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Faculty Advisory Committee

Members of the Faculty Advisory Committee

The CEILS Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) is responsible for communicating the educational needs and interests of all the departments and interdisciplinary programs in the Life and Physical Sciences.

Alan Barreca

Alan Barreca

Associate Professor

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES)

Paul Barber

Paul Barber

Vice Chair

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)

Albert Courey

Professor (Ex-Officio); Associate Dean of Physical Sciences for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Stephanie Correa

Associate Professor; Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education

Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP), Undergraduate Neuroscience IDP

Eric Deeds

Associate Professor; Vice Chair, Life Sciences Core

Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP)

Robert Gould

Robert Gould

Teaching Professor (Lecturer SOE); Undergraduate Vice Chair

Statistics

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Barbara Knowlton

Professor; Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Psychology

Per Kraus

Per Kraus

Professor; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs

Physics and Astronomy

Beth Lazazzera

Beth Lazazzera

Associate Professor; Chair for Life Sciences Core Education

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics ( MIMG )

Stephanie Leal

Stephanie Leal

Assistant Professor; Vice Chair of Education Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program (uNSIDP)

Integrative Biology & Physiology (IBP)

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Michelle Rensel

Associate Teaching Professor; Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education

Institute for Society and Genetics (ISG)

Jeffrey Long

MCDB Dept. Chair; Professor

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

Melody Man Hing Li

Professor; Vice Chair for Undergraduate Affairs

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG)

Marek Biskup

Professor; Vice Chair for Undergraduate Affairs

Mathematics

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Van Savage

Assistant Professor; Co-Vice Chair for Computational and Systems Biology IDP

Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology IDP

Daria Siekhaus

Associate Professor

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

Jochen Stutz

Professor; AOS Dept. Chair

Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (AOS)

Jorge Torres (FAC Chair)

Jorge Torres (FAC Chair)

Associate Professor; Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education

Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Vassilis Angelopoulos

Professor; Vice Chair of Teaching

Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences (EPSS)

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Stephanie White

Professor; Director for Undergraduate Neuroscience IDP

Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP), Undergraduate Neuroscience IDP

CEILS FAC Members from the Division of Life and Physical Sciences 

* IDP, Interdisciplinary Program at UCLA

Former Members of the Faculty Advisory Committee

We thank the following faculty from Life and Physical Sciences for their service and contributions to CEILS and their support of efforts to continuously improve education outcomes for our Bruins.

Former FAC Chairs:
Cully Nordby, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability2019 – 2022
Ian McLean, Physics & Astronomy2018 – 2019
Patricia Phelps, Integrative Biology & Physiology2016 – 2018
Stephen Smale, Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular GeneticsInaugural Chair, 2014 – 2016
Former FAC Members:
Don Blasius, Math/Econ IDP Chair
Ellen Carpenter, Neuroscience IDP
Amander Clark, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
Peggy Fong, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Jay Hauser, Physics & Astronomy
Sylvia Hurtado, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS)
Christopher Kelty, Institute for Society and Genetics (ISG)
Frank Laski, Life Science Core Education
Yung-Ya Lin, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ian McLean, Physics & Astronomy
Cully Nordby, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES)
Aaron Panofsky, Institute of Society & Genetics
Gilles Peltzer, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences (EPSS)
Stephen Smale, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
April Pyle, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics