics


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Northern Arizona University Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara Post-Doc: University of California, Santa Barbara

Lars Fehren-Schmitz

Lars Fehren-Schmitz

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Director of the UCSC Genomics Institute

Anthropology Department

Areas of expertise: Ancient DNA, Archaeology, Human Biology, Population Biology, Molecular Evolution, Ecology, Anthropology, Evolution


Biography, Education and Training

MA in Biological Anthropology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and in Archaeology, University of Goettingen, Germany PhD (Dr. rer. nat) in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Goettingen, Germany PostDoc in Anthropology & EEB, Yale University, USA  


Areas of expertise: Animal Behavior, Behavioral Ecology, Sexism and Gender Bias, Fisheries, Evolution, Game Theory, Marine Biology, Mathematical Modeling, Mediterranean Studies, Population Biology


Biography, Education and Training

Full Professor, Univ. Calif. Santa Cruz (2014-present) Associate Professor with tenure, Yale (2012-2104) Associate Professor on term, Yale University (2010-2011) Assistant Professor, Yale University (2004-2010) Assistant Researcher, Institute Marine Sciences, Univ. of California Santa Cruz (2001- 2004) NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Studies, Univ. of California Santa Cruz (1998-2001) PhD: University of California Santa Barbara 1998 BA: University of California Berkeley 1992

Sofie Reda Salama

Sofie Reda Salama

Acting Professor of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, Faculty Director of Diversity, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department, Genomics Institute

Areas of expertise: Biomedical Sciences, DNA, RNA, Proteins, Evolution, Genomics, Genetics, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Stem Cells


Biography, Education and Training

  My research involves using pluripotent stem cells from a variety of primate species and high throughput sequencing methods to study how genome evolution affects human development and disease. My lab is located in the Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells. With funding from NIH-NHGRI, we are exploring the mechanisms by which transposable elements lead to new gene regulatory programs important for the evolution of new traits. With funding from NIH-NIMH we are studying the role ... more »


Areas of expertise: Genomics, Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Population Biology, Genetics, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

BA, Mathematics and Biology, Brown University (2003)PhD, Genome Sciences, University of Washington (2008)Postdoc, Human Genetics, University of Chicago (2008-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)


Areas of expertise: Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, Population Biology, Microbiology


Biography, Education and Training

BS, Biology, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela (2000)MS, Ecology and Population Biology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela  (2004)PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University (2009) Postdoc, Genetics, Cornell University (2009-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)

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