Lua Lopez Perez Email & Phone Number

I am an Assistant Professor at CSUSB. Here, I combine my two professional passions, research and teaching. As a researcher, I am a broadly-trained evolutionary ecologist with major focus in molecular ecology. I investigate how surrounding ecological environments have evolutionary consequences for organisms and especially eco-evolutionary dynamics, i.e. reciprocal interactions between ecology and evolutionary processes. As an educator, I am dedicated to promote critical thinking and curiosity in the new generations. To do so, in my classes I apply active learning techniques, as project based learning and backwards design. These tools help me to promote deeper thinking than traditional formats and allow me to implement teamwork and diversity values in my classes.