Members of the Faculty Advisory Committee
The CEILS Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) is responsible for communicating the educational needs and interests of all the departments and interdisciplinary programs in the Life and Physical Sciences.
CEILS FAC Members from the Division of Life and Physical Sciences (in alphabetical order by last name):
Name | Titles | Home Department and IDP* |
Jessica Lynch Alfaro | Associate Professor Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education |
Institute for Society and Genetics (ISG) |
Don Blasius | Professor Undergraduate Vice Chair |
Mathematics |
Albert Courey (Ex-Officio) |
Professor, Associate Dean of Physical Sciences for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Robert Gould | Academic Administrator, Vice Chair | Statistics |
Sylvia Hurtado | Professor | Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) |
Barbara Knowlton | Professor Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies |
Psychology |
Frank Laski | Professor Chair for Life Sciences Core Curriculum |
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) |
Beth Lazazzera | Associate Professor Vice Chair for Undergraduate Affairs |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) |
Yung-Ya Lin | Associate Professor Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Jeffrey Long | Professor | Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) |
Ian McLean
(Chair) |
Professor Vice Chair |
Physics & Astronomy (PA) |
Cully Nordby | Academic Director | Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) |
Patricia Phelps | Professor Vice Chair |
Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP) |
Gilles Peltzer | Professor | Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences (EPSS) |
Lawren Sack | Professor Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB ) |
Van Savage | Assistant Professor Co-Vice Chair for Computational and Systems Biology IDP |
Biomathematics , Computational and Systems Biology IDP |
Jochen Stutz | Professor, Chair | Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (AOS) |
Blaire Van Valkenburgh (Ex-Officio) |
Professor Associate Dean of the Life Sciences for Academic Programs |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB ) |
Stephanie White | Professor Neuroscience IDP |
Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP), Neuroscience IDP |
* IDP, Interdisciplinary Program in the Life Sciences Division at UCLA