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, UC San Diego
- Gerald F. Joyce, Professor and Chief Scientific Officer, Salk Institute
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, UC San Diego
Internal Advisors
- Robert Kluender, Professor of Linguistics, UC San Diego
- Carol Marchetto, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, UC San Diego
External Advisors
- Alyssa Crittenden, Associate 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 in Human Genetics, Neurology, and Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine
- Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Professor and Director, Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
- Joseph Henrich, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology and Chair, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Terry Sejnowski, Professor and Laboratory Head, Computational Neurobiology Laboratory; Francis Crick Chair; Salk Institute
- 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, University of Pennsylvania
ADMINISTRATION
Management Services Officer
- Linda Nelson, CARTA
Community Engagement & Advancement Director
- K. Lindsay Hunter, CARTA
CyberInfrastructure Lead
- Kate Kaya, San Diego Supercomputer Center
CyberInfrastructure Specialist
- Vishu Nandigam, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Program Coordinator
- Jesse Robie, CARTA
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)
- Fred H. Gage, President, The Salk Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, UC San Diego
- Margaret Schoeninger, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC San Diego
Emeriti Associate Director (2008 - 2022)
- Pascal Gagneux, Professor of Pathology and Anthropology, UC San Diego
Emeriti Internal Advisors (2008 - 2022)
- Patricia Churchland, Professor Emerita of Philosophy, UC San Diego
- James J. Moore, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, UC San Diego
- David M. Perlmutter, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, UC San Diego
- Katerina Semendeferi, Professor of Anthropology, UC San Diego
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
