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Department Leadership & Support
Jason Sexton
Chair, Life and Environmental Sciences
Mel Alexandra
Department Manager, Life and Environmental Sciences
Whitney Williams
Department Coordinator, Life and Environmental Sciences
Salvador Mejia
Department Specialist, Life and Environmental Sciences
Graduate Program Contacts
Life and Environmental Sciences (LES)
Xuan Zhang
Interim Graduate Chair, Life and Environmental Sciences (LES)
Mel Alexandra
Department Manager & Graduate Program Manager, Life and Environmental Sciences
Whitney Williams
Department Coordinator, Life and Environmental Sciences
Salvador Mejia
Department Specialist, Life and Environmental Sciences
Environmental Systems (ES)
Michael Beman
Graduate Chair, Environmental Systems (ES)
Jennifer Rojas
Graduate Group Coordinator, Environmental Systems (ES)
Quantitative & Systems Biology (QSB)
Ruben Ceballos
Graduate Chair, Quantitative & Systems Biology (QSB)
Beth Nelson
Department Manager, Molecular & Cell Biology and Quantitative & Systems Biology (QSB)
Whitney Williams
Department Coordinator, Molecular & Cell Biology
Salvador Mejia
Department Specialist, Molecular & Cell Biology
Undergraduate Program Contacts
Sora KimLES Academic Programs Chair
skim380@ucmerced.edu
Undergraduate Programs
- Environmental Systems Science (B.S.)
- Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (B.S.)
Laura Beaster-JonesBiology Program Chair
lbeaster-jones@ucmerced.edu
Undergraduate Programs
- Biological Sciences (B.S.)
- Biological Sciences (B.A.)
