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UC Davis has a growing community of researchers examining the biological bases of behavior.   Our faculty is diverse and active, with expertise in a wide range of approaches from molecular to evolutionary perspectives. Students can pursue truly interdisciplinary research using a wide variety of methods and theoretical approaches. Student training is enhanced by our faculty's affiliations with several internationally known, interdisciplinary units including the Animal Behavior Graduate Group, the California National Primate Research Center, the Center for Neuroscience, UC Davis Cancer Center, and Mouse Biology Program. We offer students a stimulating and congenial work atmosphere. UC Davis is known for its collaborative research environment, which provides an interdisciplinary training environment for graduate students.

Davis itself and the surrounding area offer rich intellectual, cultural and recreational opportunities. The campus is located about 15 miles from Sacramento (the state capital), roughly 50 miles from the Napa and Sonoma valleys (wine country), 72 miles from the Bay Area (Berkeley and San Francisco), and about 150 miles from such spectacular resort and wilderness areas as Lake Tahoe and Yosemite.

 

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Faculty

         

(Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2000)
Comparative neurobiology of monogamy

         

(Research Psychologist, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1982)
Primate social relationships and personality, psychoneuroimmunology

         

(Professor, Ph.D.,University of Reading, England, 1973 )
Developmental psychobiology; environmental psychology

         

(Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1989)
Evolutionary neurobiology

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(Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, 1990)
neural correlates of auditory and visual perception

         

(Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991)
Mathematical modeling of social and physiological processes

         

(Associate Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., McMaster University, 1996)
Psychosocial issues in donor-assisted family formation; mate choice and reproductive relationships

         

(Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Boston College, 2009)
Behavioral Neuroscience, Epigenetics and Social Behavior

         

(Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 2003)
Behavioral endocrinology, genes and behavior

         

(Assistant Professor, Ph.D., UCLA, 2003)
Neurobiology of Learning & Memory

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