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Applied Mathematics

Biological Engineering & Small-Scale Technologies (BEST)

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cognitive and Information Sciences

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Environmental Systems

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Mechanical Engineering

Quantitative and Systems Biology

Physics

Political Science

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

Dave Ardell

Assistant Professor

dardell@ucmerced.edu

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

Zulema Valdez

Associate Professor and chair of the Sociology graduate group

zvaldez@ucmerced.edu

Ashlie Martini

Associate Professor

amartini@ucmerced.edu

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.

Thomas G. Hansford

Associate Professor and chair of the Political Science Graduate Group

thansford@ucmerced.edu

Anna Song

Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences

asong5@ucmerced.edu

Dr. Song's primary research interest is adolescent and young adult decision-making as it pertains to risk behaviors.

Peggy O'Day

Professor

poday@ucmerced.edu

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.

Linda S. Hirst

Professor and chair of the Physics Graduate Group

lhirst@ucmerced.edu

Paul Brown

Professor

pbrown3@ucmerced.edu

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.

Arturo Arias

Professor and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair

aarias26@ucmerced.edu

Kara McCloskey

Associate Professor

kmccloskey@ucmerced.edu

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.