Faculty

IMSD facilitates the mentor-student match for each student. After being selected into the program, all IMSD students are required to interview with three faculty mentors in order to ensure the best match. The SDSU faculty listed below currently mentor IMSD students. Applicants may also consider other research mentors not listed below. Please be sure to check your department’s website for the most up to date information about faculty members, research interests, and contact information.

ASTRONOMY:

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William F. Welsh
Professor

Program Area: Astronomy
Research Interests: Accretion-Powered systems: AGN, CVs and X-Ray Binaries; transiting exoplanets.
Office: P-235
Office Phone: 619-594-2288
E-mail: wwelsh@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/faculty/wfw/CLASSES/index.html

BIOLOGY

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Sanford Bernstein
Professor of Biology, Ph.D., Wesleyan University (1979).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
ResearchInterests: Molecular analysis of gene expression during Drosophila muscle development; molecular and ultrastructural defects of Drosophila muscle mutants; function of muscle proteins isoforms; mechanism of alternative RNA splicing.
Office/Lab: Life Science 371/371A. Phone: 619-594-5629 (office) /-4160 (lab)
Email: sbernstein@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~wk/mhc/index.html

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Rulon Clark
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (2004).
Program Area: Ecology
ResearchInterests: Behavioral ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal communication, foraging behavior, conservation ecology, integrating animal behavior with population ecology.
Office/Lab: Life Science 224A/224. Phone: 619-594-1527 (office) / (lab).
Email: rclark@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/clark/Site/Current_Research.html

 

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Kelly Doran
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California San Diego (1998)
Department of Biology Cell & Molecular Doctoral Program, Molecular Biology Master’s Program
Program Area: Molecular Microbiology
ResearchInterests: the overall interest of the lab is the study of bacterial pathogens associated with Central Nervous System disease. We examine the mechanisms by which bacteria penetrate the blood-brain barrier, in order to cause meningitis. Our studies focus on major human pathogens including Streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus andBacillus anthracis. We seek to identify bacterial genes and gene products responsible for cellular invasion, and to characterize the host innate immune response to infection.
Office/Lab: Life Science 317A/317. Phone: 619-594-1867 (office) /-4291 (lab).
Email: kdoran@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://web.me.com/kdoran2/Doran_Lab/Home.html

 

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Ralph Feuer
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno, 1999. Life Sciences
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Autoimmune diseases associated with a previous viral infection. Mechanisms of enteroviral persistence and pathogenesis. Susceptibility of stem cells to virus infection and coxsackievirus-associated neonatal disease.
Office/Lab: Life Science 358/351,54,56. Phone: 619-594-7377 (office) /-0777 (lab).
Email: rfeuer@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/Pub/feuer/index.html

 

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Dr. Christopher Glembotski
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (1979).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests:Regulation of cardiac-specific gene expression; mechanisms of cardiac myocyte derived hormone secretion. MS and PhD student mentor.
Office/Lab: Life Science 326C/315. Phone: 619-594-2958 (office) /-2960 (lab).
Email: cglembot@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/Pub/glembotski/index.html

 

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Greg L. Harris
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1981). Life Science
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Molecular and physiological analysis of phototransduction in Drosophila; biophysical analysis of ion channel function; isolation of neuron- specific genes.
Phone: (619) 594-5655 (office) /-5038 (lab).
Email: gharris@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Marshall C. Hedin
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Washington University (1995).
Program Area: Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Speciation, phylogenetics, biodiversity, spider biology & evolution, evolution in caves.
Office/Lab: Life Science 204F/206. Phone: 619-594-6230 (office) /-1107 (lab).
Email: mhedin@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://marshalhedinlab.com/

 

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David A. Lipson
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998). Physical Science
Program Area: Ecology
Research Interests: Soil microbial ecology; plant-microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; linking microbial diversity to ecosystem processes.
Office/Lab: Physical Science 241C/241A,241B. Phone: 619-594-4460 (office) /-5602 (lab).
Email: dlipson@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~dlipson/

 

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Dr. Stanley Maloy
Dean/ Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Program Area: Biology
Research Interests: Research in his lab focuses on bacterial physiology, genetics, genomics, and the evolution of microbial pathogens.
Office: GMCS 604G.  Phone: 619-594-5142 (office)
Email: smaloy@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/faculty/maloy.html

 

