Research Faculty
Department of Animal Science
Thomas E. Adams
- Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Biochemical endocrinology; hormone receptor dynamics;
environmental estrogens; immunocastration; endocrine
control of reproduction.
E-mail: teadams@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-1266 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Adams/
Trish Berger - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Cell and Developmental Biology;
Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Fertilization and fertility;
sperm-oocyte membrane protein interactions, species variation and the effect of toxicants.
Laboratory: Gamete Biology Laboratory
E-mail: tberger@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-1267 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Berger/
Steven L. Berry - Extension
Specialist: Dairy Management and Health
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology
Research Interests: Hoof health and lameness in dairy cattle, infectious
and non-infectious diseases, management factors, cow comfort, periparturitent
diseases and their relationship to productivity and culling.
E-mail: slberry@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-1279 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Berry/
Francine A. Bradley -
Extension Specialist: Poultry
Graduate Groups: Avian Sciences
Research Interests: Efficiency of California Poultry and game bird producers, both
commercial and non-commercial; management, fertility and hatchability, niche marketing;
youth programs; history of women in poultry production.
Phone: (530) 752-6316 Fax: (530) 752-8960
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Bradley/
C. Christopher Calvert -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Avian Sciences; Nutrition
Research Interests: Protein metabolism; energy metabolism; homeorhesis; systems
analysis.
E-mail: cccalvert@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-1269 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Calvert/
Ernest S. Chang - Professor
(Bodega Marine Lab)
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Animal Behavior; Ecology; Molecular,
Cellular, & Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Endocrinology; comparative biochemistry, physiology, and larval
development of invertebrates.
E-mail: eschang@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (707)
875-2061 Fax: (707) 875-2009
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Chang/
Fred S. Conte - Extension
Specialist: Aquaculture; Lecturer
Extension Programs: Fresh water and marine aquaculture production and related
government regulatory issues.
Research Interests: Finfish nutrition; oyster larval remote setting and growout.
E-mail: fsconte@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-7689 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Conte/
Mary E. Delany -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Avian Sciences; Genetics
Research Interests: Avian developmental genetics; embryology; cytogenetics;
and genomics.
Laboratory: Avian Developmental Genetics Laboratory
E-mail: medelany@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
754-9343 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Delany/
Edward J. DePeters -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Nutrition
Research Interests: Ruminant nutrition of dairy cattle; mammary gland synthesis of
milk protein and fat; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; evaluation of
by-product feedstuffs and forage quality.
E-mail: ejdepeters@ucdavis.edu
Phone:
(530) 752-1263 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/DePeters/
Web Address: Serge I. Doroshov -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Ecology; International Agricultural Development
Research Interests: Reproductive and developmental biology of fish; hatchery technology of cultured fish;
environmental physiology of early life stages; sturgeon aquaculture.
E-mail: sidoroshov@ucdavis.edu
Phone:
(530) 752-7603 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Doroshov/
John M. Eadie - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Behavior; Avian Sciences; Ecology; Population
Biology; Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology.
Research Interests: Waterfowl; avian behavior and ecology; population
genetics; wetland and riparian ecology; molecular ecology.
E-mail: jmeadie@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-9204 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Eadie/
James G. Fadel - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; International Agricultural Development; Nutrition
Research Interests: Quantitative applications; biological and production systems
modeling; feed and fiber evaluations.
E-mail: jgfadel@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-1259 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Fadel/
Thomas R. Famula -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Genetics
Research Interests: Quantitative genetic theory; genetic control of animal growth
and lactation.
E-mail: trfamula@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-7018 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Famula/
Silas S.O. Hung - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Ecology; International Agricultural Development; Nutrition
Research Interests: Fish feeding nutrition; physiology; and biochemistry.
Laboratory: Fish Nutrition and Feeding Laboratory
E-mail: sshung@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-3580 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Hung/
Annie J. King - Professor
Graduate Groups : Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Avian Sciences, Food Science
Research Interests: Prevention of lipid oxidation in poultry muscle, eggs and their
products; methodologies for determination of cholesterol and its oxidized derivatives in
poultry muscle and eggs.
E-mail: ajking@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
754-3530 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/King/
Kirk C Klasing -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Avian Sciences; Nutrition; Immunology
Research Interests: Impact of nutrition on immunity and disease resistance;
immunologic basis of stress; nutrition and metabolic adaptation required by carnivorous and nectivorous
birds.
E-mail: kcklasing@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-1901 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Klasing/
Dietmar
Kueltz-
Associate Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Genetics; Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative
Physiology
Research Interests: Cellular osmoregulation, intracellular stress
signaling, comparative genomics and proteomics of environmental adaptation in
fish and mammals.
E-mail: dkueltz@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-2991 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Kueltz/default.htm
and http://dkkw.net
Y.
B. Lee - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Agricultural Chemistry; Food Science.
Research Interests: Meat science and muscle biology; growth and development of
muscle and adipose tissue; postmortem muscle biochemistry; meat quality and safety;
meat processing and marketing.
E-mail: yblee@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-8604 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Lee/
Bernie May
- Adjunct Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Ecology; Genetics
Research Interests: Population genetics of threatened and endangered
species; mapping of quantitative trait loci, effect of environmental stressors
on natural gene pools.
E-mail: bpmay@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
754-8123 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/May/
and
http://genome-lab.ucdavis.edu/People/May.htm
Juan F. Medrano -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Genetics
Research Interests: Animal genomics; molecular animal genetics; milk protein
composition; animal
growth.
E-mail: jfmedrano@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-6786 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Medrano/
Joy A. Mench - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Behavior; Animal Biology; Avian Sciences
Research Interests: Animal welfare and stress; environmental enrichment for
intensively-managed animals; social behavior in domestic birds.
E-mail: jamench@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-7125 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Mench/
Deanne Meyer
- Extension Specialist: Livestock Waste Management
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology
Research Interests: Research activities focus on current and future needs
of livestock operators related to environmental sustainability, regulatory
compliance, and economic feasibility: Manure management systems, operational
efficiency of manure equipment, interactions between manure management and
utilization and water and air resources, and dietary manipulation to reduce
nutrient excretion.
Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Morse/
James R Millam - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Behavior; Animal Biology; Avian Sciences;
Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Physiology and neurochemical anatomy of the cGnRH I/II neuronal
systems and related neuropeptide systems; reproductive management and welfare of captive
parrots; sexual differentiation of the song control system in zebra finches; and
avian environmental toxicology.
E-mail: jrmillam@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-1149 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Millam/
Frank Mitloehner-
Extension Specialist: Air Quality
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology
Research Interests: Air quality research related to livestock production,
especially quantification of ammonia, dust, and odor emissions in dairies, beef
feedlots, and poultry operations. Environmental physiology research,
focusing on effects of air emissions on animal health and welfare.
E-mail: fmmitloehner@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-3936 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Mitloehner
James D. Murray - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Genetics; Cell and Developmental Biology
Research Interests: Use of transgenic animals to study gene expression during
growth and differentiation, with particular emphasis on post-natal growth and lipid
metabolism; molecular genetics; cytogenetics; and equine genetics.
E-mail: jdmurray@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)
752-3179 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Murray/
Anita M. Oberbauer -
Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Genetics; Molecular, Cellular, &
Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Cell and molecular biology; animal growth and development;
development of genetic markers.
E-mail: amoberbauer@ucdavis.edu
Phone:
(530) 752-4997 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Oberbauer/
Web Address: James W. Oltjen - Extension Specialist: Animal Management Systems
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Nutrition
Extension Programs: Computer decision support software; beef quality assurance;
standardized performance analysis for cattle and sheep ranches.
Research Interests: Animal management systems; resource use in animal agriculture;
beef cattle growth.
E-mail: jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530)752-5650
Fax: (530)752-0175
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Oltjen/