Hagop Atamian
Assistant Professor
atamian@chapman.edu
Dr. Atamian’s research interests broadly aim at understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant interactions with the environment. He uses high throughput sequencing and molecular approaches together with physiological field experiments to better understand plant genotype x environment interactions.
Marco Bisoffi
Associate Professor, Co-Program Director for the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
bisoffi@chapman.edu
Dr. Bisoffi is a molecular biologist who specializes in field cancerization, prostate cancer, tumor-adjacent tissues, biomarker, natural products and experimental cancer therapeutics. His research interests include prostatic tissues and the testing of natural product based experimental therapeutics.
Douglas Fudge
Associate Professor
fudge@chapman.edu
Dr. Fudge’s research aims to understand the biophysics of marine animals, with a focus
on processes such as predator defense, feeding, and locomotion. His projects aim to
understand predator-prey interactions between hagfishes and sharks, the function and
biogenesis of hagfish slime, and the development of biomimetic applications inspired
by hagfish slime.
Jennifer Funk
Professor
jlfunk@chapman.edu
Dr. Funk's research centers on biochemistry and plant physiology as they relate to
ecological processes. Some of her research interests include the relationship between
plant life and climate change, and invasive plant species in Southern California.
Gregory Goldsmith
Assistant Professor, Grand Challenges Initiative Director
goldsmit@chapman.edu
Dr. Goldsmith is a plant physiological ecologist who studies the flow of water and
carbon through forest ecosystems. His research uses observational and experimental
approaches drawn from ecohydrology, community and ecosystem ecology, as well as stable
isotope biogeochemistry. He has recently conducted research in Costa Rica, Panama,
Mexico, Peru, and Switzerland.
Rosalee Hellberg
Associate Professor, Food Science Program Associate Director
hellburg@chapman.edu
Dr. Hellburg teaches courses on Food Fraud, Food Microbiology, Introduction to Food
Science, and Food Industry Tour. Her research is focused on the development and application
of rapid methods for the detection of food fraud and food contaminants.
Jeremy Hsu
Assistant Professor
hsu@chapman.edu
Dr. Jeremy Hsu teaches various courses on evolution, molecular genetics, and more.
As an evolutionary biologist, he is broadly interested in exploring how intrinsic
factors (e.g., differences in behavior and demography) and extrinsic factors (e.g.,
environmental perturbations and ecological differences) impact the evolution and dynamics
of populations over time.
Jason Keller
Professor
jkeller@chapman.edu
Dr. Keller is an ecologist broadly interested in the flow of carbon and nutrients
through ecosystems. Much of his work explores how ecosystems will respond to ongoing
global change.
Allegra Liberman-Martin
Assistant Professor
libermanmartin@chapman.edu
Dr. Liberman-Martin is an organic chemist who specializes in homogeneous catalysis,
organometallic chemistry, reaction mechanisms and polymer synthesis.
Patricia C. Lopes
Assistant Professor
lopes@chapman.edu
Dr. Lopes is interested in understanding the causes and consequences of animal social behavior, with an emphasis on disease transmission. Her research integrates several levels of biological organization, including genes, hormones, the brain, the individual, and ultimately the dynamics of a whole social group.
Walter Piper
Professor
wpiper@chapman.edu
Dr. Piper's expertise includes territorial behavior, habitat selection, aggression,
the common loon, conservation and ecology.
Carolyn Sherff
Assistant Professor, Instructional Faculty
sherff@chapman.edu
Dr. Sherff is an Assistant Professor.
Lindsay Waldrop
Assistant Professor
waldrop@chapman.edu
Dr. Waldrop is an Assistant Professor.
William Wright
Associate Professor
wwright@chapman.edu
Dr. Wright researches animal behavior, with a focus on territoriality, fight-or-flight response He and his students conduct field and lab research centered on the evolution of territorial behavior.
Susan Yang
Professor
kyang@chapman.edu
Dr. Yang's research focuses on electrophysiology, f-MRI modeling, bioinformatics,
health and pollution and computational and experimental biology neuroscience.
Cassandra Zalman
Assistant Professor
medvedef@chapman.edu
Dr. Zalman's research interests include understanding mechanistic regulators and interactive controls on anaerobic microbial decomposition in wetland ecosystem.
Our faculty are all eager to have undergraduate students join their research projects. Many projects utilize the innovative facilities and equipment in theKeck Center of Science and Engineering. And with Chapman’s recentR2 Carnegie Classification, research opportunities will continue to expand.
Biological Sciences faculty and students have collaborated on projects such as:
GCI is a unique two-year research project that is part of the curriculum for all incoming first-year students in Schmid College.
The Keck Center is the home of Schmid College and where you will take classes, research and collaborate.
Want to earn a master's degree in just one additional year on top of your bachelor's degree? Check out our accelerated science programs.
