About IRACDA Mentorship
IRACDA Scholars are mentored by UCLA research faculty, CSULA faculty, and UCLA program leadership. UCLA research mentors are identified during the application period. CSULA faculty, who will serve as teaching mentors, are identified following the interview process. Teaching mentors support IRACDA Scholars in applying what they are learn in the teaching development training courses and workshops to the classroom. They also provide IRACDA Scholars feedback during their teaching practicum to help enhance their skills as effective teachers.
Most UCLA faculty members in the Biosciences are eligible to become a research mentor for IRACDA fellows. The list below represents only a subset of approved faculty.
For more information about research opportunities at UCLA or with inquiries about specific UCLA faculty as prospective mentors, applicants should email the IRACDA Program Director, Michael Carey.
CSULA IRACDA Teaching Mentors
Susan Cohen, Ph.D.
IRACDA Program Coordinator & Teaching Mentor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences California State University, Los Angeles
scohen8@calstatela.edu
Edward Eivers, Ph.D.
IRACDA Teaching Mentor Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Cal State Los Angeles
Nathan Lanning, Ph.D.
IRACDA Program Coordinator & Teaching Mentor Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences College of Natural and Social Sciences Cal State Los Angeles
nlannin@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2092
ASCL 317
Jamil Momand, Ph.D.
IRACDA Teaching Mentor Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Cal State Los Angeles
pnargui@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2361
Office Location: La Kretz Hall, Annenberg, Wallis Integrated Science Complex 270
Laboratory Location: La Kretz Hall Annenberg, Wallis Integrated Science Complex 247 & 248
Paul Narguizian, Ph.D.
IRACDA Teaching Mentor Professor Department of Biological Sciences Cal State Los Angeles
UCLA IRACDA Research Mentors
| Faculty | Department | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
| BackusKeriann Backus, Ph.D. | BC | Chemical Proteomics |
| BanerjeeUtpal Banerjee, Ph.D. | MCDB | Signaling and Metabolic Control of Development |
| BlackDouglas Black, Ph.D. | MIMG | Neuronal Gene Expression Through Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing |
| CareyMichael Carey, Ph.D. | BC | Enhancer-Promoter Crosstalk in Gene Regulation |
| ChanfreauGuillaume Chanfreau, Ph.D. | Biochem | RNA Processing and RNA-Protein Interactions |
| ChristofkHeather Christofk, Ph.D. | BC | Cancer Metabolomics |
| ClarkAmander Clark, Ph.D. | MCDB | Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Lineage Differentiation |
| ClarkeCathy Clarke, Ph.D. | Biochem | Biosynthesis and Function of Coenzyme Q |
| ClarkeSteven Clarke, Ph.D. | Biochem | Biochemistry of Aging and Posttranslational Modifications of Proteins |
| CollerHilary Coller, Ph.D. | BC, MCDB | Cellular Networks of Quiescence |
| CooperZiva Cooper, Ph.D. | PBS | Cannabis Research |
| CorreaStephanie Correa, Ph.D. | IBP | Neuronal Control of Metabolism and Body Temperature |
| Crosbie-WatsonRachelle Crosbie-Watson, Ph.D. | IBP, Neurology | Pathogenic Mechanisms of Muscular Dystrophy |
| de la Torre-UbietaLuis De La Torre-Ubieta, Ph.D. | PBS | Mechanisms of Neuronal Morphogenesis |
| De RobertisEdward De Robertis, M.D., Ph.D. | BC | Molecular Biology of Development |
| DeedsEric Deeds, Ph.D. | IBP | Computational Biology |
| EisenbergDavid S. Eisenberg, Ph.D. | BC | Protein Structure, Folding and Design |
