Faculty & Research
Charles Boyer, cboyer@csufresno.edu, Dean of the College of Ag. Sciences and Tech
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University,
Research Activities: Plant breeding and genetics
Jason A. Bush, jbush@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.,
Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Research activities: Genetics and Cellular Biology; Cell culture; molecular and cell biology of cancer progression/metastasis; membrane/cytoskeletal regulation of cell movement; comparative/quantitative proteomics and mass spectrometry
John Bushoven, jbushoven@csufresno.edu, Plant Science Dept.
Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Research Activities: Nitrogen and carbon partitioning in grasses and the development of plant tissue culture methodologies
Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, calalea@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~calalea
Ph.D. Yale University
Research Activities: Developmental biology; Study of developmentally regulated programmed cell death in plants using genetic, molecular and cellular approaches
Gour Choudhry, gchoudhry@csufresno.edu, Food Science and Nutrition Dept.
Ph.D. University of Alberta
Research Activities: Process Reinvention/Engineering/Development; Dairy Processing; Process Automation; Extrusion Processing; Resource Recovery and Utilization; Food Packaging; Thermal Processing; Drying Extraction; Enzyme Reaction; Modeling; Functional Properties; Facility Development.
Paul R. Crosbie, pcrosbie@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
http://www.csufresno.edu/biology/Crosbie/Crosbie.html
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Research Activities: Host-parasite interactions; parasite life history strategies, population ecology, and disease ecology; impacts of parasitism on host populations; ectoparasitic and free-living arthropod taxonomy and systematics; arthropod vectored diseases; molecular approaches to parasite identification, systematics, and population genetics; protozoal endoparasites of insects
Erin Dormedy, edormedy@csufresno.edu, Food Science and Nutrition Dept.
Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Research Activities: Intervention methods for the control of foodborne pathogens, food safety and biosecurity, HACCP implementation and validation, development of HACCP intervention methods, food industry outreach and technology transfer.
James Farrar, jfarrar@csufresno.edu, Plant Science Dept.
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research Activities: Research focuses on environmental conditions conducive to disease development and appropriate methods to control or manage disease outbreaks.
Dennis Ferris, dennisf@csufresno.edu, Food Science and Nutrition Dept.
Ph.D. Kansas State University
Research Activities: Sensory Evaluation, Waste Management; Food Processing; Quality Assurance; Product Development
Kenneth C. Fugelsang,kennethf@csufresno.edu,
Viticulture and Enology Dept.
MS CSUFresno.
Research activities: Fresno State Wine Master, wine microbiology, optimization of wine making.
Joy Goto, jgoto@csufresno.edu, Chemistry Dept.
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Research Activities: Neurobiochemistry; transition metal ion homeostasis; Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism of neurodegeneration
Shirley A. Kovacs, shirleyk@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
http://www.csufresno.edu/biology/Kovacs/kovacs.html
Ph.D. Oregon State University
Research Activities: Immunology, cell and molecular biology; molecular structure and function of antigens associated with autoimmune disease; evolution of RNA splicing
Krish Krishnan, krish@csufresno.edu, Chemistry Dept.
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~vkrishnan
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science
Research Activities: Biophysical Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Biomolecular NMR, computational biology and Bioinformatics
Andrew Lawson, alawson@csufresno.edu, Plant Science Dept.
http://cast.csufresno.edu/faculty/lawson/
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Research Activities: Research on integrated pest management and biological control of agricultural and urban forest insect pests
Prudence Lowe, plowe@csufresno.edu, Computer Science Dept.
University of California, San Francisco
Research Activities: Computer programming, bioinformatics
Kevin Miller, kemiller@csufresno.edu, Chemistry Dept.
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~kemiller
Ph.D. University of Cambridge, U.K.
Research Activities: Forensic biochemistry, DNA analysis from human remains and highly degraded tissues, forensic anthropology
James P. Prince, jamespr@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
http://www.csufresno.edu/biology/Prince/Prince.html
Ph.D. Cornell University
Research Activities: Plant molecular genetics and crop improvement; linkage mapping and the analysis of the plant genome; genetic diversity at the molecular level; plant pathology, genetic basis for resistance, and the sensitive identification of plant pathogens
Mamta Rawat, mrawat@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~mrawat/
Ph.D. Louisiana State University
Research Activities: Medical Microbiology; Molecular pathogenesis and pathogenomics; Drug resistance; Biochemistry and the role of thiols in microorganisms; Stress response of microorganisms; Bioremediation capacity of actinomycetes
Larry G. Riley, Jr., lriley@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
Ph.D. University of Hawaii
Research Activities: Organismal physiology and endocrinology, Comparative endocrinology, Endocrine regulation of growth, glucose and fat metabolism, Neuroendocrine mediators of appetite
Timothy Stearns, timothys@csufresno.edu, Management Dept.
D.B.A. Indiana University
Research Activities: Nascent entrepreneurs, technology entrepreneurs
Roy Thornton, rthorton@csufresno.edu, Viticulture and Enology Dept.
http://cati.csufresno.edu/verc/pers/stories/r-thornton.html
Ph.D. Strathclyde University, Scotland
Research Activities: Wine microbiology with emphasis on wine yeast genetics and physiology and on the breeding of wine yeast by selective hybridization for improved winemaking properties, manipulation of wine flavor by the use of different wine yeasts, interaction of wine yeasts and bacteria, real time monitoring of fermentation by flow cytometry, and brewing and fuel ethanol production.
Brian Tsukimura, briant@csufresno.edu,
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~briant/
Ph.D. University of Hawaii
Research Activities: Comparative Physiology, Invertebrate Physiology, Crustacean Biology, Reproductive Endocrinology, Chemical Mediators Regulating Yolk Protein formation, Endocrine disrupters and amphibians, Invasive species
George Vozikis, gvozikis@csufresno.edu, Management Dept.
Ph.D. University of Georgia
Research Activities: Entrepreneurship, family business management, strategic management, international business, organizational behavior
Robert Wample, rwample@csufresno.edu, Viticulture and Enology Dept.
http://cati.csufresno.edu/verc/pers/stories/r-wample.html
Ph.D. University of Calgary
Research Activities: Research includes the effects of mechanical pruning, irrigation management and drought on wine and juice grape growth, productivity and physiology including the effects of nutrition, harvest date, pruning level and disease on cold hardiness of wine and juice grapes and the use of hot water treatment to control of crown gall; the physiology of heat-shock protein formation; the application of “precision farming” techniques to viticulture
Todd Wilson, twilson@csufresno.edu, Computer Science Dept.
Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Research Activities: Programming languages, web technologies
Alice Wright, awright@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~awright/
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Research Activities: Bioremediation, microbial physiology, metagenomics, comparative genomics, molecular studies of the metabolism of xenobiotics and agrichemicals in microorganisms, molecular assessment of microbial ecology and diversity.
Hwan Youn, Biology Dept.
Ph.D. Seoul National University
Research Activities: Molecular biology, bacteriology; bacterial genetic responses to environmental cues, especially gases; genetic, biochemical and genomic approaches to the roles of bacterial proteins as transcription factors
Frederick W. Zechman, zechman@csufresno.edu, Biology Dept.
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~zechman/
Ph.D. Louisiana State University
Research Activities: Molecular Phylogenetics, Biogeography and evolution of marine and freshwater algae; bioinformatics