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Distinguished Faculty in the College of Biological Sciences


Many College of Biological Science faculty have received national recognition through election to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellows) and selected distinguished awards and fellowships.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (MIC) – 2005
  • Charles Langley, distinguished professor (EVE) – 2007
  • Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (NPB) – 1970
  • Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor (EVE) – 1991
  • Michael Turelli, professor (EVE) – 2005

National Academy of Sciences

  • Eric E. Conn, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1988
  • Deborah Delmer, professor emeritus (PLB) – 2004
  • Roy Doi, distinguished professor emeritus (MCB) – 2006
  • Emanuel Q. Epstein, professor emeritus (PLB) – 1978
  • Melvin M. Green, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1980
  • Edward J. Jones, distinguished professor/director (Center for Neuroscience) – 2004
  • Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (MIC) - 2007
  • J. Clark Lagarias, professor (MCB) – 2001
  • Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (NPB) – 1971
  • John Roth, distinguished professor (MIC) – 1988
  • Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor (EVE) – 1984
  • G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus (Genetics) – 1952
  • Paul K. Stumpf, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1978

American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellows)

  • Frederick T. Addicott, professor emeritus (PLB)
  • Judy Callis, professor (MCB)
  • Leo M. Chalupa, distinguished professor and chair (NPB)
  • Ernest S. Chang, professor (NPB)
  • Peter Chesson, professor emeritus (EVE)
  • James S. Clegg, professor emeritus (MCB)
  • John H. Crowe, professor emeritus (MCB)
  • Michael Dahmus, distinguished professor emeritus and former chair (MCB)
  • Roy H. Doi, distinguished professor emeritus (MCB)
  • Emanuel Q. Epstein, professor emeritus (PLB)
  • Carol Erickson, professor (MCB) and Executive Associate Dean
  • Charles Gasser, professor (MCB)
  • Leslie D. Gottlieb, professor emeritus (EVE)
  • John Harada, professor (PLB)
  • Milton Hildebrand, professor emeritus (EVE)
  • Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (NPB) and Interim Provost
  • Edward G. Jones, distinguished professor and director (Center for Neuroscience)
  • Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (MIC)
  • William J. Lucas, distinguished professor and chair (PLB)
  • Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Zoology)
  • Richard Michelmore professor (MCB) and director, UC Davis Genome Center
  • Brian C. Mulloney, professor (NPB)
  • Diana Myles, professor (MCB)
  • Richard L. Nuccitelli, professor emeritus (MCB)
  • Timothy G. Prout, professor emeritus (EVE)
  • Carl Schmid, professor emeritus (MCB)
  • Irwin Segel, distinguished professor emeritus (MCB)
  • Arthur M. Shapiro, professor (EVE)
  • Neelima Ray Sinha, professor (PLB)
  • Judy A. Stamps, professor emeritus (EVE)
  • Donald R. Strong, distinguished professor (EVE)
  • Paul K. Stumpf, professor emeritus (MCB) (deceased)
  • Venkatesan Sundaresan, professor (PLB)
  • John S. Werner, professor (NPB)
  • Susan Williams, professor (EVE) and director, Bodega Marine Laboratory
  • Martin C. Wilson, professor (NPB)

California Academy of Science (Fellows)

  • James A. Doyle, professor (EVE)
  • Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Zoology)
  • Arthur M. Shapiro, professor (EVE)
  • Maureen Stanton, professor and chair (EVE)
  • Catherine A. Toft, professor (EVE)

Selected Distinguished Awards and Fellowships

Royal Society (Fellow)

  • Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Zoology) in 2008

National Medal of Science

  • G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus (Genetics) – 1979

NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award

  • Charles Gasser, professor (MCB) – 1990
  • Judy Callis, professor (MCB) – 1991

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

  • W. Martin Usrey, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 2001
  • William DeBello, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 2004

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

  • Graham Coop, assistant professor (EVE) - 2009
  • Hwai-Jong Cheng, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 2004
  • A. Kimberley McAllister, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 2001
  • Martin Usrey, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 2001
  • Brian Mulloney, professor of biological sciences (NPB) - 1975-1977

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow

  • Robert E. Hungate, professor emeritus (MIC) – 1950
  • Daniel I. Axelrod , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1952
  • Ledyard Stebbins , professor emeritus – 1953, 1960
  • John Tucker , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1955
  • Melvin Green, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1956, 1968
  • Everett Williams Jameson, Jr , professor emeritus (Zoology) – 1958
  • Paul K. Stumpf , professor emeritus (Biochemistry) – 1961, 1968
  • Peter R. Marler , professor emeritus (Zoology) – 1964
  • Grady Webster , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1964
  • John Lyman Ingraham , professor emeritus (MIC) – 1965
  • Norma J. Lang , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1969
  • Jerry Hedrick, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1971
  • Paul Alexander Castelfranco , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1973
  • Leslie D. Gottlieb, professor emeritus (EVE) – 1975
  • Michael Turelli , professor (EVE) – 1986
  • Leo M. Chalupa, distinguished professor and chair (NPB) – 1978
  • Carl Schmid, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1988
  • Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor (EVE) – 1992
  • Artyom Kopp, assistant professor (EVE) – 2009

