Organization

FACULTY LEADERSHIP

Executive Co-Director

  • Pascal Gagneux, Professor of Pathology and Anthropology, UC San Diego

Co-Directors

  • Katerina Semendeferi, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Laboratory for Human Comparative Neuroanatomy; Co-Director, UCSD Archealization Center (ArchC), UC San Diego
  • Gerald F. Joyce, President and Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Associate Directors

  • Rachel Mayberry, Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Laboratory for Multi-Modal Language Development, UC San Diego
  • Alysson R. Muotri, Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Director, UCSD Stem Cell Program; Co-Director, UCSD Archealization Center (ArchC), UC San Diego

Internal Advisors

  • Robert Kluender, Professor of Linguistics, UC San Diego
  • Carol Marchetto, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UC San Diego; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

External Advisors

  • Alyssa Crittenden, Vice Provost for Graduate Education; Dean of the Graduate College; Professor of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Evan Eichler, HHMI Principal Investigator; Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
  • Daniel Geschwind, Gordon and Virginia Macdonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology, and Psychiatry; Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor of Precision Health, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment; Director, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
  • Joseph Henrich, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
  • Terry Sejnowski, Professor and Laboratory Head, Computational Neurobiology Laboratory; Francis Crick Chair; Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • Anne Stone, Regents Professor and Associate Director, Center for Evolution & Medicine; School of Human Evolution and Social Change; Arizona State University
  • Sarah Tishkoff, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor in Genetics and Biology; Director, Penn Center for Global Genomics and Health Equity, University of Pennsylvania

ADMINISTRATION

Management Services Officer

CyberInfrastructure Lead

Program Manager

EMERITI FACULTY LEADERSHIP

CARTA leadership transitioned on July 1, 2022

Founding Co-Director (2008 - 2022)

  • Ajit Varki, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego, and Adjunct Professor, The Salk Institute

Emeriti Co-Directors (2008 - 2022)

Emeritus Associate Director (2008 - 2022)

  • Pascal Gagneux, Professor of Pathology and Anthropology, UC San Diego

Emeriti Internal Advisors (2008 - 2022)

Emeriti External Advisors (2008 - 2022)

  • Derek Denton, Founding Director, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne
  • Kristen Hawkes, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of Utah
  • Sarah B. Hrdy, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of California, Davis
  • Jon Kaas, Distinguished Centennial Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
  • Svante Pääbo, Director, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
  • Bernard Wood, University Professor of Human Origins and Professor of Evolutionary Anatomy, George Washington University