Physiology & Biophysics Faculty and Staff Research Affiliated Centers Seminars Education and Training Graduate Program Medical Education Pharmacy Education Postdoctoral Program Career & Professional Development Undergraduate About Us Event Gallery Contact Us Giving Faculty and Staff Home About Campus & Community Resources Physiology & Biophysics: Faculty and Staff The UC Irvine School of Medicine Department of Physiology & Biophysics faculty work to provide high-level service and excellent educational opportunities and mentoring to students, postdoctoral fellows and residents in the discipline of physiology and biophysics. Department Leadership Michael Cahalan, PhD Distinguished Professor and Chair, Physiology & Biophysics Faculty Geoffrey Abbott, PhD Vice Dean, Basic Science Research Senior Associate Dean, Academic Personnel Kevin Beier, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Associate Director, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program David Davies, PhD Associate Professor in Residence, Physiology & Biophysics Asuka Eguchi, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Philip Felgner, PhD Professor in Residence, Physiology and Biophysics Michael Hicks, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Todd Holmes, PhD Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Lan Huang, PhD Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Graduate Faculty Advisor, Physiology & Biophysics Rongsheng Jin, PhD Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Barbara Jusiak, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Devon Lawson, PhD Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Francesco Marangoni, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Shivashankar Othy, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Medha Pathak, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Francesco Tombola, PhD Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Sergio Villalta, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Lisa Wagar, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Stephen White, PhD Emeritus Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Alvin Yu, PhD Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Part-Time (Adjunct or Split) Steve Goldstein, MD, PhD Vice Chancellor, Health Affairs Professor, Pediatrics Milton Greenberg, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Vladimir Kefalov, PhD Professor, Ophthalmology Philip Kiser, PhD, PharmD Associate Professor, Ophthalmology Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Mitradas Panicker, PhD Associate Adjunct Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Eric Pearlman, PhD Director, Institute for Immunology Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Subrata Sabui, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Hamid Said, PhD, PharmD Distinguished Professor (with tenure), Department of Physiology & Biophysics Distinguished Professor (with tenure), Department of Medicine Harinder Singh, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor, Physiology and Biophysics MedEd Course Director Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Qin Yang, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Medicine Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Joint Faculty Appointments Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD Professor, Pediatrics Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Alan Goldin, MD, PhD Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Naoto Hoshi, PhD Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Wei Ling Lau, MD Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Kidney Transplantation, Department of Medicine Shaista Malik, MD, PhD, MPH Associate Vice Chancellor, College of Health Sciences Executive Director, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD Distinguished Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Donald Bren Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Ophthalmology Nosratola Vaziri, MD Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics Former Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and former Chairman of Department of Medicine, Medicine Gulab Zode, PhD Professor, Ophthalmology Emeritus Faculty Ralph A. Bradshaw George Chandy Jay Gargus Harry Haigler James Hall Frances Anne Jurnak Janos K. Lanyi Kenneth Longmuir Larry E. Vickery Albert Zlotnik Administrative Staff Janita Parpana Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Email: jparpana@hs.uci.edu Phone: 949-824-6833 Lillian Li Senior Financial Analyst Email: liq16@uci.edu Phone: 949-824-5864 Terri Warren Senior Academic and Staff Personnel Analyst Email: twarren@hs.uci.edu Phone: 949-824-5865 Xiaoting Jin Financial Analyst Email: xiaotinj@uci.edu Phone: 949-824-5864 Ann Wu Purchasing/Reimbursement Coordinator Email: chialw1@hs.uci.edu Phone: 949-824-5863 Claire Chen Administrative Assistant/Graduate Coordinator Email: chiaochc@hs.uci.edu Ron Pulido Basic Science IT Support Email: ronp@uci.edu Phone: 949-824-5311