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DEB faculty members Prof. Annaliese Franz (Chemistry), Prof. Tonya Kuhl (Chemical Engineering) and Prof. J. Kent Leach (Biomedical Engineering).
We currently have over 250 participating DEB faculty from across the 29 affiliated graduate programs:
- Alice Accorsi, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Venkatesh Akella, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- John Albeck, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Paul Ashwood, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Shota Atsumi, Chemistry
- Geoffrey M. Attardo, Entomology and Nematology
- Matthew Augustine, Chemistry
- Sharon Aviran, Biomedical Engineering
- Keith Baar, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine
- Enoch Baldwin, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chemistry
- Daniela Barile, Food Science and Technology
- Jacqueline Barlow, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Andreas Baumler, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Peter Beal, Chemistry
- Laurel Beckett, Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine
- Diane Beckles, Plant Sciences
- Craig Benham, Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering
- Brian Bennett, Nutrition
- Alan Bennett, Plant Sciences
- Trish Berger, Animal Science
- Don Bers, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Charles L. Bevins, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Heather Bischel, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Plant Sciences
- David Block, Viticulture and Enology, Chemical Engineering
- Eduardo Blumwald, Plant Sciences
- Laura Borodinsky, Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine and the Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
- Alexander (Sandy) Borowsky, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
- Julie Bossuyt, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Siobhan Brady, Plant Biology, Genome Center
- Anne Britt, Plant Biology
- Titus Brown, Genome Center, Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, and the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute
- Dario Cantu, Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center, Global Affairs
- Randy P. Carney, Biomedical Engineering
- Janai Carr-Ascher, Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, School of Medicine
- Kermit Carraway, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Genome Center
- Jennifer Cash, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Frederic Chedin, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genome Center
- Tsung-Yu Chen, Neurology, School of Medicine, Center for Neuroscience
- Xinbin Chen, Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
- Xi Chen, Chemistry
- Chao-Yin Chen, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Hongwu Chen, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Holland Cheng, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, Internal Medicine (Cardiology), School of Medicine
- Jeremy Chien, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Joanna Chiu, Entomology and and Nematology
- Blaine Christiansen, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Gitta Coaker, Plant Pathology
- Luca Comai, Genome Center, Plant Biology
- Douglas Cook, Plant Pathology
- Gino Cortopassi, Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Abhaya Dandekar, Plant Sciences
- Satya Dandekar, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Sheila David, Chemistry
- Cristina Davis, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
- Scott Dawson, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Wenbin Deng, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Megan Dennis, Genome Center, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and the UC Davis MIND Institute
- Elva Diaz, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Christine Diepenbrock, Plant Sciences
- Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar, Plant Biology, Genome Center
- Zhi Ding, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Georgia Drakakaki, Plant Sciences
- Jonathan Eisen, Evolution and Ecology
- Nael El-Farra, Chemical Engineering
- Marc Facciotti, Biomedical Engineering
- Zhiliang (Julia) Fan, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Oliver Fiehn, Genome Center, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Vladimir Filkov, Computer Science
- Kyle Fink, Neurology and Institute for Regenerative Cures, School of Medicine
- Carrie Finno, Population Health & Reproduction
- Andrew Fisher, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chemistry
- Paul Fitzgerald, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine
- Annaliese Franz, Chemistry
- Christopher Fraser, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- David Furlow, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
- Allen C. Gao, Urology, School of Medicine
- Melanie Gareau, Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Angie Gelli, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Damian Genetos, Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Steven George, Biomedical Engineering
- J. Bruce German, Food Science and Technology
- Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, Chemistry
- Soheil Ghiasi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Paramita Ghosh, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Urology, School of Medicine
- Aidan Gilchrist, Biomedical Engineering
- Mark Goldman, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, Center for Neuroscience
- Aldrin Gomes, Neurobiology,Physiology & Behavior and Physiology & Membrane Biology, School of Medicine
- Tom Gradziel, Plant Sciences
- Eleonora Grandi, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Paul Hagerman, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Fawaz Haj, Nutrition
- Bruce Hammock, Entomology and Nematology, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Stacey Harmer, Plant Biology
- Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Marie Heffern, Chemistry
- Volkmar Heinrich, Biomedical Engineering
- Johannes Hell, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Matthias Hess, Animal Science
- Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Fereydoun Hormozdiari, Genome Center, MIND Institute, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- David Horsley, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Mark Huising, Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Neil Hunter, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine
- M. Saif Islam, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Roslyn-Rivkah Isseroff, Dermatology, School of Medicine
- Smita Iyer, Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Tina Jeoh, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Wilsaan Joiner, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and Neurology, School of Medicine
- Thomas Jue, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Celina Juliano, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Ermias Kebreab, Animal Science, World Food Center
- Nicholas Kenyon, Environmental Toxicology; Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
- Imtiyaz Khanday, Plant Sciences, Seed Biotechnology Center
- Dan Kliebenstein, Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Center for Population Biology, Genome Center
- Paul Knoepfler, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Genome Center
- Heather Knych, Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Patrice Koehl, Computer Science, Genome Center
- Ian Korf, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genome Center
- Dietmar Kueltz, Animal Science
- Tonya Kuhl, Chemical Engineering
- Taiyi Diana Kuo, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- Anna La Torre, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine
- Kit Lam, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Donald Land, Chemistry
- Delmar Larsen, Chemistry
- Janine LaSalle, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Genome Center, MIND Institute
- J. Kent Leach, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Carlito Lebrilla, Chemistry
- Pamela Lein, Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Danielle Lemay, Nutrition, Genome Center and USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
- James A. Letts, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Jamal Lewis, Biomedical Engineering
- Yuanpei Li, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
- Su-Ju Lin, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Bo Liu, Plant Biology
- Gang-Yu Liu, Chemistry
- Alan Lombard, Urologic Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Marjorie Longo, Chemical Engineering
- Yann-Ru Lou, Plant Biology
- Angelique Louie, Biomedical Engineering
- Maria Marco, Food Science and Technology
- Laura Marcu, Biomedical Engineering
- Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
- Steven McElroy, Neonatology and Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Richard J. McKenney, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Frank McNally, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- John McPherson, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Stephen McSorley, Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Maeli Melotto, Plant Sciences
- Blake Meyers, Plant Sciences, Genome Center
- Richard Michelmore, Plant Sciences, Genome Center, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Michael Mienaltowski, Animal Science
- Lisa Miller, Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Lee Miller, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, Center for Mind and Brain
- David Mills, Food Science and Technology
- J. Grey Monroe, Plant Sciences
- Maria Mudryj, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- William J. Murphy, Dermatology, Internal Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), School of Medicine
- Satoshi Namekawa, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Somen Nandi, Chemical Engineering
- Florence Negre-Zakharov, Plant Sciences
- John Newman, Nutrition
- Madeline Nieves-Cintron, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Nitin Nitin, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Stephen Noctor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
- Jan Nolta, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine
- Alex Nord, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, Center for Neuroscience, Genome Center, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
- Anita Oberbauer, Animal Science
- Kassandra Ori-McKenney, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Alyssa Panitch, Biomedical Engineering
- Atul Parikh, Biomedical Engineering
- Anthony Passerini, Biomedical Engineering
- Bennett Penn, Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
- Isaac Pessah, Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Ronald Phillips, Chemical Engineering
- Kent Pinkerton, Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- David Pleasure, Neurology and Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Daniel Potter, Plant Sciences
- Robert Powell, Chemical Engineering
- Jinyi Qi, Biomedical Engineering
- Gerald Quon, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genome Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Katherine Ralston, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Colin Reardon, Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- William Ridgway, Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine
- Crystal Ripplinger, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- William Ristenpart, Chemical Engineering
- David Rizzo, Plant Pathology
- David M. Rocke, Biomedical Engineering
- Jorge Rodrigues, Land, Air and Water Resources
- Crystal Rogers, Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Pamela Ronald, Plant Pathology, Genome Center
- Lesilee Rose, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Plant Sciences
- Daniel Runcie, Plant Sciences
- Jon Sack, Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine
- Jeroen Saeij, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Kate Scow, Land, Air and Water Resources
- David Segal, Genome Center, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and the UC Davis MIND Institute, Pharmacology, School of Medicine,
- Erkin Şeker, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Nitzan Shabek, Plant Biology
- Barbara Shacklett, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Priya Shah, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Chemical Engineering
- Frank Sharp, Neurology, School of Medicine and the UC Davis MIND Institute
- Justin Siegel, Chemistry, Genome Center, and, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Eduardo Silva, Biomedical Engineering
- Christopher Simmons, Food Science and Technology
- Sergi Simó, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine
- Neelima Sinha, Plant Biology
- Sanjeevi Sivasankar, Biomedical Engineering
- David Slaughter, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Carolyn Slupsky, Nutrition
- Lucas Smith, Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine
- Athena Soulika, Dermatology, School of Medicine
- Daniel Starr, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Francene Steinberg, Nutrition
- Charles Stephensen, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
- Ioannis Stergiopoulos, Plant Pathology
- Alexei Stuchebrukhov, Chemistry
- Dawn Y. Sumner, Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Ilias Tagkopoulos, Computer Science
- Cheemeng Tan, Biomedical Engineering
- Dean Tantillo, Chemistry
- Alice Tarantal, Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, California National Primate Research Center
- Flora Tassone, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Li Tian, Plant Sciences
- Christine Toedebusch, Surgical & Radiological Sciences
- Michael Toney, Chemistry
- Jose Torres, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Renee Tsolis, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- Richard Tucker, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine
- Judy Van de Water, UC Davis Center for Children’s Environmental Health, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
- Alison Van Eenennaam, Animal Science
- Marta Van Loan, Nutrition
- Rachel Lee Vannette, Entomology and Nematology
- Mariel Vazquez, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Mathematics
- John Voss, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Jiandi Wan, Chemical Engineering
- Aijun Wang, Biomedical Engineering, Professor and Vice-Chair for Translational Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, Department of Surgery, Co-Director, Center for Surgical Bioengineering
- Xiao-Jing Wang, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Associate Director, Basic Science, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Yi Wang, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Bart Weimer, Population Health & Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Luke Wittenburg, Surgical & Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Matthew J. Wood, Environmental Toxicology
- Reen Wu, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine
- Stefan Wuertz, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Heike Wulff, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Kevin Xiang, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Lifeng Xu, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Soichiro Yamada, Biomedical Engineering
- Glenn Yiu, Opthamology, School of Medicine
- Aiming Yu, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- Philipp Zerbe, Plant Biology
- Elisa Zhang, Physiology and Membrane Biology; Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
- Ruihong Zhang, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
DEB Faculty Emeriti / Former Members / Colleagues Now at Other Institutions:
- Gary Anderson, Animal Science
- Kyriacos Athanasiou, Biomedical Engineering
- Alan Balch, Chemistry
- Abdul I. Barakat, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
- Nicole Baumgarth, Center for Comparative Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Richard Bostock, Plant Pathology
- Kent Bradford, Plant Sciences
- George Bruening, Plant Pathology, Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Judy Callis, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Clare Casteel, Plant Pathology
- Simon Cherry, Biomedical Engineering
- Stephen Cramer, Chemistry
- Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh, Plant Biology
- Jason Eiserich, Internal Medicine (Nephrology) and Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine
- JoAnne Engebrecht, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Bryce Falk, Plant Pathology
- Roland Faller, Chemical Engineering
- Paul Gepts, Plant Sciences
- Jeffrey Gregg, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Dan Gusfield, Computer Science
- Dominik Haudenschild, Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine
- Paul Henderson, Hematology/Oncology, Internal Medicine
- You-Lo Hsieh, Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Textiles and Clothing
- Linda Katehi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Carl Keen, Nutrition
- Darshan Kelley, Nutrition, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
- Ian M. Kennedy, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Rick Kiehl, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Anne Knowlton, Internal Medicine (Cardiology), School of Medicine, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
- Hsing-Jien Kung, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
- J. Clark Lagarias, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Jerold Last, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine
- Noelle L'Etoile, Center for Neuroscience
- Harris Lewin, Genome Center, Evolution and Ecology
- Paul A. Luciw, Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, and California National Primate Research Center
- Elizabeth Maga, Animal Science
- Karen McDonald, Chemical Engineering
- Juan Medrano, Animal Science
- Dylan Murray, Chemistry
- James Murray, Animal Science
- Douglas Nelson, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute
- Jodi Nunnari, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Martha O'Donnell, Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine
- Tingrui Pan, Biomedical Engineering
- Rebecca Parales, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Katherine Rauen, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Helen Raybould, Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Alexander Revzin, Biomedical Engineering
- Robert Rice, Environmental Toxicology
- Subhash Risbud, Materials Science and Engineering
- Raymond L. Rodriguez, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Alan Rose, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Pablo Ross, Adjunct Faculty, Animal Science
- Earl Sawai, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Patrick Shih, Plant Biology
- Scott Simon, Biomedical Engineering
- Rosemary Smith, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Pieter Stroeve, Chemical Engineering
- Gang Sun, Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Textiles and Clothing
- Steven Theg, Plant Biology
- Jean VanderGheynst, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Robert H. Weiss, Internal Medicine (Nephrology), School of Medicine
- David Wilson, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Valerie Williamson, Entomology and Nematology
- Michael E. Wright, Genome Center
- Tilahun Yilma, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- John Yoder, Plant Sciences
- Glenn Young, Food Science and Technology
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