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.
CEILS FAC Members from the Division of Life and Physical Sciences (in alphabetical order by last name):
| Name | Titles | Home Department and IDP* |
| Anastassia Alexandrova | Associate Professor Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Don Blasius | Distinguished Professor Undergraduate Vice Chair Math/Econ IDP Chair |
Mathematics |
| Albert Courey (Ex-Officio) |
Professor Associate Dean of Physical Sciences for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion |
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Robert Gould | Teaching Professor (Lecturer SOE) Undergraduate Vice Chair |
Statistics |
| Jay Hauser | Professor Vice Chair of Academic Affairs |
Physics & Astronomy (PA) |
| Sylvia Hurtado | Professor | Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) |
| Christopher Kelty | Professor Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education |
Institute for Society and Genetics (ISG) |
| Barbara Knowlton | Professor Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies |
Psychology |
| Beth Lazazzera | Associate Professor Chair for Life Sciences Core Education |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) |
| Jeffrey Long | Professor Vice Chair for Education |
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) |
| Cully Nordby
(Chair) |
Associate Director | Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) |
| Gilles Peltzer | Professor | Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences (EPSS) |
| Patricia Phelps | Professor Vice Chair |
Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP) |
| April Pyle | Professor Vice Chair for Undergraduate Affairs |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) |
| Lawren Sack | Professor Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB ) |
| Van Savage | Assistant Professor Co-Vice Chair for Computational and Systems Biology IDP |
Biomathematics , Computational and Systems Biology IDP |
| Jochen Stutz | Professor Chair |
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (AOS) |
| Blaire Van Valkenburgh (Ex-Officio) |
Distinguished Professor Associate Dean of the Life Sciences for Academic Programs |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB ) |
| Stephanie White | Professor Director for Undergraduate Neuroscience IDP |
Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP), Undergraduate Neuroscience IDP |
* 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 & Sustainability | 2019 – present | |
| Ian McLean, Physics & Astronomy | 2018-2019 | |
| Patricia Phelps, Integrative Biology & Physiology | 2016-2018 | |
| Stephen Smale, Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics | inaugural Chair, 2014-2016 | |
| Former FAC Members: | ||
| Jessica Lynch Alfaro, Institute of Society & Genetics | ||
| Ellen Carpenter, Neuroscience IDP | ||
| Amander Clark, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology | ||
| Peggy Fong, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | ||
| Frank Laski, Life Science Core Education | ||
| Yung-Ya Lin, Chemistry & Biochemistry | ||
| Ian McLean, Physics & Astronomy | ||
| Aaron Panofsky, Institute of Society & Genetics | ||
| Stephen Smale, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | ||