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
- Linda Nelson, CARTA
CyberInfrastructure Lead
- Kate Kaya, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Program Manager
- 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, Adjunct Professor of Neurosciences, UC San Diego
- Margaret Schoeninger, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC San Diego
Emeritus 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