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Tod Reeder
Professor and Chair of Biology
Program Area: Evolutionary
Research Interests: Molecular ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, particularly  those of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
Office: Life Science 264/265A abd 104
Email: twreeder@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: https://sites.google.com/site/todreederslab/

 

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Anca Mara Segall
Professor and Chair of Biology. Ph.D., University of Utah (1987).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: DNA recombination and chromosome structure.
Office/Lab: Life Science 327/331/332/. Phone: 619-594-4490 (office) /-6528 (lab).
Email: asegall@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://segall-lab.sdsu.edu/

 

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Roland Wolkowicz
Assistant Professor of Biology. PhD., The Weizmann Institute of Science. Life Science
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Use of random peptide libraries and other chemical genetics approaches for the study of viral pathogenesis and the search of antiviral factors. Main focus on HIV-1and HCV.
Office/Lab: Life Science 304A/304. Phone: 619-594-8668 (office) /-5353 (lab).
Email: roland@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/faculty/wolkowicz/Roland_Wolkowicz,_PhD/Home.html

 

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Ricardo M. Zayas
Assistant Professor of Biology, Ph.D. Tufts University (2003).
Program Area: Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Stem cell biology. Molecular mechanisms underlying regeneration of the nervous system in planarians.
Office/Lab: Life Science 306A/306. Phone: 619-594-2698 (office) /-3042 (lab).
Email: rzayas@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/faculty/zayas/index.html

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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B. Mikael Bergdahl
Associate Professor
Program Area: Synthetic Organic, Bioorganic
Research interests: The main focus of my research is the syntheses and subsequent evaluation of biologically active target compounds having effects against various forms of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and infectious diseases. Azaspirene, a member of the pseurotin family, represents a novel and unique anti-cancer agent, extraordinary in its ability to inhibit angiogenesis. Rather than destroying cancer cells via conventional chemotherapy and radiation, azaspirene turns off blood supply signals sent out by the tumor cells. My research is to develop the means to chemically make azaspirene and a library of hybrid pseurotin analogs with potential properties against cancer or arthritis. My research intertwines development of specifically new methodology in organic synthesis and new strategies toward relevant target molecules, e.g.Streptogramin type antibiotics, Epothilone analogs, and Cytotoxic Alkaloids (Micromide).
Office: GMCS 213G
Email: bbergdahl@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/index.php?name=Bergdahl

 

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Carl Carrano
Professor of Chemistry
Program Area: Bioinorganic Chemistry
Research Interests: Bioinorganic chemistry, these extend from models for zinc, molybdenum and non-heme iron metalloprotein active sites, to design of metal complexes as artificial restriction enzymes for molecular biology to the mechanisms of iron transport and storage in microorganisms to the design and synthesis of new metallodrugs to the study of isotopic fractionation of iron in microorganisms.
Office: GMCS-209
Office Phone: (619)594-5929
E-mail: carrano@sciences.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Carrano/

 

Thomas E. Cole
Associate Professor
Program Area: Organic Chemistry
Research Interests: exploration and development of organometallic chemistry of the transmetallation of organic groups between metals and boron compounds
Office: CSL 210A
Office Phone: 619-594-5579
E-mail: tcole@sciences.sdsu.edu

 

Andrew L. Cooksy
Professor, Physical Chemistry, Associate Director of Computational Sciences Research Center
Program Area: Physical Chemistry
Research Interests: Reactive intermediates in combustion, interstellar chemistry, chemical synthesis, and biochemistry; investigated by laser spectroscopy and spectroscopic theory, and by computational quantum mechanics. Molecular free radicals are crucial to the chemistry of combustion, the upper atmosphere, polymerization, and interstellar molecular clouds, and also figure in many biochemical electron transfer processes. We are interested in the physical and chemical properties of these molecules, particularly those containing conjugated π-electron systems, such as HC3O and C4H and the biochemical quinones, because the delocalized orbitals can confer surprising dynamic and reactive properties to these systems.
Office: CSL 307, 312
Office Phone: 619-594-5571
E-mail: acooksy@sciences.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Cooksy/

 

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Douglas Grotjahn
Professor, Graduate Admissions, University Copyright and Patent Committee, University Conflict of Interest Committee, General Member of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center
Program Area: Organic, organometallic, catalysis, bio-organometallic
Research Interests: We are contributing to innovation and understanding in catalysis, clean energy production, nanotechnology, and medicine.
Office: CSL 205
Office Phone: 619-594-0231
E-mail: grotjahn@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~erdogan/welcome.html

