Contact
Assistant Professor
Biology Department
University of San Diego
email: carlabonilla@sandiego.edu
I was born in El Salvador and immigrated to the US when I was 13 years old, went to school in San Francisco, CA and held a post-doc at MIT. I taught molecular biology at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA and now I teach Microbiology at the University of San Diego, California. It is my passion to promote access, equity and multicultural diversity in the biological sciences and I use bacteria to teach students the beauty of molecular biology.
Classes Taught
Information Flow in Biological Systems (Bio105)
Phage Discovery Lab (Bio105L)
Energy Flow in Biological Systems (Bio106)
Genetics (Bio207)
Molecular Biology Lecture and Lab (Bio456)
Advanced Cell Biology (Bio351)
Bacterial Group Behaviors (Bio399)
Bacterial Pathogenesis (Bio399)
Your Microbial Overlords (Bio399)
Human Microbiome and Antibiotics (Bio399)
Food Microbiomes (Bio399)
Information Flow in Biological Systems (Bio105)
Phage Discovery Lab (Bio105L)
Energy Flow in Biological Systems (Bio106)
Genetics (Bio207)
Molecular Biology Lecture and Lab (Bio456)
Advanced Cell Biology (Bio351)
Bacterial Group Behaviors (Bio399)
Bacterial Pathogenesis (Bio399)
Your Microbial Overlords (Bio399)
Human Microbiome and Antibiotics (Bio399)
Food Microbiomes (Bio399)
Education
Postdoctoral Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-2012
Ph. D. Cell Biology, University of California, San Francisco, 2008
M. A. Biology, San Francisco State University, 2002
B. A. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2000
Ph. D. Cell Biology, University of California, San Francisco, 2008
M. A. Biology, San Francisco State University, 2002
B. A. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2000
Funding
Murdock College Research Program for Natural Sciences Grant 2015. P. I.
W. M. Keck Foundation Grant 2014. Co-P. I.
W. M. Keck Foundation Grant 2014. Co-P. I.