| FeigonJuli Feigon, Ph.D. | Biochem | Nucleic Acid Structures and Complexes |
| FregosoOliver Fregoso, Ph.D. | MIMG | HIV Pathogenesis |
| GeschwindDaniel Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D. | Neurology | Developmental Neurogenetics |
| GoldsteinAndrew Goldstein, Ph.D. | MCDB, Urology | Human Prostate Cancer and Androgens |
| GonenTamir Gonen, Ph.D. | BC | Membrane Protein Structure |
| HallemElissa Hallem, Ph.D. | MIMG | The Neural Basis of Parasitic Nematode Behavior |
| HoffmannAlexander Hoffmann, Ph.D. | MIMG, QCBio | Modeling of Signaling Networks in Immune System |
| HsiaoElaine Hsiao, Ph.D. | IBP | Effects of Microbiota on the Nervous System and their Relations to Disease |
| JacobsenSteven Jacobsen, Ph.D. | MCDB | Mechanisms of Epigenetic Gene Regulation by DNA Methylation |
| JohnsonPatricia Johnson, Ph.D. | MIMG | Evolution, Pathogenesis & Cell Biology of A Human Parasite |
| JohnsonTracy Johnson, Ph.D. | Co-Transcriptional mRNA Processing | |
| KitchenScott Kitchen, Ph.D. | Medicine | HIV Immunotherapy |
| KoehlerCarla Koehler, Ph.D. | Biochem | Mitochondrial Biogenesis/Protein Import Into Mitochondria |
| KraftNathan Kraft, Ph.D. | EEB | Community Ecology, Biogeography, Ecophysiology, and Phylogenetics |
| KruglyakLeonid Kruglyak, Ph.D. | HG, BC | Genetic Basis of Complex Phenotypes |
| KurdistaniSiavash Kurdistani, M.D. | BC | Genomic Studies of Chromatin Biology |
| LiMelody Li , Ph.D. | MIMG | Interferon Signaling and Host Immunity |
| LusisAldons Lusis, Ph.D. | HG | The Analysis of Complex Genetic Diseases |
| MartinKelsey Martin, M.D., Ph.D. | BC | Cell Biology of Learning-Related Synaptic Plasticity |
| MaynardHeather Maynard, Ph.D. | Biochem | Chemical Biology |
| MillerJeff F. Miller, Ph.D. | MIMG | Sensory Transduction in the Control of Bacterial Virulence |
| PaulKetema Paul, Ph.D. | IBP | Sleep Homeostasis |
| PlathKathrin Plath, Ph.D. | BC | Epigenetic Regulation of Stem Cell Differentiation |
| PoeGina Poe, Ph.D. | IBP | Sleep and Memory |
| QuinlanMargot Quinlan, Ph.D. | Biochem | Dynamics of the Actin Cytoskeleton |
| RodriguezJose Rodriguez, Ph.D. | Biochem | Structural and Computational Biology |
| RowatAmy Rowat, Ph.D. | IBP | Extracellular Matrix and Cell Morphogenesis |
| SagastiAlvaro Sagasti, Ph.D. | MCDB | Sensory Axon and Skin Development in Zebrafish |
| SmaleStephen Smale, Ph.D. | Transcriptional Regulation in the Immune System | |
| TeitellMichael Teitell, M.D., Ph.D. | Path | Signaling Rheostats & Epigenetics in Immune System Development |
| TontonozPeter Tontonoz, M.D., Ph.D. | Path | Regulation of Lipids by Nuclear Hormone Receptors |
| TorresJorge Torres, Ph.D. | Biochem | Microtubule Spindle and Misregulation During Cell Division |
| TripatiAradhna Tripati, Ph.D. | IoES | Environmental Biology and Human Health |
| VallimThomas Vallim, Ph.D. | Biochem/Medicine | Identifying Molecular Regulators of Pathways that Control Lipid Metabolism in Health and Disease |
| VillanuevaClaudio Villanueva, Ph.D. | IBP | Integrative Metabolism and Physiology in Adipocytes |
| WayneRobert Wayne, Ph.D. | EEB | Mechanisms Underlying Adaptation & Genome Evolution |
| WhiteStephanie White, Ph.D. | IBP | FoxP2 and Vocal Communication |
| WitteOwen Witte, M.D. | MIMG | Hematopoietic and Epithelial Cancers and the Immune Response |
| YehPamela Yeh, Ph.D. | BBE | Evolution of drug resistance in bacteria |
| ZipurskyS. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D. | BC | Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Connections |