Prospective Faculty
If you are interested in joining the program as a faculty affiliate, please submit your request to Program Director, Dr. Ernest Martinez @ ernest.martinez@ucr.ed. Be sure to include your desire and/or experience mentoring underrepresented students and their pursuit in research.
Prospective Students
Students can choose any UCR faculty as a mentor as long as the lab's research focus is biomedical related. Students are NOT bound to choose from the faculty listed below. If you are unsure if a lab qualifies, email Program Director, Dr. Ernest Martinez @ ernest.martinez@ucr.edu.
Participating Faculty
Michael Adams | Entomology/MCSB
John P. Barton | Department of Physics & Astronomy
Gregor Blaha I Department of Biochemistry
Katherine Borkovich | Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
Monica Carson | Department of Biomedical Sciences
Chia-En Chang | Department of Chemistry
Xuemei Chen | Department of Botany & Plant Sciences
Margarita Curras-Collazo | Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology
Iryna Ethell | Department of Biomedical Sciences
Martin Garcia-Castro | Department of Biomedical Sciences
Estela Gavosto | Department of Mathematics
Joseph Genereux | Department of Chemistry
Thomas Girke | Department of Botany, Plant Sciences & Bioinformatics
William H. Grover | Department of Bioengineering
Richard Hooley | Department of Chemistry
Karine Le Roch | Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology
Ying-Hsuan Lin | Department of Environmental Sciences
Amy Litt | Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
Huinan Liu | Department of Bioengineering
David Lo | Department of Biomedical Sciences
Morris Maduro | Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology
Ernest Martinez | Department of Biochemistry
Manuela Martins-Green | Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology
Declan F. McCole | Department of Biomedical Sciences
Quinn McFrederick | Department of Entomology
Joshua Morgan | Department of Bioengineering
Michael Pirrung | Department of Chemistry
Carolyn Rasmussen | Department of Botany & Plant Sciences
Victor Rodgers | Department of Bioengineering
Wendy Saltzman | Department of Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology (EEOB)
Richard Seto | Department of Physics and Astronomy
Frances Sladek | Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology
Jikui Song | Department of Biochemistry
Jason Stajich | Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology
Prue Talbot | Department of Molecular Cell Systems Biology
Valentine Vullev | Department of Bioengineering
Yinsheng Wang | Department of Chemistry
Linlin Zhao | Department of Chemistry
Sika Zheng | Department of Biomedical Sciences
Wenwan Zhong | Department of Chemistry
Natalie Zlebnik | Department of Biomedical Sciences
Nicole Zur Nieden | Department of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology