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2024-2025 Department Chairs

School of Engineering


Anand Subramaniam - Bioengineering (BioE) - asubramaniam@ucmerced.edu


Florin Rusu - Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) - frusu@ucmerced.edu


Marc Beutel - Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) -  mbeutel@ucmerced.edu 


Sarah Kurtz - Electrical Engineering (EE) -  skurtz@ucmerced.edu


Ashlie Martini - Mechanical Engineering (ME) -  amartini@ucmerced.edu 

Mehmet Baykara - Vice Chair - Mechanial Engineering (ME) - mehmet.baykara@ucmerced.edu


Valerie Leppert - Chemical and Materials Engineering (CME) -  vleppert@ucmerced.edu 


LeRoy Westerling - Management of Complex Systems (MCS) - awesterling@ucmerced.edu


School of Natural Sciences


Kirk Jensen - Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) -  kjensen5@ucmerced.edu 


Ryan Baxter - Chemistry & Biochemistry - rbaxter@ucmerced.edu


Carolin Frank - Life & Environmental Sciences (LES) -  cfrank3@ucmerced.edu 


Roummel Marcia - Applied Math -  rmarcia@ucmerced.edu


Linda Hirst  - Physics -  lhirst@ucmerced.edu 


Michael Colvin - Medical Education - mcolvin@ucmerced.edu


School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts


Greg Wright - Economics & Business Management (EBM) -  gwright4@ucmerced.edu 


Paul Gibbons - Global Arts,  Media, and Writing Studies (GAMWS) - pgibbons@ucmerced.edu


Kyle Dodson - Sociology (SOC) -  kdodson2@ucmerced.edu 


Courtenay Monroe - Political Science (POLI) - courtenaymonroe@ucmerced.edu


Asa Bradman - Public Health (PH) -  abradman@ucmerced.edu 


Christina Torres - Anthropology & Heritage Studies (AHS) - christina.torres@ucmerced.edu


David Rouff - History & Critical Race & Ethnic Studies (HCRES) - david.rouff@ucmerced.edu


Sarah Depaoli - Psychology (PSY) - sdepaoli@ucmerced.edu


Humberto Garcia - Literatures & Languages and Cultures (LAL) -  hgarcia22@ucmerced.edu 


Chris Kello - Cognitive & Informational Sciences (CIS) - ckello@ucmerced.edu


Dan Hicks - Philosophy (PHIL) - dhicks4@ucmerced.edu