MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR) Participating Institutions
For MARC U-STAR program contact information, click the dots on the map below.
Herbert B. Silber, Ph.D.
San Jose State University
210 North Fourth Street
4th Floor
San Jose, CA 95112
Tel: 408-924-4954
Fax: 408-924-4945
E-mail: hbsilber@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu
Frank T. Bayliss, Ph.D.
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Tel: 415-338-1111
Fax: 415-338-0927
E-mail: fbayl@sfsu.edu
Web: http://www.sfsu.edu/~seo/pages/MARCannounce2.html
Alan M. Zahler, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Tel: 831-459-5131
Fax: 831-459-3737
E-mail: zahler@biology.ucsc.edu
Web: http://marcmbrs.ucsc.edu/marc.html
Carl R. Kemnitz, Ph.D.
California State University, Bakersfield
Department of Chemistry
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Tel: 661-664-2013
Fax: 661-664-2040
E-mail: ckemnitz@csub.edu
Web: http://www.csub.edu/marc
Multiple Program Sites:
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge
Mount St. Mary's College
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Diego
Jolinda A. Traugh, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside
Sponsored Projects
Administrative Office of Research Affairs
Riverside, CA 92521-0291
Tel: 951-827-4239
Fax: 951-827-4434
E-mail: jolinda.traugh@ucr.edu
Web: http://www.marcu.ucr.edu
Victor Rocha, Ph.D.
California State University, San Marcos
435 East Carmel Street
San Marcos, CA 92078-4362
Tel: 760-750-4084
Fax: 760-750-3005
E-mail: vrocha@csusm.edu
Web: http://www2.csusm.edu/obrt/programs/marc.htm
Catherine Atkins, Ph.D.
San Diego State University
College of Sciences
5500 Campanile Drive MC 1010
San Diego, CA 92182-1010
Tel: 619-594-5732
Fax: 619-594-6381
E-mail: catkins@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Web: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/usp/marc
Marc E. Tischler, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
888 North Euclid
510 P.O. Box 3308
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: 520-626-6130
Fax: 520-626-9204
E-mail: tischler@email.arizona.edu
Web: http://www.biochem.arizona.edu/marc
Keith H. Pannell, Ph.D.
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue
Administration Building, Room 209
El Paso, TX 79968
Tel: 915-747-5796
Fax: 915-747-5748
E-mail: kpannell@utep.edu
Web: http://marc.utep.edu
Michael D. Johnson, Ph.D.
New Mexico State University
Director of the Office of Grants and Contracts
1620 Standley Drive, MSC OGC
P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
Tel: 505-646-3627
Fax: 505-646-2394
E-mail: johnson@nmsu.edu
Web: http://www.chemistry.nmsu.edu/~research/
MARC/MARC.html
Mary Nelson, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico
Office of Research
Scholes Hall, Room 102
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel: 505-277-2629
Fax: 505-277-0304
E-mail: manelson@unm.edu
Web: http://biology.unm.edu/MARC
Multiple Program Sites:
St. Mary's University
University of Texas at San Antonio
Jerry E. Johnson, Ph.D.
University of Houston-Downtown
One Main Street, Suite 910S, Lane Spring, TX 77002
Tel: 713-743-1871
Fax: 713-743-2053
E-mail: jjohnson@uh.edu
Web: http://www.uhd.edu/academic/colleges/
sciences/scholars/marc_home.html
Teresa T. Birdwhistell, Ph.D.
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, LA 70125
Tel: 504-483-7370
Fax: 504-485-7942
E-mail: tbirdwhi@xula.edu
Karyn Scissum Gunn, Ph.D.
Alabama State University
Biomedical Research and Training Program
915 S. Jackson Street, SB 12
Montgomery, AL 36104
Tel: 334-229-4301
Fax: 334-229-4822
E-mail: kgunn@alasu.edu
Web: http://www.alasu.edu/ArtSciences/
default.aspx?id=82
Isabella N. Finkelstein, Ph.D.
Clark Atlanta University
223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30314
Tel: 404-880-8131
Fax: 404-880-6181
E-mail: ifinkels@cau.edu
Web: http://www.cau.edu/acad_prog
biology/MARC/MARC.pdf
Prem S. Kahlon, Ph.D.
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209-1561
Tel: 615-963-5784
Fax: 615-963-5785
E-mail: pkahlon@tnstate.edu
Web: http://www.tnstate.edu/genetics
Multiple Program Sites:
Florida International University
Barry University
Azeez A. Aileru, Ph.D.
Winston-Salem State University
601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Tel: 336-761-5899
Fax: 336-761-2239
E-mail: ailerua@wssu.edu
Web: http://www.wssu.edu/WSSU/UndergraduateStudies/
College+of+Arts+and+Sciences/BRIC/MARC/
New+Home+Page+08.htm
Mary Smith, Ph.D.
North Carolina A&T State University
1601 E. Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411-0001
Tel: 336-347-7500
Fax: 336-334-7086
E-mail: smithma@ncat.edu
Joseph M. Okoh, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Backbone Road
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Tel: 410-651-6013
Fax: 410-651-7739
E-mail: jmokoh@umes.edu
Reginald Halaby, Ph.D.
Montclair State University
1 Normal Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07043
Tel: 973-655-7982
Fax: 973-655-7047
E-mail: halabyr@montclair.edu
Web: http://csam.montclair.edu/marc/
Multiple Program Sites:
Brooklyn College Research Foundation
City University of New York, City College
City University of New York, Hunter College
City University of New York, Queens College
State University, New York, Stony Brook
Mildred Chaparro, Ph.D.
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
P.O. Box 9000
Mayaguez, PR 00681-9000
Tel: 787-832-4040/2451
Fax: 787-834-2405
E-mail: chaparro@uprm.edu
Web: http://academic.uprm.edu/marc
Multiple Program Sites:
University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Teresa Turner, Ph.D.
University of the Virgin Islands
2 John Brewer's Bay
St. Thomas, VI 00802-9990
Tel: 340-693-1382
Fax: 340-693-1385
E-mail: tturner@uvi.edu
Jason C. Woods, Ph.D.
Washington University
One Brookings Drive, CB 1054
St. Louis, MO 63130
Tel: 314-935-6220
Fax: 314-935-6219
E-mail: woods@wuphys.wustl.edu
Jacqueline C. Tanaka, Ph.D.
Temple University
1601 North Broad Street
406 USB, 083-45
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Tel: 215-204-8868
Fax: 215-204-6646
E-mail: jtanaka@temple.edu
Makram A. Himaya, Ph.D.
Grambling State University
100 Main Street
Grambling, LA 71245
Tel: 318-274-3149
Fax: 318-274-2724
E-mail: himaya@gram.edu
Web: http://www.gram.edu/arts%20and%20sciences/biology/training.asp
Marcia Martinez, Ph.D.
Tuskegee University
Carver Research Foundation 17
Tuskegee, AL 36088
Tel: 334-727-8064
Fax: 334-727-8124
E-mail: mmartinez@tuskegee.edu
Multiple Program Sites:
Morgan State University
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Laura J. Robles, Ph.D.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Department of Biology
1000 East Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
Tel: 310-243-3413
Fax: 310-243-2643
E-mail: lrobles@csudh.edu
Web: http://cadism.csudh.edu/Resources.html
Amybeth Cohen, Ph.D.
California State University, Fullerton
2600 East Nutwood Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92831
Tel: 714-278-2178
Fax: 714-278-3426
E-mail: acohen@fullerton.edu
Web: http://marc.fullerton.edu/marcfaq.asp
Henry Fung, Ph.D.
California State University, Long Beach
6300 State University Drive
Suite 332
Long Beach, CA 90815
Tel: 562-985-7898
Fax: 562-985-2315
E-mail: hcfung@csulb.edu
Web: http://www.cnsm.csulb.edu/centers/sas/marc.asp
Carlos G. Gutierrez, Ph.D.
California State University, Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Tel: 323-343-2356
Fax: 323-343-6411
E-mail: cgutier@calstatela.edu
Web: http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/
moreprograms/ustar
Maria Elena Zavala, Ph.D.
California State University, Northridge
Department of Biology
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8303
Tel: 818-677-4981
Fax: 818-677-5915
E-mail: mariaelena.zavala@csun.edu
Web: http://www.csun.edu/~csunmore
Sanders McDougall, Ph.D.
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
Tel: 714-887-7201
E-mail: smcdouga@csusb.edu
Afsane Arvand, Ph.D.
