Biological Sciences
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The Department of Biological Sciences offers graduate degrees based on scholarly and research achievement that goes beyond what is available at the undergraduate level of instruction and mentorship. Prospective students are expected to enter with reasonable academic preparation in the sciences and supporting fields, and to undertake completion of the degree requirements with a personal and professional commitment and enthusiasm that matches that of their graduate faculty mentors.
The Department of Biological Sciences offers a Master of Science degree and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Biosciences and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.
Chair
Bruce Cushing
Contact Information: bcushing@utep.edu; 915-747-5844
Education: Ph D, Michigan State University
Professor
Renato Aguilera
Contact Information: raguilera@utep.edu; 915-747-6852
Education: BS, University of Texas at El Paso; MS, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, University of California at Berkeley; POSTD, University of California at Berkeley
Stephen Aley
Contact Information: saley@utep.edu; 915-747-8813
Education: BS, California Institute of Technology; Post-Bac Watson Fellowship, John Curtin School for Medical Research; Ph D, The Rockefeller University
Igor Almeida
Contact Information: icalmeida@utep.edu; 915-747-6086
Education: Pharm B, Universidade Regional do Nordeste (currently UEPb); MS, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM),Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP); Ph D, Escola Paulista de Medicina-EPM (currently UNIFESP); Post-Doctoral, University of Dundee
Marc Cox
Contact Information: mbcox@utep.edu; 915-747-5429
Education: BS, University of Missouri; MSPH, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Ph D, Tulane University; Postdoctoral Fellowship NRSA (NIH/NIDDK), Mayo Clinic
Bruce Cushing
Contact Information: bcushing@utep.edu; 915-747-5844
Education: Ph D, Michigan State University
Siddhartha Das
Contact Information: sdas@utep.edu; 915-747-6896
Education: BS, University of Calcutta; MS, University of Calcutta; Ph D, University of Calcutta; Post-doctoral researcher, University of Pittsburgh; Post-doctoral researcher, University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
Eli Greenbaum
Contact Information: egreenbaum2@utep.edu; 915-747-5553
Education: High School Diploma, City Honors High School; BS, Binghamton University; MS, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Ph D, University of Kansas
Kyung-An Han
Contact Information: khan@utep.edu; 915-747-8950
Education: BS, Yonsei University; Ph D, State University of New York at Buffalo Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Jerry Johnson
Contact Information: jjohnson@utep.edu; 915-747-6984
Education: BS, Fort Hays Kansas State University; MS, University of Texas at El Paso; Ph D, Texas A&M University
Michael Kenney
Contact Information: mjkenney@utep.edu; 915-747-7540
Education: Ph D, Michigan State University
Arshad Khan
Contact Information: amkhan2@utep.edu; 915-747-8436
Education: BS, University of California at Riverside; MS, University of California at Riverside; Ph D, University of California at Riverside
Robert Kirken
Contact Information: rkirken@utep.edu; 915-747-5536
Education: BA, Olivet College; Ph D, Wright State University; Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
Vanessa Lougheed
Contact Information: vlougheed@utep.edu; 915-747-6887
Education: BS, McMaster University; Ph D, McMaster University
Rosa Maldonado
Contact Information: ramaldonado@utep.edu; 915-747-6891
Education: BS, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias; Ph D, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho; Wellcome Trust International Research Fellow, University of Dundee
Craig Tweedie
Contact Information: ctweedie@utep.edu; 915-747-8448
Education: BS, The University of Queensland; BSc Honors, The University of Queensland; Ph D, The University of Queensland; Postdoc, Michigan State University
Elizabeth Walsh
Contact Information: ewalsh@utep.edu; 915-747-5421
Education: BS, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph D, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jianying Zhang
Contact Information: jzhang@utep.edu; 915-747-6995
Education: MD, Zhengzhou University School of medicine (Former Henan Medical University); MPH, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine (Former Xi'an Medical University); Ph D, Xia'men University; POSTD, The Scripps Research Institute
Associate Professor
Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi
Contact Information: ajdarrouzetnardi@utep.edu; 915-747-6994
Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley; Ph D, University of Colorado
Giulio Francia
Contact Information: gfrancia@utep.edu; 915-747-8025
Education: BS, University of Bristol; Ph D, ICRF/Kings College London
Kristine Garza
Contact Information: kgarza@utep.edu; 915-747-8027
Education: BS, St. Mary's University; Ph D, University of Virginia
Philip Lavretsky
Contact Information: plavretsky@utep.edu; 915-747-6424
Education: BA, University of California-Davis; Ph D, Wright State University
Manuel Llano
Contact Information: mllano@utep.edu; 915-747-6885
Education: MD, Universidad de La Habana; MS, Universidad de La Habana; Ph D, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Jennie McLaren
Contact Information: jrmclaren@utep.edu; 915-747-8903
Education: BS, University of Regina; MS, University of Toronto; Ph D, The University of British Columbia
Manuel Miranda-Arango
Contact Information: mmiranda3@utep.edu; 915-747-6645
Education: BS, Biology School, at the National University of Mexico (UNAM); MS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ph D, National University of Mexico (UNAM)
Michael Moody
Contact Information: mlmoody@utep.edu; 915-747-5087
Education: BA, University of Redlands; BS, University of Arizona; MS, Washington State University; Ph D, University of Connecticut
Jeffrey Olimpo
Contact Information: jtolimpo@utep.edu; 915-747-6923
Education: BS, Ursinus College; MA, University of Maryland; MS, University of Maryland; Ph D, University of Maryland
Hugues Ouellet
Contact Information: houellet@utep.edu; 915-747-6607
Education: BS, Laval University; Ph D, Laval University
Anita Quintana
Contact Information: aquintana8@utep.edu; 915-747-8988
Education: BS, New Mexico State University; Ph D, University of New Mexico
German Rosas-Acosta
Contact Information: grosas3@utep.edu; 915-747-5122
Education: BS, Universidad de los Andes; MS, New York University - NYU Medical Center - Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences; Ph D, New York University - NYU Medical Center - Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Charles Spencer (he/him)
Contact Information: ctspencer@utep.edu; 915-747-8776
Education: BA, Washington University in St. Louis; Ph D, Saint Louis University
Jianjun Sun
Contact Information: jsun@utep.edu; 915-747-8905
Education: BS, China Agriculture University; MS, China Agriculture University; Ph D, Medical College of Wisconsin; Postdoctoral fellowship, Harvard Medical School
Charlotte Vines
Contact Information: cvines@utep.edu; 915-747-8127
Education: Ph D, Harvard University
Assistant Professor
Alexander Friedman
Contact Information: afriedman@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, Bar-Ilan University
Michael Harvey
Contact Information: mgharvey@utep.edu; 915-747-6999
Education: BA, Cornell University; Ph D, Louisiana State University
Mary Janecka
Contact Information: mjjanecka@utep.edu;
Education: BS, Emporia State University; MS, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Ph D, Texas A&M University
Colince Kamdem
Contact Information: gckamdemdjo@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
Elizabeth La Rue
Contact Information: ealarue@utep.edu;
Education: AAS, Muskegon Community College; BS, Grand Valley State University; MS, Grand Valley State University; Ph D, Purdue University
Vicente Mata-Silva
Contact Information: vmata@utep.edu; 915-747-5354
Education: Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso
Marguerite Mauritz
Contact Information: memauritz@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, San Diego State University
Travis Moschak
Contact Information: tmmoschak@utep.edu;
Education: Ph D, Oregon Health & Science University
Kelly Ramirez
Contact Information: ksramirez4@utep.edu;
Education: BS, Washington State University; Ph D, University of Colorado
Sourav Roy
Contact Information: sroy1@utep.edu; 915-747-8757
Education: BS, University of Calcutta; MS, University of Kalyani; PG Diploma in Information Technology and Management, All India Management Association; MS, Indiana University Bloomington; Ph D, University of California Riverside
Brett Seymoure
Contact Information: bmseymoure@utep.edu; 915-747-6894
Education: BS, Alma College; Ph D, Arizona State University; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Colorado State University and National Park Service; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in St. Louis
Sangeeta Tiwari
Contact Information: stiwari@utep.edu; 915-747-6889
Education: MS, Guru Nanak Dev University; BSEd, Punjab University; Ph D, Jawaharlal Nehru University/Institute of Microbial technology_CSIR
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Science
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone: 915.747.5844
Email: biology@utep.edu