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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/

Web Address: Kathryn Radke - Associate Professor
Graduate Groups : Animal Biology; Avian Sciences; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Genetics; Microbiology
Research Interests: Retroviral gene expression and pathogenesis; cancer-causing retroviruses of domestic animals; primate immunodeficiency viruses.
E-mail: klradke@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (530) 754-9025 Fax: (530) 752-0175
http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Radke/

 

Web Address: Peter H. Robinson - Extension Specialist: Dairy Nutrition and Management
Graduate Groups : Animal Biology

Extension Interests: Protein and amino acid nutrition of dairy cows; evaluation and development of methods to predict forage energy content; nutritional strategies to reduce the environmental impact of dairy cows; development and evaluation and of predictive whole cow biological models.
E-mail: phrobinson@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (530) 754-7565 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Robinson/

Janet F. Roser - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Comparative Pathology; Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Physiology
Research Interests: Equine reproductive physiology and endocrinology.
E-mail: jfroser@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (530) 752-2918 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Roser/

Roberto D. Sainz - Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; International Agricultural Development; Nutrition
Research Interests: Ruminant nutrition; growth and body composition; nutritional energetics; modeling.
E-mail: rdsainz@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (530) 752-0526 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Sainz/

Cassandra Tucker - Assistant Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Animal Behavior
Research Interests: Animal welfare, animal behavior, effect of environmental conditions (housing, weather) and management decisions.
E-mail: E-mail: cbtucker@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-5750 FAX: (530)752-0175
Website: Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/tucker

Alison L. VanEenennaam - Extension Specialist: Animal Biotechnology and Genomics
Graduate Group: Animal Biology; Genetics
Research Interests: Transgenic modification of biochemical pathways to improve the quality of animal products for consumers, application of biotechnology to solve applied problems of animal agriculture.

E-mail: alvaneenennaam@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (530) 752-7942 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/VanEenennaam

Wesley W. Weathers -Professor
Graduate Group: Ecology
Research Interests: Avian energetics and temperature regulation.
E-mail: wwweathers@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (530) 752-7411 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Weathers/

Barry W. Wilson Professor
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Cell and Developmental Biology; Ecology; Pharmacology and Toxicology;
Molecular, Cellular, & Integrative Physiology
Research Interests:
Neuro-toxicology; aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology; biomarkers of stress and pesticide exposure. Growth and development with focus on muscle and nerve interactions.
E-mail: bwwilson@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (530) 752-3519 Fax: (530) 752-0175
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Wilson/

 

Richard A. Zinn - Professor (Desert Research and Extension Center)
Graduate Groups: Animal Biology

Research Interests: Ruminant nutrition; feedlot cattle nutrition and management; factors associated with digestive function.
E-mail: razinn@ucdavis.edu

Phone: (760) 356-3068 Fax: (760) 356-3073
Web Address: http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Zinn/
 

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