Mount St. Mary's College
Department of Physical Science and Mathematics
12001 Chalon Road
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Tel: 310-954-4107
Fax: 310-954-4062
E-mail: aarvand@msmc.la.edu
Web: http://www.msmc.la.edu/pages.875.asp
Barbara A. Horwitz, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
Office of Research, SPON Programs
1850 Research Park Drive, Suite 300
Davis, CA 95618
Tel: 530-752-0169
Fax: 530-752-6359
E-mail: bahorwitz@ucdavis.edu
Web: http://biosci2.ucdavis.edu/ggc/bmb
Francisco J. Ayala, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
300 University Tower
Irvine, CA 92697-7600
Tel: 949-824-8293
Fax: 949-824-2474
E-mail: fjayala@uci.edu
Web: http://port.bio.uci.edu/MARC
Dwayne D. Simmons, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Office of Cont. and Grants Adoministation
11000 Kinross Avenue
Suite 102, MC0951406
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1406
Tel: 310-794-1228
Fax: 310-206-9184
E-mail: dd.simmons@ucla.edu
Web: http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/urc-care/scholmarc.htm
Jaime A. Pineda, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
Department of Cognitive Science
9500 Gilman Drive
Department 0934
La Jolla, CA 92093
Tel: 858-534-9754
Fax: 858-534-1128
E-mail: pineda@cogsci.ucsd.edu
Web: http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/_organizations/aep/
Timothy Raabe, Ph.D.
St. Mary's University
Department of Biological Sciences
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228
Tel: 210-431-4321
Fax: 210-431-4363
E-mail: traabe@stmarytx.edu
Web: http://www.stmarytx.edu/marc
Edwin Barea-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio
6900 North Loop 1604 West
San Antonio, TX 78249-0600
Tel: 210-458-5842
Fax: 210-458-5196
E-mail: edwin.barea@utsa.edu
Web: http://www.utsa.edu/marc
Ophelia Inez Weeks, Ph.D.
Florida International University
Division of Sponsored Research and Training
11200 SW 8 Street
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: 305-348-2494
Fax: 305-348-4117
E-mail: weekso@fiu.edu
Web: http://www.fiu.edu/~mbrs/MARC.htm
Flona A. Redway, Ph.D.
Barry University
11300 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Miami Shores, FL 33161
Tel: 305-899-3542
Fax: 305-899-4866
E-mail: fredway@mail.barry.edu
Web: http://www.barry.edu/marc
Louise Hainline, Ph.D.
Brooklyn College Research Foundation
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Tel: 718-951-5610
Fax: 718-951-4825
E-mail: louiseh@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Web: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/marc.htm
Jonathan Levitt, Ph.D.
City University of New York, City College
Biology J526
Covent Avenue at 138th Street
New York, NY 10031
Tel: 212-650-8539
Fax: 212-650-8585
E-mail: jlevitt@ccny.cuny.edu
Derrick Brazill, Ph.D.
City University of New York, Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212-772-4000
E-mail: brazill@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Web: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/honorsprograms/
research.shtml
Zahra Zakeri, Ph.D.
City University of New York, Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
Tel: 718-997-3417
Fax: 718-997-3429
E-mail: zaha_zakeri@hotmail.com
Web: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/marc
Daniel J. Moloney, Ph.D.
State University, New York, Stony Brook
Office of Sponsored Programs
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Tel: 613-632-1653
Fax: 613-632-9791
E-mail: dmoloney@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Web: http://www.sunysb.edu/biochem/
Esther Z. Vega-Bermudez, Ph.D.
University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
Department of Biology
HUC Postal Station
Guaynabo, PR 00931
Tel: 787-850-9388
Fax: 787-850-9439
E-mail: ez_vega@webmail.uprh.edu
Reginald W. Morales, Ph.D.
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Rio Piedras Campus
P.O. Box 23308
San Juan, PR 00931-3346
Tel: 787-764-0000/4781/4752
Fax: 787-764-1588
E-mail: remorales@uprrp.edu
Cleo Adelle Hughes-Darden, Ph.D.
Morgan State University
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
E-mail: chughes@moac.morgan.edu
Web: http://grizzly.morgan.edu/~biology/undergraduate/
research.htm
Lasse A. Lindahl, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Department of Biological Sciences
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Tel: 410-455-2996
Fax: 410-455-3875
E-mail: lindahl@umbc.edu
Web: http://www.umbc.edu/MARC