Kimmel Scholars Award

  • Ken Kaplan, associate professor (EVE) – 2001

The Pew Charitable Trusts

  • Kenneth H. Britten,professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 1994 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
  • A. Kimberley Mc Allister, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 2001 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award

  • Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 2007

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Early Career Scientist Appointment

  • Neil Hunter, associate professor of microbiology and of molecular and cellular biology - 2009

Recipients of Major Campus Awards

UC Davis Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching Award

  • Tom Adamson, lecturer (NPB) - 1996
  • Deborah Canington, academic coordinator and lecturer (PLB) - 1998
  • Susan Keen, lecturer (EVE) - 2006
  • Erwin Bautista, lecturer (NPB) - 2007
  • James Shaffrath, lecturer (NPB) - 2008

UC Davis Academic Federation - James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award

  • Martina Newell-McGloughlin, director UC Davis Biotechnology Program - 2001
  • Carole Hom, academic coordinator (EVE) - 2005

UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

  • Michael G. Barbour, professor (Botany) - 1988
  • Ernest M. Gifford, professor emeritus (Botany) - 1986
  • G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus (Genetics) - 1972
  • Eric E. Conn, professor emeritus (Biochemistry and Biophysics) - 1974
  • Milton Hildebrand, professor emeritus (Zoology) - 1974
  • Robert M. Thornton, senior lecturer (Botany) - 1975
  • Robert D. Grey, professor emeritus (Zoology) and provost and executive vice chancellor - 1978
  • Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel) - 1982
  • John M. Horowitz, professor emeritus (Animal Physiology) - 1988
  • Arthur M. Shapiro, professor (EVE) - 1990
  • Arnold J. Sillman, professor (NPB) - 1995
  • Thomas L. Rost, professor emeritus (PLB) - 1997
  • Richard Grosberg, professor (EVE) - 2002
  • Charles Gasser, professor (MCB) - 2006, undergraduate
  • John Harada, professor (PLB) - 2007
  • Peter Wainwright, professor (EVE) - 2008, undergraduate
  • Roy Doi, Distinguished Professor emeritus (MCB) - 2008, graduate

UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award

  • H. Bradley Shaffer, professor (EVE) - 2006

UC Davis Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer

  • Robert Hungate, professor emeritus (MIC) - 1967
  • Thomas Schoener, professor (EVE) - 1994
  • Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Zoology) - 1995
  • Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (MIC)

UC Davis Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

  • Merna R. Villarejo, professor (MIC) - 1994
  • Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 1995
  • R. Scott Hawley, professor (MCB) - 1997
  • Terence M. Murphy, professor (PLB) - 1999
  • Neelima Sinha, professor (PLB) - 2001

UC Davis Chancellor's Fellows

  • Wolf Dietrich Heyer, professor (MIC) - 2000-05
  • Michael Sanderson, professor (EVE) - 2000-05
  • Jodi Nunnari, professor (MCB) - 2001-06
  • Sharon Strauss, professor (EVE) - 2002-07
  • John Bowman, associate professor, (PLB) - 2003-08
  • Sergey Nuzhdin, associate professor (EVE) - 2004-2009
  • Edmond (Ted) Powers, associate professor (MCB) - 2005-2010
  • David Begun, professor (EVE) - 2005-2010
  • John "Jay" Stachowicz, associate professor (EVE) - 2006-2011
  • Kimberley McAllister, associate professor (NPB) - 2007-2012
  • Henning Stahlberg, associate professor (MCB) - 2008-2013

UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement

  • Eric E. Conn, professor emeritus (Biochemistry and Biophysics) - 1989
  • Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 1991
  • Maureen Stanton, professor and chair (EVE) - 2005

UC Presidential Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research

  • Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 1995

Recipients of Major College/Division Awards

College/Division of Biological Sciences Faculty Teaching Award

  • Richard Grosberg (EVE) - 2000-2001
  • Bradley Shaffer (EVE) and director, Center for Population Biology - 2001-2002
  • Terry Murphy (PLB) - 2002-2003
  • Chuck Gasser (MCB) - 2004-2005
  • Mark Wheelis (MCB) - 2006-2007
  • James Shaffrath (NPB) - 2007-2008

Novozymes Biotech, Inc. Endowed Chair in Genomics

  • Richard Michelmore, professor (MCB) and director, UC Davis Genome Center - 2004-2009

Paul K. and Ruth R. Stumpf Professorship in Plant Biochemistry

  • J. Clark Lagarias, professor (MCB) - 2000-2005
  • Judy Callis, professor (MCB) - 2005-2010

Endowed Chair in Physiology

  • John Wingfield, professor (NPB) - 2007-2012