Faculty

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The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Group faculty members have a wide-range of research interests. These interests have been broken down into nine primary categories.

An alphabetical list of all faculty members affiliated with the BMB Graduate Group is on this Web page, or you may view a list of faculty by specialization and research interests through the drop-down menu.

Faculty in Focus Group:

BMB Chair: Kenneth Kaplan
Name Department Email

[other or N/A]
Peter B. Armstrong Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) pbarmstrong@ucdavis.edu
Enoch P. Baldwin Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) epbaldwin@ucdavis.edu
Peter A Beal Chemistry beal@chem.ucdavis.edu
Kenneth Beck Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) kabeck@ucdavis.edu
Alan B. Bennett Plant Sciences abbennett@ucdavis.edu
Charles L. Bevins Microbiology and Immunology (School of Medicine) CLBevins@ucdavis.edu
Eduardo Blumwald Plant Sciences eblumwald@ucdavis.edu
Sean M. Burgess Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) smburgess@ucdavis.edu
Marie Burns Ophthalmology (School of Medicine) meburns@ucdavis.edu
Judy Callis Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jcallis@ucdavis.edu
Kermit Carraway Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) klcarraway@ucdavis.edu
Simon Chan Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) srchan@ucdavis.edu
Frederic Chedin Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) flchedin@ucdavis.edu
Hongwu Chen Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) hwzchen@ucdavis.edu
Tsung-Yu Chen Neurology (School of Medicine) tycchen@ucdavis.edu
Xinbin Chen Surgical and Radiological Sciences (Vet Med) xbchen@ucdavis.edu
Hwai-Jong Cheng Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) hjcheng (at) ucdavis (dot) edu
R Holland Cheng Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) rhch@ucdavis.edu
Gino Cortopassi Molecular Biosciences (Vet Med) gcortopassi@ucdavis.edu
Sheila David Chemistry ssdavid@ucdavis.edu
Scott C Dawson Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) scdawson@ucdavis.edu
William DeBello Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) wmdebello@ucdavis.edu
Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) kdehesh@ucdavis.edu
Wenbin Deng Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) wbdeng@ucdavis.edu
Michael Denison Environmental Toxicology msdenison@ucdavis.edu
Elva Diaz Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) ediaz@ucdavis.edu
Bruce W. Draper Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) bwdraper@ucdavis.edu
JoAnne Engebrecht Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jengebrecht@ucdavis.edu
Carol A. Erickson Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) caerickson@ucdavis.edu
Marilynn E. Etzler Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) meetzler@ucdavis.edu
Marc T. Facciotti Biomedical Engineering mtfacciotti@ucdavis.edu
Robert H. Fairclough Neurology (School of Medicine) rhfairclough@ucdavis.edu
Peggy J Farnham Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) pjfarnham@ucdavis.edu
Oliver Fiehn Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) ofiehn@ucdavis.edu
Andrew J. Fisher Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) ajfisher@ucdavis.edu
Paul FitzGerald Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) pgfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu
Christopher Fraser Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) csfraser@ucdavis.edu
David Furlow Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) jdfurlow@ucdavis.edu
Charles S. Gasser Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) csgasser@ucdavis.edu
Angela Gelli Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) acgelli@ucdavis.edu
Paramita M Ghosh Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) paghosh@ucdavis.edu
Cecilia Giulivi Molecular Biosciences (Vet Med) cgiulivi@ucdavis.edu
Tzipora Goldkorn Internal Medicine: Pulmonary/Critical Care Division (School of Medicine) ttgoldkorn@ucdavis.edu
Aldrin V Gomes Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) avgomes@ucdavis.edu
Qizhi Gong Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) qzgong@ucdavis.edu
Paul Hagerman, MD, PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) pjhagerman@ucdavis.edu
Nobuko Hagiwara Internal Medicine: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (School of Medicine) nhagiwara@ucdavis.edu
Fawaz George Haj Nutrition fghaj@ucdavis.edu
Bruce D. Hammock Entomology bdhammock@ucdavis.edu
John J. Harada Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jjharada@ucdavis.edu
Stacey Harmer Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) slharmer@ucdavis.edu
Jerry L. Hedrick Animal Science jlhedrick@ucdavis.edu
Wolf-Dietrich Heyer Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) wdheyer@ucdavis.edu
Neil Hunter Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) nhunter@ucdavis.edu
Kentaro Inoue Plant Sciences kinoue@ucdavis.edu
Kenneth Kaplan Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) kbkaplan@ucdavis.edu
Dan Kliebenstein Plant Sciences
Paul Knoepfler Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) knoepfler@ucdavis.edu
Ian Korf Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) ifkorf@ucdavis.edu
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) sckowalczykowski@ucdavis.edu
