Faculty Members
Cell Biology and Human Anatomy Faculty
Hana Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
3205 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-0389
hnanderson@ucdavis.edu
Anatomy Education; medical education research
Nadean Brown, Ph.D.
Professor
4407A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-7806
nlbrown@ucdavis.edu
Developmental genetics of mammalian eye morphogenesis and the Pax2 optic nerve astrocyte lineage
Marie Burns, Ph.D.
Professor
3301B Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-1466
meburns@ucdavis.edu
Photoreceptor biology, retinal degeneration and neuroinflammation
Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chair of Cell Biology
4134A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-0254
ceclancy@ucdavis.edu
Fernando A. Fierro, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor
Stem Cell Program
2921 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento Campus
916-703-9304
ffierro@ucdavis.edu
Basic biology and therapeutic applications of Multipotent Stromal Cells (MSC)
Tom Glaser, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
4405A Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9575
tmglaser@ucdavis.edu
Genetics of mammalian eye development
Qizhi Gong, Ph.D.
Professor
3418 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-7656
qzgong@ucdavis.edu
Neuroinflammation and pathogen-mucosal interactions in the olfactory system
Douglas S. Gross, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
1140 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-754-9408
dsgross@ucdavis.edu
Integrated management of childhood illness, Tropical medicine and international health
Henry Ho, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
4421 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-8857
hyhho@ucdavis.edu
Regulation of signal-induced cytoskeletal dynamics in development and disease
Li-En Jao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
4415 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-3424
ljao@ucdavis.edu
The roles of centrosomes and cilia in development and disease
Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.
Professor
633A Shriners Hospital
Sacramento Campus
916-453-2289
knoepfler@ucdavis.edu
Stem and tumor cell biology; epigenetic programming, Myc, and H3.3.
Anna La Torre, Ph.D.
Professor
3311 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9103
alatorre@ucdavis.edu
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal progenitor competence and differentiation
Jan Nolta, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute for Regenerative Cures
2921 Stockton Blvd, Room 1300
Sacramento Campus
916-703-9308
janolta@ucdavis.edu
Understanding the dynamics of stem cell migration and attraction to sites of injury
Edward N. Pugh, Jr., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
3301C Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-1468
enpugh@ucdavis.edu
Sergi Simó, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
3402 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-9056
ssimo@ucdavis.edu
Understanding normal brain development to address developmental and neurodegenerative disorders
Alice F. Tarantal, Ph.D.
Professor
Davis Campus
530-752-6680
aftarantal@ucdavis.edu
Gene therapy, stem cell therapies, maternal:fetal microchimerism, in vivo imaging
Affiliate Faculty
Megan Y. Dennis, Ph.D., (D.Phil.)
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
mydennis@ucdavis.edu
Human genetics and genomics, Zebrafish to test human neural genes, Sequencing complex genomic variation
Brian Leonard, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Surgical and Radiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
bcleonard@ucdavis.edu
Ocular Biology and Vision Science
Nicholas R. Marsh-Armstrong, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science
nmarsharmstrong@ucdavis.edu
Neuron glia interactions
Ala Moshiri, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science
amoshiri@ucdavis.edu
Vitreoretinal Surgery and Uveitis
Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
pasieving@ucdavis.edu
Inherited Retinal and Macular Dystrophies
Sara M Thomasy, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor
Surgical and Radiological Sciences
smthomasy@ucdavis.edu
Corneal wound healing, glaucoma, large animal models Of ocular disease, and ocular pharmacology and toxicology
Glenn C. Yiu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
gyiu@ucdavis.edu
Pathogenesis and Therapy of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Other Retinal Diseases
Robert J. Zawadzki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science
rjzawadzki@ucdavis.edu
Biomedical optics, biomedical engineering, and vision science
Emeritus Faculty
Kenneth A. Beck, Ph.D.
Lecturer Emeritus
3416 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-8445
kabeck@ucdavis.edu
Anatomy Education
Thomas N. Blankenship, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer Emeritus
3309 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-754-7120
tnblankenship@ucdavis.edu
Vision science; Medical Education
Gordon Douglas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor Emeritus
4430 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-7101
gcdouglas@ucdavis.edu
Regulation of trophoblast differentiation
Kent Erickson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
4315 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-6616
klerickson@ucdavis.edu
Cancer biology and embryonic stem cells; Gross anatomy
Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus
3420 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-7130
pgfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu
The role of intermediate filaments in the biology of the ocular lens
John Hess, Ph.D.
Researcher Emeritus
3415 Tupper Hall,
Davis Campus
530-752-8420
jfhess@ucdavis.edu
Intermediate filament (vimentin) structure, alpha crystallin chaperone activity, pink eye, Moraxella bovis
Richard P. Tucker, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
3414 Tupper Hall
Davis Campus
530-752-0238
rptucker@ucdavis.edu
Cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions during development and disease
Craig Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
4860 Y St., Suite 3700,
Sacramento Campus
cewatson@ucdavis.edu
In Memoriam
Judith Aggeler, Ph.D.
Barry F. King, Ph.D.