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Jeff Gustafson
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Organic
Research Interests: 
Research in the Gustafson group strives to apply innovative chemical strategies towards complex biological problems. Ongoing projects focus on three main areas (a) The development of chemical methodologies that enable the enantioselective synthesis of complex molecules; (b) The application of these methodologies to access new selective small molecule probes pertaining to aberrant protein phosphorylation; and (c) The design, synthesis and evaluation of small molecule vanadate complexes as phosphatase inhibitors.
Office: CSL 208
Email: jgustafon@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/index.php?name=Gustafson

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Chris Harrison
Associate Professor
Program Area: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Research Interests: The development and application of new separation techniques and systems is the primary focus of the research conducted in the Harrison Lab. Our work focuses on the utility and development of dynamic capillary coatings for CE separations. The need for dynamic coatings and an understanding of their function, is paramount in CE separations. The dynamic coatings allow for the control of the electroosmotic flow, a key factor in all CE separations whos magnitude and direction must frequently be altered to achieve a desired separation. We are studying the function of various capillary coatings, with a focus on novel compounds with unique chemistries, such as phosphonium cations. In addition to studying the fundamentals of electroosmotic flow optimization we are applying our knowledge to the separation of analytes including small ions, proteins, nanoparticles and whole blood cells.
Office: GMCS 213E
Email: charrison@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/index.php?name=Harrison

 

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Tom Huxford
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Biochemistry
Research Interests: understanding regulation in the transcription factor NF-kappaB signal transduction pathway.; IKK structure and function, Nuclear IkappaB structure and function.
Office: CSL 325A
Office Phone: 619-594-1606
E-mail: thuxford@sciences.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Huxford/

 

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John J. Love
Associate Professor
Program Area: Biochemistry
Research Interests: The overall focus is protein design and engineering. Our initial engineering goal is to redesign, mutate and drive small proteins to self-assemble into complexes of specific structure (e.g. precise dimer formation)
Office: CSL 339A
Office Phone: 619-594-2063
E-mail: jlove@sciences.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Love/

 

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David P. Pullman
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Adviser
Program Area: Physical Chemistry
Research Interests: The emphasis of our research is on unraveling the mechanisms by which molecules react on solid surfaces. Such reactions play a critical role in a variety of naturally occurring and technologically important processes, including the fabrication of modern electronic devices, heterogeneous catalysis, and corrosion. The viewpoint we take is that control and optimization of these surface reactions is best accomplished if details of the reactions are understood on a molecular scale.
Office: CSL 301
Office Phone: 619-594-5573
E-mail: dpullman@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~dpullman/group/default.htm

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Byron Purse
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Organic Chemistry
Research Interests: In the Purse Lab, we are interested in using molecular design and synthetic organic chemistry to create new molecules that can serve in practical applications and be used to study the fundamental relationships between molecular structure and properties. With new molecules in hand, we use the tools of modern physical organic chemistry to study their properties, including self-assembly, molecular encapsulation, fluorescence, and the ability of some of our molecules to functional as molecular probes or prospective medicines. Students working in the Purse Lab can expect to gain hands-on experience in current synthetic methodology, organic compound characterization, methods for studying the kinetics and thermodynamics of reactions and molecular complex formation (NMR, ITC, optical spectroscopy), and recently biochemistry!
Office: CSL 213
Email: bpurse@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/index.php?name=Purse

 

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Diane Smith
Associate Professor
Program Area: Analytical Chemistry
Research Interests: Electron transfer, proton transfer and hydrogen bonding; better understand different mechanistic paths through which electron and proton transfer can be coupled together in reversible organic redox reactions, with a particular emphasis on the role that hydrogen bonding is playing in these mechanisms.
Office: CSL 412A
Office Phone: 619-594-4839
E-mail: dsmith@sciences.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Smith/

 

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Bill Tong
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
MBRS.IMSD Principle Investigator/Program Director
Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Program Area: Analytical Chemistry
Research Interests: Research in our laser laboratory is directed toward the application of novel nonlinear multiphoton laser spectroscopic methods in the development and understanding of new methods in laser analytical spectroscopy. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of fundamental principles and experimental observations of new spectroscopic phenomena. Integration of innovative nonlinear laser techniques and computer interfacing of high-precision instrumentation provides many advantages with new experimental possibilities over conventional laser spectroscopic methods in analytical problem solving.
Office: CSL 304
Office Phone: 619-594-2442
E-mail: william.tong@sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Tong

