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Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences
Life Sciences & Technology Building, Rm. 3308
Telephone: (805) 893-3512
Undergraduate Information (805) 893-5191
Graduate Information (805) 893-8499
Undergraduate e-mail: mcdb-ugrad@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Graduate e-mail: mcdb-gradadv@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Website: lifesci.ucsb.edu/MCDB
Department Chair:  Frederick Dahlquist


 
Faculty
Rolf Christoffersen, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Senior Lecturer SOE (plant molecular biology)
Dennis Clegg, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor (molecular and cellular neurobiology; stem cell biology and engineering; ocular disease) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Rick Dahlquist, PhD, California Institute of Technology, Professor (relationships between protein structure and function and the phenomenon of chemotaxis in bacteria; biochemistry) Joint Appointment: CHEM
Tony de Tomaso, PhD, Washington University, Professor (cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, transplantation biology, stem cell biology, regeneration, genetics, genomics)
Stu Feinstein, PhD, UC San Francisco, Professor (molecular cell biology and neurobiology)
Ruth Finkelstein, PhD, Indiana University, Professor (plant biology)
Brooke Gardner, PhD, UC San Francisco, Assistant Professor (Biochemistry and Biomaterials, Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology and Immunology)
Michael Goard, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (neuroscience) Joint Appointment: PSY
Eduardo Gonzalez Nino, Lecturer SOE
Christopher Hayes, PhD, University of Connecticut, Professor (molecular biology of inter-bacterial competition, type V and VI secretion systems, biochemistry of toxin-immunity protein pairs) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Sung Soo Kim, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Systems and Quantitative Biology)
Kenneth Kosik, MA, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Professor (neurodegeneration, biophysics of neuroconnectivity, stem cells, synaptic plasticity, microRNAs, evolution of the nervous system) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Petra Kranzfelder, Lecturer Potential SOE
John Lew, PhD, University of Calgary, Associate Professor (biochemistry, molecular biology, enzymology) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Matthieu Louis, PhD, University of Cambridge, Associate Professor (systems biology, systems neuroscience, behavioral neurogenetics) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Seng Low, PhD, National University of Singapore, Continuing Lecturer
Dzwokai Ma, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (cell biology and neuroscience)
Michael Mahan, PhD, University of Utah, Professor (microbial pathogenesis; molecular mechanisms of infectious disease, antibiotic resistance; sepsis; vaccine development) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Craig Montell, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Professor (biomedical sciences; neuroscience) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Denise Montell, PhD, Stanford University, Professor (biomedical sciences; developmental & stem cell biology) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Meghan Morrissey, Assistant Professor
Chris Richardson, PhD, UC San Francisco, Assistant Professor (Biochemistry and Biomaterials, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics)
Joel Rothman, PhD, University of Oregon, Professor (biochemical and genetic studies of cellular differentiation and reprogramming; regulation of cell signaling, proliferation, and death) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Cyrus Safinya, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (biophysics, supramolecular assemblies of biological molecules, non-viral gene delivery systems) Joint Appointment: MATRL
Julie Simpson, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (neuroscience and genetics)
Ikuko Smith, PhD, UC Los Angeles, Assistant Professor (neuroscience, synaptic integration) Joint Appointment: PSY
William Smith, PhD, UC Santa Cruz, Professor (developmental biology of marine invertebrate chordates) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Jean-Marie Volland, Assistant Professor
Herbert Waite, PhD, Duke University, Professor (comparative biochemistry, marine biomolecular materials, micro and nanomechanics, bioadhesion) Joint Appointment: CHEM BMSE
Thomas Weimbs, PhD, University of Cologne, Professor (epithelial cell polarity, vesicle traffic, membrane fusion, polycystic kidney disease)
Max Wilson, PhD, Princeton University, Assistant Professor (Biochemistry and Biomaterials, Cell Biology, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Neuroscience, Systems and Quantitative Biology)
Mike Wilton, Lecturer SOE

 
Emeriti Faculty
John Carbon, PhD, Northwestern University (biochemistry) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Louise Clarke, PhD, UC Santa Barbara (biochemistry, genetics) Joint Appointment: BMSE
James Cooper, PhD, Washington University Joint Appointment: BMSE
Diane Eardley, PhD, UC Berkeley
Steven Fisher, PhD, Purdue University (neu­robiology)
Kathleen Foltz, PhD, Purdue University
David Kohl, PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo
David Low, PhD, UC Irvine Joint Appointment: BMSE
Daniel Morse, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (molecular biology, bio-nanotechnology, biomolecular materials, marine biotechnology, biophotonics) Joint Appointment: BMSE
Stephen Poole, PhD, UC San Diego
Charles Samuel, PhD, UC Berkeley Joint Appointment: BMSE
Duane Sears, PhD, Columbia University Joint Appointment: BMSE
James Thomson, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Douglas Thrower, PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Carol Vandenberg, PhD, UC San Diego Joint Appointment: BMSE
Leslie Wilson, PhD, Tufts University (microtubule dynamics, functions, and anticancer drug mechanisms) Joint Appointment: BMSE

 
Affiliated Faculty
Tod Kippin, PhD (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Beth Pruitt, PhD (Mechanical Engineering, Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program, Biological Engineering)
Karen Szumlinski, PhD (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Thomas Turner, PhD (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology)
Soojin Yi (Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology)