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Human Dimensions
This faculty group focuses research and education on human interactions with nature and the environment; the science of humans (behavior and evolution); science as a human endeavor (history and philosophy of science); and the interplay of science and society in the context of education, public policy, law and daily life.
Regents’ Professor, President’s Professor and University Professor
Members
Name
Contact
Expertise
Professor
Angilletta combines models and experiments to understand how animal populations adapt to changing environments.
480-965-4321
Associate Research Scientist
Baluch oversees the W.M. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory in the School of Life Sciences. Her research is focused on studying the behavior of cells and tissue using advanced microscopy techniques.
480-727-0725
ASU/School of Life Sciences 427 E Tyler Mall
Assistant Professor
Brownell is a neuroscientist turned full-time education researcher, who teaches undergraduate biology while studying biology education.
Project Coordinator
Chakravadhanula manages the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), an NIH funded STEM initiative to encourage underrepresented students to achieve their career goals in science.
480-965-7498
LSA 174
Research Assistant Professor
Cheng is associate director of Conservation Evidence, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.
480-727-3109
Instructor
Matt Chew is an instructor of biology and society courses at ASU. He conducts a field course in 'novel ecosystems' and lectures on the 'history of biology.'
480-965-8422
LSA 252
President's Professor
Creath is a philosopher of science who uses historical methods to study fundamental questions about the role of logic, mathematics, scientific methods and even philosophy within science.
480-965-6270
LSC 274
Administrative Professional
Ellison's research and teaching focus on research ethics and ethics education. She directs the School of Life Science Ethics Program, is an editor for the Online Ethics Center (onlineethics.org), and serves on the APPE board.
480-727-7111
LSC 270
Professor; Director, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes
Gerber aims to accelerate the success of biodiversity management and sustainable biodiversity outcomes by fostering relationships among academics and decision makers.
480-727-3109
LSA 212
Emeritus Professor
Steven Hoffman is an immunologist, neuroscientist and philosopher who has studied how the immune system and brain interact, and currently is integrating this work into philosophical perspectives.
480-965-7024
LSE 617
Associate Professor
Hurlbut is trained in the history of modern biomedical and life sciences. His research lies at the intersection of science and technology studies, bioethics and political theory.
Professor
Kinzig looks at how humans shape and influence their natural environments and what this means for human health and Earth's ecosystems. Her work focuses on ecosystem services and the resilience of natural-resource systems.
480-965-6838
LSA 124
President's Professor
Laubichler is a theoretical biologist and historian of science. He is the co-director of the ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems and associate director of ASU's Origins Project,
480-965-5481
LSA 256
Regents’ Professor, President’s Professor and University Professor
Maienschein and her team research embryology, genetics, and cell biology. She specializes in the history and philosophy of biology and the way biology, bioethics and bio-policy play out in society.
480-965-6105
LSC 284
Regents' Professor; Lincoln Professor of Emerging Technologies, Law & Ethics
Marchant frequently lectures about the intersection of law and science at national and international conferences. He's authored more than 150 articles and book chapters on various issues related to emerging technologies.
480-965-3246
LAW 120F
Professor
Minteer is an environmental ethicist and conservation scholar who writes on species extinction, wilderness, zoos, and the evolution of American environmental thought and practice.
480-965-4632
LSA 262
Provost Emeritus; Foundation Chair of Life Sciences
Using the honey bee as a model, Regents' Professor Page has dissected their complex foraging division of labor at all levels of biological organization from gene networks to complex social interactions.
480-965-1288
Fulton Center Suite 145
Professor
Perrings is co-director of School of Life Sciences Ecoservices Group—a group researching the interactions between society and the biophysical environment.
480-727-0472
LSA 127
Professor
Pigg is a paleobotanist who studies fossil plants that are related to modern groups of conifers, ferns and woody hardwood trees. Her group studies the origin of plants of the temperate deciduous biome.
480-965-3154
LSE 744 Arizona State University
Regents Professor
Pyne teaches courses on fire, the history exploration and science, and nonfiction writing. He is a world-renowned expert on fire and the history of fire.
480-965-4092
LSA 220
Center Dir (ACD) & Asc Profsr
Jason Robert holds the Lincoln Chair in Ethics and is director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU. A bioethicist and philosopher of biology, he is also Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Life Sciences.
480-727-2460
Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, ASU MC 9230, 111 E Taylor St, Ste 293
Emeritus Professor
Smith is a conservation biologist who works with mammals, primarily pikas, in the mountains of western United States and on the Tibetan Plateau. He serves as chair of the IUCN/SSC Lagomorph Specialist Group.
480-965-4024
LSC 286
Assistant Professor
Sterner studies how mathematics is transforming biology. Topics include: biodiversity data aggregation, evolution of biological individuality, evolutionary tempo and mode, and methodology in systematic biology.
480-727-7881
Center for Biology and Society PO Box 873301
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