Engineering

Luciano Demasi
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Multilayered Composite Structures, Computational Solid Mechanics, Static and Dynamic Aeroelasticity, Steady and Unsteady Aerodynamics, Reduced Order Models for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Problems, Unconventional Wing Configurations
Office: E-307
Office Phone: 619-594-3752
E-mail: ldemasi@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://attila.sdsu.edu/~demasi

 

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Samuel Kassegne
Professor
Program Area: Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: MEMS/NEMS, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering, and Computational Science
Office: PS-127
Email: kassegne@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://mechanical.sdsu.edu/mechanical/kassegne_samuel.aspx?&spv=t

 

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Parag Katira
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Biomolecular motors, Cell mechanics, Mechanosensing, Tissue Dynamics, Soft Matter Interactions, Design of Active Materials
Office: E-202E
Email: pkatira@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://mechanical.sdsu.edu/mechanical/katira_parag.aspx?&spv=t

 

Satchi Venkatamaran
Associate  Professor
Program Area: Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Dr. Venkataraman’s expertise is in the area of structural optimization. His recent work has investigated progressive failure predictability of composite laminates. He has published papers on identification of factors affecting failure predictability and use of surrogate measures to improve robustness and failure predictability (Venkataraman and Salas, 2007), use of structural fuses to control failure and improve robustness and failure predictability (Salas and Venkataraman, 2007), investigation of effect of model uncertainties in progressive failure predictability (Salas and Venkataraman, 2006), and effect of load redistributions and competing failures in progressive failure of redundant truss structures (Marhadi and Venkataraman, 2006).
Office: E-309
Office Phone: 619-594-6660
E-mail: satchi@mail.sdsu.edu
Website:http://attila.sdsu.edu/~satchi

Mathematics and Statistics

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Chris Curtis
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Mathematics Applications
Research Interests: Industrial and applied mathematics
Office: 
GMCS 591
Email: ccurtis@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~cwcurtis/info.html

Timothy Dunster
Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Program Area: Mathematics
Research Interests: Asymptotic analysis, special functions, ordinary differential equations.
Office/Lab: GMCS 521. Phone: 619-594-5968 (office)
Email: mdunster@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~dunster

 

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Antoni Luque
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Mathematics Applications
Research Interests: Applied mathematics, Biophysics, Physical Virology
Email: aluque@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.luquelab.com/

Physics

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Matt Anderson
Professor/Research Adviser
Research Interests: The ultrafast optics laboratory at SDSU is ready to undertake the experimental endeavors proposed here. The lab includes a Ti:Sapphire oscillator (capable of generating 10-100 fs pulses), a multipass amplifier, computers, electronics, assorted optics and mounts. At 200-300 mW output, the oscillator permits a range of experiments without amplification. There are two operational pulse shapers currently in the lab. The first is a temporal pulse shaper. It is a grating-based 4f system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator (SLM) consisting of two 128 arrays sandwiched between polarizers (Cambridge Research SLM-256). This device can shape both the amplitude and phase of our femtosecond pulses. The outgoing temporal structure can be conveniently monitored using a SPIDER pulse characterization apparatus. For a SPIDER review, see [Anderson LPL]. With this system we have demonstrated, for example, the ability to compress complicated pulses back to the transform limit in a single step (an experiment that was highlighted in Optics & Photonics News’ “Highlights from the year in Optics”) [Anderson OPN].
Phone: 619-594-2468
E-mail: manderson@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.physics.sdsu.edu/~anderson/

Fridolin Weber
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Associate Chair & Graduate Advisor
Program Area: Theoretical Physics
Office/Lab: Physics 142. Phone: 619-594-0239
Email: fweber@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~fweber/

Psychology

Nader Amir
Professor
Program Area: Experimental Psychopathology (emphasis on anxiety disorders)
Research Interests: Specifically, he is interested in studying information-processing biases that may lead to the maintenance, and possibly the development of, anxiety disorders. To this end, he has used various paradigms that examine cognitive disturbances (e.g., attentional bias, implicit and explicit memory bias, interpretation bias) in anxious patients and normal individuals with elevated trait anxiety. This research has culminated in a theory of social anxiety that focuses on abnormalities in inhibition and activation of threat-relevant information in these individuals
Office Location: ALV-6363/301/8. Phone: (619) 594-8494
E-Mail: namir@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://nas.psy.sdsu.edu/

 