Hsing-Jien Kung Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) hkung@ucdavis.edu
John Labavitch Plant Sciences jmlabavitch@ucdavis.edu
J. Clark Lagarias Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jclagarias@ucdavis.edu
Kit Lam Internal Medicine: Division of Hematology/Oncology (School of Medicine) kit.lam@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Janine M. LaSalle Microbiology and Immunology (School of Medicine) jmlasalle@ucdavis.edu
Jerold Last Internal Medicine: Pulmonary/Critical Care Division (School of Medicine) jalast@ucdavis.edu
Walter S. Leal Entomology wsleal@ucdavis.edu
Julie A Leary Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jaleary@ucdavis.edu
Noelle D. L'Etoile Psychiatry (School of Medicine) ndletoile@ucdavis.edu
Su-Ju Lin Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) slin@ucdavis.edu
Yu-Fung Lin Anesthesiology (School of Medicine) yflin@ucdavis.edu
Bo Liu Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) bliu@ucdavis.edu
Su Hao Lo Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) shlo@ucdavis.edu
Angelique Louie Biomedical Engineering aylouie@ucdavis.edu
Paul Luciw Center for Comparative Medicine paluciw@ucdavis.edu
Shirley Luckhart Microbiology and Immunology (School of Medicine) sluckhart@ucdavis.edu
A. Kimberley McAllister Neuroscience kmcallister@ucdavis.edu
Francis J. McNally [other or N/A] fjmcnally@ucdavis.edu
Claude Meares Chemistry cfmeares@ucdavis.edu
Maria Mudryj Microbiology and Immunology (School of Medicine) mmudryj@ucdavis.edu
Lorena Navarro Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) lonavarro@ucdavis.edu
Florence Negre-Zakharov Department of Plant Sciences fnegre@ucdavis.edu
Thomas W. North Center for Comparative Medicine twnorth@ucdavis.edu
Jodi Nunnari Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jmnunnari@ucdavis.edu
Sharman D. O'Neill [other or N/A] sdoneill@ucdavis.edu
Rebecca Parales Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) reparales@ucdavis.edu
John A. Payne Physiology and Membrane Biology japayne@ucdavis.edu
Isaac N. Pessah Molecular Biosciences (Vet Med) inpessah@ucdavis.edu
Jerry S. Powell Internal Medicine: Division of Hematology/Oncology (School of Medicine) jspowell@ucdavis.edu
Ted Powers Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) tpowers@ucdavis.edu
Martin L. Privalsky Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) mlprivalsky@ucdavis.edu
Kathryn Radke Animal Science klradke@ucdavis.edu
Robert H. Rice Environmental Toxicology rhrice@ucdavis.edu
Pamela Ronald Plant Pathology pcronald@ucdavis.edu
Alan Rose Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) abrose@ucdavis.edu
Lesilee S. Rose Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) lsrose@ucdavis.edu
Dewey Ryu Chemical Engineering and Materials Science ddyryu@ucdavis.edu
Earl Sawai Pathology (School of Medicine) etsawai@ucdavis.edu
Jonathan M. Scholey Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) jmscholey@ucdavis.edu
David Jay Segal Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) djsegal@ucdavis.edu
Irwin H. Segel [other or N/A] ihsegel@ucdavis.edu
Kaz Shiozaki Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) kshiozaki@ucdavis.edu
Mitchell H. Singer Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) mhsinger@ucdavis.edu
Jay V. Solnick Internal Medicine: Division of Infectious and Immunologic Diseases (School of Medicine) jvsolnick@ucdavis.edu
Daniel Starr Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) dastarr@ucdavis.edu
Valley Stewart Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) vjstewart@ucdavis.edu
Colleen Sweeney Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) casweeney@ucdavis.edu
Fern Tablin Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology (Vet Med) ftablin@ucdavis.edu
Yoshikazu Takada UCDHS: DERMATOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF ytakada@ucdavis.edu
Steven M. Theg Plant Biology (College of Biological Sciences) smtheg@ucdavis.edu
Li Tian Department of Plant Sciences ltian@ucdavis.edu
Jim Trimmer Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) jtrimmer@ucdavis.edu
Andrew T Vaughan Radiation Oncology (School of Medicine) andrew.vaughan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Ana Elena Vazquez Otolaryngology (School of Medicine) avazquez@ucdavis.edu
John Voss Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (School of Medicine) jcvoss@ucdavis.edu
Richard Vulliet Molecular Biosciences (Vet Med) prvulliet@ucdavis.edu
Robert H Weiss Internal Medicine: Division of Nephrology (School of Medicine) rhweiss@ucdavis.edu
David K. Wilson Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) dave@alanine.ucdavis.edu
Matthew J. Wood Environmental Toxicology mjwood AT ucdavis DOT edu
Michael E Wright Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology (School of Medicine) mewright@ucdavis.edu
Reen Wu Internal Medicine (School of Medicine) rwu@ucdavis.edu
Lifeng Xu Microbiology (College of Biological Sciences) lfxu@ucdavis.edu
John I Yoder Plant Sciences jiyoder@ucdavis.edu
Yohei Yokobayashi Biomedical Engineering yoko@ucdavis.edu
Glenn M. Young Food Science and Technology gmyoung@ucdavis.edu
Mark Zern UCDHS: GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY, DIVISION OF mazern@ucdavis.edu
Chengji Zhou Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (School of Medicine) cjzhou (AT) ucdavis.edu
Karen Zito Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) kzito@ucdavis.edu