Faculty

Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN
Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, UNC-CH
Senior Associate Dean for Global Initiatives, School of Nursing, UNC-CH
Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center in Quality and Safety, School of Nursing, UNC-CH

Gina Chowa, PhD, MSW
Associate Dean for Global Engagement, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
Johnson-Howard-Adair Distinguished Professor, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
Director, Global Social Development Innovations, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member

María de Lourdes Torres, PhD
Vice-Dean, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, USFQ
Head of the Biotechnology Department, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member

Andrea Encalada, PhD
Vice-Rector, USFQ
Director, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, BIOSFERA Research Institute, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Geography, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member

Cynthia Fraga Rizo, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
John A. Tate Early Career Scholar

Alex Hearn, PhD
Professor, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH

Corbin Jones, PhD
Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Faculty Director of Genomic Technologies, School of Medicine, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
GSC Advisory Board, Member

Antonio León, PhD
Professor, Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH

Gregory Lewbart, MS, VMD
Professor, Aquatic, Wildlife, and Zoological Medicine, NC State University
Graduate Faculty, School of Public Health, UNC-CH

Xiaoming Liu, PhD
Associate Professor, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director

Adrian Marchetti, PhD
Professor, Marine Sciences, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
GSC Advisory Board, Member

Carlos Mena, PhD
Co-Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Director, Galapagos Research, USFQ
Director and Professor, Institute of Geography, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Geography, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, ex-officio

Janet Nye, PhD
Associate Professor, Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-CH
Associate Professor, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, UNC-CH

Caela O’Connell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, UNC-CH
Assistant Professor, Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, UNC-CH

Diego Quiroga, PhD
Rector, USFQ
Professor, Environmental and Life Sciences, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Geography, UNC-CH

Diego Riveros-Iregui, PhD
Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor of Geography, UNC-CH
Faculty, Institute for the Study of the Americas, UNC-CH

Troy Sadler, PhD
Thomas James Distinguished Professor in Experiential Learning, School of Education, UNC-CH

Jill Stewart, PhD
Singer Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences & Engineering, UNC-CH
Chaired Professor, Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina
Director, Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina

Amanda Thompson, PhD, MPH
Director, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Co-Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, UNC-CH
Professor, Anthropology and Nutrition, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, ex-officio

Gabriel Trueba, PhD
Director and Professor, Institute of Microbiology, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH

William Vizuete, PhD
Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH
Innovation Strategy Advisor, Gillings School of Public Health, UNC-CH

Senay Yitbarek, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Peter Thacher Grauer Fellow, Biology, UNC-CH