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Ruth Carper
Research Assistant Professor
Program Area: 
Neuropsychology
Research Interests: Brain bases of autism from early development through aging. Methods include anatomical MRI and structural connectivity MRI (diffusion MRI) in combination with cognitive measures and other imaging modalities. Particular interest in the brain and cognitive changes that occur in middle age and aging in adults with autism.
Office: 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92120
Email: rcarper@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.psychology.sdsu.edu/people/ruth-carper-ph-d/

 

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Terry Cronan

Professor
Program Area: Social Psychology
Research Interests: Community interventions, community psychology, literacy development, multicultural issues, coping and chronic diseases, and health care utilization.
Office Location: ALV 6505/110    Phone: (619) 594-6915
E-Mail: tcronan@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~tcronan/CronanLab/Index.html

 

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Thierry Devos
Associate Professor
Program Area: Social Psychology
Research Interests: Issues related to social identity, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. We explore how attitudes and beliefs about self and social groups operate outside of conscious awareness or control.
Office Location: LS 273. Phone: (619) 594-6911
E-Mail: tdevos@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~tdevos/irl/research.html

 

Linda Gallo
Professor
Program Area: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Dr. Gallo’s research focuses on psychosocial and behavioral processes in chronic disease risks and outcomes and on socioeconomic status and ethnicity-related health inequities. Much of her research applies a multi-level, inter-disciplinary, bio-psychosocial approach, incorporating macro level factors such as social status and ethnicity, individual and family level psychological and social factors, and biological mechanisms and indicators of health and disease (e.g., subclinical assessments of atherosclerosis; ambulatory blood pressure; inflammatory markers).
Office Location: 9245 Sky Park Cout, Suite 105/115. Phone: (619)-594-4833
E-Mail: lgallo@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/lcgallo/#linksnew

 

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Paul Gilbert
Associate Professor
Program Area: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: My primary research interests focus on cognitive, behavioral, and motor changes in older adults and individuals diagnosed with neurodegenerative disease. I am particularly interested in memory impairments associated with healthy aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.
Office Location: 6475 Alvarado Court, Suite 104  . Phone:  (619) 594-7409
E-Mail: pgilbert@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.psychology.sdsu.edu/people/paul-gilbert/

 

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Vanessa Malcarne
Professor
Program Area: Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Adjustment to chronic illness in children and adults; beliefs about physical and mental illness; measurement of ethnic identity and acculturation; ethnicity and psychopathology.
Office Location: 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 103. Phone: (619) 594-6495
E-Mail: malcarne@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.psychology.sdsu.edu/new-web/FacultyLabs/Malcarne/MalcarneResearchProjects.htm

 

Ralph-Axel Müller
Professor
Program Area: Cognitive Science
Research Interests: We study functional and anatomical brain development in neurotypical children and those with developmental disorders (especially autism). Research applies multimodal magnetic resonance imaging techniques (functional and functional connectivity MRI, anatomical volumetrics, diffusion tensor imaging and tractography, MR spectroscopy), as well as eye-tracking, behavioral, and neuropsychological measures.
Office Location: MC 1863. Phone: (619)-594-5276
E-Mail: amueller@mail.sdsu.edu
Lab Website: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/~amueller/web/BDIL.html

 

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Claire Murphy
Program Area: Neuropsychology
Research Interests: Research interests are varied, but center on the relationship of the brain to behavior. There are several research projects investigating normal function and function in impaired populations: Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Down’s Syndrome, the elderly, head trauma patients, normal children, children with head trauma, and whatever new populations become available to provide a window to the functioning of the brain.
Office Location: 6363 Alvarado Court, Suite 101. Phone: (619) 594-4559
E-Mail: cmurphy@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.psychology.sdsu.edu/new-web/facultystaff/murphy.html

 

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Melody Sadler
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Social Psychology
Research Interests: Areas of interest include category differentiation and inter-group evaluative bias, the formation of stereotyping and prejudice in groups and the implications for information processing.
Office Location: SSE-2307G. Phone: (619) 594-1580
E-Mail: msadler@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/sdsustemlab/

 

May Yeh
Assistant Professor
Program Area: Psychology
Research Interests: Research in this lab involves mental health services delivery for children, with particular interests in cultural issues, cultural competence, school involvement in services, and adapting efficacious treatments for culturally diverse populations.
Office Location: ALv 6363/103/10 Phone: (619) 594-2838
E-Mail: myeh@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: http://www.psychology.sdsu.edu/new-web/facultystaff/yeh.html