Postdocs and Visiting Scholars

Dr. Afroza Akter, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Ermias Kebreab
Start Date: January 2023 - Present

My research interests: The use of feeding strategies to mitigate enteric methane emissions from Dairy cattle in the US

Ramon C Botigelli, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Anna Denicol
Start Date: 2022

I am exploring the mammal’s embryo development, embryonic cell fate and adult cell reprogramming into iPSCs for understanding the key players of these pathways/mechanism on maintenance of pluripotency and cell differentiation to apply on in vitro models. Additional research interests: embryo production, epigenetics, metabolism, stem cells and chimeras.

Vinícius Carneiro de Souza, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Ermias Kebreab
Start Date: August 2021

My research focuses on modeling the interactions between weather variability, dry matter intake, and methane emissions intensity in dairy cattle in the United States. I am particularly interested in how we can integrate mathematical modeling with nutrition, physiology and management practices to achieve sustainable ruminant production systems.

Dr. Katharine Dickson, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interests: Anaerobic fungi, rumen microbiology, microbial biomass conversion, mitigation of enteric methane emissions, and targeted genome engineering of the rumen microbiome.

Dr. Nguyen T Huong, Ph.D

Fulbright Visiting Scholar
Start Date: September 1, 2024

Research Interests: Pathogenic bacteria of human and animals.

Liu laboratory

Dr. Shahinur S. Islam, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Schreier
Start Date: January 2024

Research Interests: Using integrative genetic/genomics approaches, my research broadly focuses on Evolutionary Ecology, Physiology & Conservation Biology.

Dr. Akshay Joshi, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interests: Rumen microbiology, anaerobic fermentation, enteric methane mitigation, and in-vitro rumen fermentation systems.

Melanie E LaCava, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Andrea Schreier
Start Date: 2021

I use population genetics to investigate ecological and evolutionary processes relevant to wildlife conservation and management.

Dr. Robin Malik, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Ermias Kebreab

Dr. Pedro R. Marquez, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Matthias Hess

Research Interests: My research focuses on understanding the role and dynamics of rumen microorganisms—bacteria, methanogens, and anaerobic fungi—in rumen fermentation and enteric methane production. I am also developing mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants using feed additives and engineering tools.

pjromero@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Hannah Miller, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interests: Utilizing molecular methods to develop new assays for detection and monitoring of native species.

Dr. Sarah J Nancollas, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Anne Todgham
Start Date: 2023-Present

Dr. Insung Park, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Trish Berger

inspark@ucdavis.edu

Berger Laboratory

Dr. Sangwoo Park, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Start Date: Oct 1, 2024
Faculty Sponsor: Yanhong Liu

Research Interests: Monogastric animal nutrition and physiology.

Liu laboratory

Dr. Claire P. Prowse-Wilkins, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interests: My research focusses on using functional data (such as gene expression and histone modifications) to pinpoint genomic regions associated with agriculturally important traits in farm animals.

Zhou laboratory

Dr. Nicholas Werry, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Scholar
Faculty Sponsor: Alison Van Eenennaam

My research background is in genetics and reproduction, currently I am working on developing gene edited animals to sex-specifically disrupt sperm function resulting production of a single sex of offspring.

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