Graduate Division

Friday 22 March 2019

Ph.D. students Craig Ennis and Vicky Espinoza visited Sacramento with Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie Zatz to speak with lawmakers about the contribution of graduate research to California's development.

Graduate Students Make a Case for Research at Capitol

Craig Ennis and Vicky Espinoza visited Sacramento to speak with lawmakers about the contribution of graduate research to California's development.

What Sets Us Apart?

Discover what's unique about the Graduate Studies experience at UC Merced. Watch this video now!

Can You Explain Your Research in Three Minutes?

Learn More About Grad Slam 2019. Register to compete by Feb. 27!

NASA Fellowship Lifts Grad Student’s Cardiac Biosensor Research

Graduate student Warren Nanney was awarded a three-year NASA fellowship to continue his research into engineering portable biosensors for health monitoring in space.

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.

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Featured News

ice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie S. Zatz was selected as one of the Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

‘Diverse’ Names Zatz One of the Nation’s Leading Women in Higher Ed

March 21, 2019

UC Merced’s Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Marjorie S. Zatz was selected as one of the Top 35 Women in Higher Education in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education’s eighth annual special report...

UC Merced Joins UC Chicano/Latino Advisory Council

March 21, 2019

Representatives from UC Merced have joined President Janet Napolitano’s newly formed Chicano/Latino Advisory Council for the University of California. Founding faculty member Professor Rudy Ortiz,...

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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