Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

School of Life Sciences Faculty


Chair  

van Breukelen, Frank 

Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder.  Rebel since 2002.

Graduate Coordinator  

Tseng, Boo Shan

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, New York City, Rebel since 2016.

Graduate Faculty  

Abella, Scott R. 

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. Rebel since 2015.

Andres, Andrew J.

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington. Rebel since 2002.

Brager, Darrin H.

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore. Rebel since 2023.

Caberoy, Nora B.

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Washington State University, Pullman. Rebel since 2012.

Choate, David M.

Visiting Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame. Rebel since 2016.

Devitt, Dale A. 

Professor; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside. Rebel since 2005.

Gibbs, Allen G. 

Professor; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. Rebel since 2005.

Guha, Prasun 

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Calcutta, India. Rebel since 2022.

Han, Mira V.

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington. Rebel since 2013.

Hedlund, Brian P.

Professor; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle. Rebel since 2003.

Hindle, Allyson G. 

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.  Rebel since 2019.

Jaeger, Jef 

Associate Professor-in-Residence; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Rebel since 1994.

Lee, David V. 

Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Rebel since 2007.

Liu, Qian

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Rebel since 2021.

Meiselman, Matthew R.

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, Riverside. Rebel since 2022.

Murali, Ranjani

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinios, Urbana-Champaign.  Rebel since 2024.

Neiswenter, Sean

Associate Professor-in-Residence; Ph.D., University of Neveada, Las Vegas.  Rebel since 2005.

Nika, Joseph R.

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; Ph.D., University of Texas as Dallas, Dallas.  Rebel since 2005.

Peltier, Drew M.P.

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.  Rebel since 2024.

Petrie, Matthew D.

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.  Rebel since 2018.

Picard, Aude 

Assistant Research Professor; Ph.D., University of Lyon, France. Rebel since 2018.

Pietrasiak, Nicole 

Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, Riverside. Rebel since 2023.

Price, Donald K.

Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.  Rebel since 2016.

Rafferty, Kathryn M.

Associate Professor-in-Residence; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. Rebel since 2015.

Robleto, Eduardo A.

Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Rebel since 2002.

Rodríguez-Robles, Javier A. 

Professor; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Rebel since 2002.

Schiller, Martin R.

Professor; Ph.D., Utah State University, Logan. Rebel Since 2009.

Schulte, Paul J.

Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle. Rebel since 1990.

Shen, Jeffery Q.

Professor; Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis. Rebel since 2000.

Stacy, Elizabeth A.

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Boston University, Boston. Rebel since 2016.

Strong, Christy L.

Associate Professor-in-Residence; Ph.D., University of Montana, Missoula.  Rebel since 2011.

Thompson, Daniel B. 

Professor; Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson. Rebel since 1990.

Treat, Michael D.

Visiting Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Rebel since 2021.

Trzyna, Wendy

Visiting Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Wyoming, Laramir, WY.  Rebel since 2024.

Tseng, Ai-Sun 

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge. Rebel since 2012. 

Tseng, Boo Shan 

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Rockefeller University, New York City, Rebel since 2016.

Utz, Jenifer C.

Associate Professor-in-Residence; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  Rebel since 2005.

van Breukelen, Frank

Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder.  Rebel since 2002.

Weng, Mo 

Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  Rebel since 2018.

Wing, Helen J.

Professor; Ph.D., University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Rebel since 2005.

Professors Emeriti

Amy, Penny S.

Professor Emerita; Ph.D., Oregon State University. UNLV Emerita 1993-2015.

Niles, Wesley E.

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson. UNLV Emeritus 1968-2002.

Raftery, Laurel A.

Professor Emerita; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder. Rebel since 2010-2023.

Regner, Kurt M.

Professor-in-Residence Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Rebel since 2005.

Reiber, Carl L.

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst. UNLV Emeritus 1993-2018.

Riddle, Brett R.

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. UNLV Emeritus 1990-2022.

Smith, Stanley D.

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Arizona State University, Tempe. UNLV Emeritus 1985-2017.

Stark, Lloyd R. 

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Emeritus since 1999-2023.

Starkweather, Peter L.

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Dartmouth College, Hanover, UNLV Emeritus 1978-2014.

Walker, Lawrence R. 

Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Alaska, Fairbanks, UNLV Emeritus 1992-2018.

Winokur, Robert

Associate Professor Emeritus; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UNLV Emeritus 1978-2008.