Our People
Faculty

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.

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.
Chief Embryologist

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)

Thadeu Castro, DVM, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Azarene Foutouhi, doctoral student, Integrative Pathobiology Graduate Group

Soledad Martin-Pelaez, DVM, resident in equine reproduction

Margo Verstraete, DVM, 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