Our People

Our People

Faculty
Stuart Meyers, DVM, PhD Professor

 

Stuart Meyers, DVM, PhD Professor
Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists
Laboratory Director

Dr. Meyers is a professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology and is a Diplomate in the American College of Theriogenology. He obtained his BS and DVM degrees from Michigan State University, his MS degree from Oregon State University, and his PhD from the University of California, Davis.

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Pouya Dini, DVM, PhD, PhD, Assistant Professor

 

Pouya Dini, DVM, PhD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists
Diplomate, European College of Animal Reproduction

Laboratory Director

Dr. Dini is an assistant professor in the Department of Population Health and Reproduction and is a Diplomate in the European College of Animal Reproduction and the American College of Theriogenology. He obtained his DVM degrees from Azad University in Iran. His first PhD was a collaboration between Azad University and the University of Ghent, in Belgium and his second PhD was a collaboration between the University of Ghent and Gluck Equine Research Center at the University of Kentucky.

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Chief Embryologist
Alejandro de la Fuente, doctoral student, Animal Biology Graduate Group

 

Alejandro de la Fuente, DVM, PhD, Chief Embryologist

Dr. de la Fuente is a Postdoctoral Scholar. He obtained His DVM degree from the University of Concepcion, Chile, and the University of Cordoba, Spain, and his MSc and PhD degrees from the University of California, Davis.


Graduate students (2021)

 

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Thadeu Castro, DVM, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Azarene Foutouhi, doctoral student, Integrative Pathobiology Graduate Group

 

Azarene Foutouhi, doctoral student, Integrative Pathobiology Graduate Group

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Soledad Martin-Pelaez, DVM, resident in equine reproduction

Margo Verstraete, doctoral student and visiting scholar, UCDavis/UGent

 

Margo Verstraete, DVM, doctoral student and visiting scholar, UCDavis/UGent

Machteld van Heule, doctoral student and visiting scholar, UCDavis/UGent

 

Machteld van Heule, DVM, doctoral student and visiting scholar, UCDavis/UGent


Postdoctoral fellows

Amie Romney, PhD, 2019-2022

Wonhee Song, PhD, 2017-2018

Julie Baumber Skaife, PhD, 2012-2013


Undergraduate and Veterinary Professional Students (Recent)

Danielle Myers

Savannah Hammick

Julianne Nussbaum (Y2 DVM program)

Jazmin Orozco

Sophia Schmidt (Y2 DVM program)


Previous Graduate Students

Morgan Orsolini, MS, Animal Biology, 2022

Momoe Kato, PhD, Animal Biology, 2022

Shiho Sumigma, PhD, Comparative Pathology, 2012

Evelyn Bulkeley, DVM PhD, Integrative Pathobiology, 2022 expected

Christa Darr Morales, PhD, Animal Biology, 2016

Katie Klooster, PhD , Animal Biology, 2015

Kelly Martorana, MS, Animal Biology, 2014

Megan Roberts, PhD, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology, 2012

Julie Cole Shacoski, Comparative Pathology, 2013

Shiho Sumigma, PhD, Comparative Pathology, 2012


Animals we work with

Horses, dogs, cows, rainbow trout, steelhead trout, sturgeon