Faculty

Michael Adams, Professor, Mechanisms of synaptic transmission; use of toxins as probes of ion channels. michael.adams@ucr.edu

Michael F. Allen , Professor, Biology and ecology of microbial-plant-soil interactions.  michael.allen@ucr.edu

Janet Arey, Professor, Identification of atmospheric reaction products of organic compounds; ambient organic analysis. janet.arey@ucr.edu

Roger Atkinson, Professor, Kinetics and mechanism of gas phase reactions, especially those of lower atmospheric pollutants. roger.atkins@ucr.edu

Jeff Bachant, Assistant Professor, Mechanisms that ensure accurate mitotic chromosome transmission and that make mitotic entry responsive to stressful contingencies. jeffrey.bachant@ucr.edu

Nancy Beckage, Professor, Biochemical and molecular host-parasite interactions in insects. nancy.beckage@ucr.edu

Andrew Chang, Professor, Chemistry and bioavailability of waste constituents in soil. andrew.chang@ucr.edu

Wilfred Chen, Professor, Biodegradation of xenobiotics via metabolic and protein engineering. wilfred.chen@ucr.edu

Quan (Jason) Cheng, Assistant Professor, Development of biosensor technology for pathogenic materials with a particular focus on bacterial protein toxins.  The lab is trying to develop spectroscopic and electrochemical methods for analyzing toxin molecules of environmental concern.  quan.cheng@ucr.edu

Carl Cranor, Professor, Carcinogenic risk assessment. Research on environmental regulatory law and scientific evidence. carl.cranor@ucr.edu

David Crowley, Professor, Bioremediation and microbial ecology; phytoremediation. david.crowley@ucr.edu

Margarita Curras-Collazo, Assoc. Professor, Molecular mechanisms of neuroendocrine disruption and compromised synaptic physiology by environmental and marine toxins. mcur@ucr.edu

Marc Deshusses, Professor, Biological waste air treatment and bioremediation, mathematical modeling of environmental bioprocesses. marc.deshuss@ucr.edu

David Eastmond, Professor, Metabolic activation and molecular mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenesis. david.eastmond@ucr.edu

Jay Gan, Professor, Fate, transport and remediation of pesticides and other organic contaminants, and water quality issues.  jgan@ucr.edu

Sarjeet S. Gill, Professor, Molecular toxicology of xenobiotic metabolism and molecular mechanisms of toxic action. sarjeet.gill@ucr.edu

William Jury, Professor, Measurement of downward chemical movement in unsaturated soil under large area applications. william.jury@ucr.edu

Robert Krieger, Extension Toxicologist, Pesticide exposure and risk assessment; human chemical biomarkers of exposure. robert.krieger@ucr.edu

Cynthia K. Larive, Professor, Ligand-protein interactions, Metabonomics, Development and Application of Hyphenated NMR Experiments. clarive@ucr.edu

Xuan Liu, Assoc. Professor, Molecular mechanisms of transcription regulation in mammalian cells. Xuan.liu@ucr.edu

Ernest Martinez, Assistant Professor, Regulation of chromatin structure and gene transcription by cancer-associated transcription factors.  ernest.martinez@ucr.edu

Ashok Mulchandani, Professor, Enzyme, microbial, immuno and receptor based biosensors. ashok.mulchandani@ucr.edu

Constance Nugent, Assistant Professor, Understanding the fundamental cellular processes responsible for maintaining telomeres, using the yeast S. cerevisiae as a model system.  constance.nugent@ucr.edu 

David Parker, Professor, Chemistry and bioavailability of trace elements in soil. david.parker@ucr.edu

Daniel Schlenk, Professor of Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Mechanistic investigations of the effects of salinity on pesticide toxicity in fish; studies the relationship between exposure to environmental pharmaceutical agents and altered fish populations; mechanistic investigations of tolerance to natural and man-made toxic agents; and applied aquaculture research. daniel.schlenk@ucr.edu

Frances Sladek, Professor, Molecular mechanisms of transcriptional control of gene expression. frances.sladek@ucr.edu

Lisa Stein, Assistant Professor, Microbial physiology and ecology of nitrogen metabolism.  lisa.stein@ucr.edu

Prudence Talbot, Professor, Effects of mainstream and sidestream cigarette smoke on the female reproductive tract. prudance.talbot@ucr.edu

Sharon Walker, Assistant Professor, Bacterial Adhesion and Transport in Natural and Engineered Systems, Water Quality Engineering.  sharon.walker@ucr.edu

Yinsheng Wang, Assoc. Professor, Biological mass spectrometry, DNA damage induced by reactive oxygen species.  yinsheng.wang@ucr.edu

Yushan Yan, Professor, Design, synthesis, and novel applications of zeolite thin films and zeolite nanocrystals, and synthesis of nanostructured materials.  yushan.yan@ucr.edu

Marylynn Yates, Professor, Transport of environmental contaminants through soil and into ground water. marylynn.yates@ucr.edu

Wenwan Zhong, Assistant Professor, Chromatographic separation and its application in enzymatic reaction monitoring and chemical inhibitors screening; Assay development for sensitive detection of biomolecules; Hyphenation of microsphere-based assays and chromatographic techniques for protein analysis.  wenwan.zhong@ucr.edu

Paul Ziemann, Professor, Chemistry and physics of atmospheric aerosols using particle beam mass spectrometry. paul.ziemann@ucr.edu