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2023-2024 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 


Valerie Leppert - Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) -  vleppert@ucmerced.edu 


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


School of Natural Sciences


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


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


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


Suzanne Sindi - Applied Math -  ssindi@ucmerced.edu 


Linda Hirst  - Physics -  lhirst@ucmerced.edu 


School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts


Christian Fons-Rosen - Economics & Business Management (EBM) -  cfons-rosen@ucmerced.edu 


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


Laura Hamilton - Sociology (SOC) -  lhamilton2@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


Virginia Adan-Lifante - Literatures & Languages and Cultures (LAL) -  vadan-lifante@ucmerced.edu 


David Noelle - Cognitive & Informational Sciences (CIS) - dnoelle@ucmerced.edu


Carolyn Jennings - Philosophy (PHIL) - cjennings3@ucmerced.edu