Daniel Winkler is a Ph.D. student in the lab of Professor Travis E. Huxman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.  Daniel was recently awarded the Exploration Fund grant and designated a Mamont Scholar by the Explorers Club for his proposed project to study climate change...

Director of the Exercise Medicine and Sport Sciences Initiative, Professor James W. Hicks, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, along with Steven L. Small, Chair of Neurology and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, worked with their colleagues to survey over 44,000...

Professor Rachel W. Martin, Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and her collaborator Professor Carter T. Butts, Sociology and Statistics, have sequenced the genome of the carnivorous plant, Drosera capensis, which is related to the Venus flytrap, and is...

Professor Kathleen K. Treseder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is an expert in the biology of fungi and studies how the species affects the broader ecosystem.  Professor Treseder has recently commented on a new study published in the journal “Science” that sheds...

Justin F. Shaffer, Ph.D., is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Developmental and Cell Biology and the recent awardee of the 2016 Golden Apple Award for outstanding teaching. “Everything that I do as a teacher comes down to the fact that I want my students (and...

Professor Michael A. Yassa, Neurobiology and Behavior, is interested in uncovering the brain mechanisms that control learning and memory storage and how memories are altered during aging and disease.  Recent work from his lab has led to the development of a new memory...

Professor Charles G. Glabe, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, conducts research on the structure and aggregation of amyloids in degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.  In a recent study, spearheaded by his colleague Dr. Roland Riek, Professor Glabe assisted in...

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer with high metastatic potential.  Its survival rate is high if removed before metastasis, however, the survival rate drops sharply once signs of metastasis are found.  Using new and innovative immune-therapeutic approaches, Professor...

Heather Lane, Assistant Manager of Building Management, has been with UCI for over 29 years.  Heather’s first job at UCI was with fleet services.  She worked there for 3 years before taking a position as a lock smith at the campus lock shop.  After 18 years in the...

The groundbreaking work of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professors Laurence D. Mueller and Michael R. Rose was recently featured in an online BBC article.  Professors Mueller and Rose have spent over two decades studying the biology of aging to shed light on the...