Graduate Division

Sunday 20 January 2019

Merced Native and Ph.D. Grad Lands Faculty Position at Pitt

Alumna Tessa Provins's time at UC Merced not only informed but inspired her passion to always keep growing in the political science field.

UC Merced master's and Ph.D. candidates at Fall Commencement

Congratulations Fall Graduates!

Four Ph.D. and six master's graduates participated in Fall Commencement.

Graduate Student Spends Summer as First GEM Fellow at Idaho National Lab

The consortium and its partners work to expand diversity and increase the participation of underrepresented groups at the master's and doctoral levels in engineering and science.

Postdoc Earns Grant to Study Health Disparities

Jaapna Dhillon is the campus’s first postdoctoral researcher to receive NIH Pathway to Independence Award. Jaapna Dhillon is the campus’s first postdoctoral researcher to receive NIH...

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Featured News

Merced Native and Ph.D. Grad Lands Faculty Position at Pitt

January 16, 2019

For Merced native Tessa Provins, the opportunity to attend UC Merced for her graduate education was a chance to come home again — but it wasn’t simply the familiar location that drew her to the...

More than $9M in Research Grants to Address California’s Critical Issues

December 20, 2018

The University of California Office of the President announced its biennial Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grants, funding 16 collaborative projects encompassing issues from...

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Graduate Division Videos

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cognitive and Information Sciences

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Quantitative and Systems Biology

Psychological Sciences

“There’s so much academic freedom here; it’s a tremendously unique opportunity.”

David Ando

Physics

“The fact that this is a smaller school was very attractive to me. You can get to know everyone in your graduate cohort, and it’s a great environment for research.”

Edwin Shen

Biological Engineering and Small-Scale Technologies

“Many other options for graduate school seem to come prepackaged with a defined future, or to create only a specific type of graduate. UC Merced has encouraged me to forge my own path and has provided an opportunity to expand and contrast my interests at my own pace.”

David Vinson

Cognitive & Informations Sciences

“I chose UC Merced because I liked the idea of being part of a smaller group where the faculty knew who I was and were excited to work with me.”

Neama Alamri

Interdisciplinary Humanities

“Our sociology graduate program is so diverse - it makes such a difference in the overall experience of being a student here.”

Wendy Puquirre

Sociology

“Research is founded on being able to figure out problems - our groups are so close that we all talk and know about each other’s projects, which really helps to inject interesting ideas and methods into our work.”

Bridget Martinez

Quantitative & Systems Biology

Faculty Profile

Kara McCloskey

Associate Professor

Dr. McCloskey is the founder and first chair of the Biological Engineering and Small-scale Technologies (BEST) graduate program and serves as the university liaison for the UC Systemwide Bioengineering Multicampus Research Unit.

kmccloskey@ucmerced.edu

Dave Ardell

Assistant Professor

Dr. Ardell is the chair of the Quantitative & Systems Biology graduate program. His research focuses on computational biology and evolution of gene expression mechanisms.

dardell@ucmerced.edu

Arturo Arias

Professor and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair

aarias26@ucmerced.edu

Ramesh Balasubramaniam

Professor

ramesh@ucmerced.edu

Marc Beutel

Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of Environmental Systems

mbeutel@ucmerced.edu

Harish Bhat

Associate Professor and chair of the Applied Mathematics Graduate Group

hbhat@ucmerced.edu

Paul Brown

Professor

Dr. Brown is the Chair of Public Health and the Director of the Health Sciences Research Institute at UC Merced. His research interests include Public Health Systems and Services Research (PHSSR), cancer prevention and control, discrete choice experiments, and behavioral economics.

pbrown3@ucmerced.edu

Thomas G. Hansford

Associate Professor and chair of the Political Science Graduate Group

thansford@ucmerced.edu

Linda S. Hirst

Professor and chair of the Physics Graduate Group

lhirst@ucmerced.edu

Ashlie Martini

Associate Professor

Dr. Martini is the chair of the Mechanical Engineering graduate group. Her research focus is application of atomic-scale models and micro-scale friction measurements to understand fundamental mechanisms underlying tribological phenomena.

amartini@ucmerced.edu

Peggy O'Day

Professor

Dr. O'Day is the chair of the Environmental Systems graduate group. She studies the chemistry, reaction, and transport of inorganic contaminants and species, primarily metal and metalloid elements, in surface and subsurface systems.

poday@ucmerced.edu