Faculty
The CMG Training Program provides a unique, multi-institute / multi-department training environment that includes faculty from the Division of Biological Sciences at UC San Diego, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UC San Diego. The spirit of community that is embodied in this program leads to a higher quality of science and serves as an excellent model to the trainees of the many benefits of working in a cooperative manner.
Program Directors
Executive Committee
Training Faculty
- Susan Ackerman, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Omar Akbari, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Eiman Azim, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Matthew Banghart , Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Eric Bennett , Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Ethan Bier, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Brenda Bloodgood, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Steven Briggs, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Sreekanth Chalasani, Associate Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Andrew Chisholm, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Joanne Chory, Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Elsa Cleland, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Heidi Cook-Andersen, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Kimberly Cooper, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Matthew Daugherty, Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Rachel Dutton , Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Joseph Ecker , Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Mark Estelle, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Ronald Evans, Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Emma Farley, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Gen-Sheng Feng, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Jim Golden, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Susan Golden, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Ananda Goldrath, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Shelley Halpain, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Randy Hampton, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Nan Hao, Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Diana Hargreaves, Assistant Adjunct, Salk Institute
- Jeff Hasty, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Stephen Hedrick, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Martin Hetzer, Associate Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- David Holway, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Alisa Huffaker, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Enfu Hui, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Tony Hunter, Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Yishi Jin, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Simpson Joseph, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- James Kadonaga, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Takaki Komiyama, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Sergey Kryazhimskiy, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Carolyn Kurle, Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Shannon Lauberth, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Julie Law, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Jill Leutgeb, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Stefan Leutgeb, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Byungkook Lim, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Li-Fan Lu , Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Victoria Lundblad, Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Jens Lykke-Andersen, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Cressida Madigan, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Roberto Malinow, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Stephen Mayfield, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- William McGinnis, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Justin Meyer, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Cornelius Murre, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Sonya Neal, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- James Nieh, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Axel Nimmerjahn, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Maho Niwa Rosen, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Clodagh O'Shea, Associate Adjunct, Salk Institute
- Satchidananda Panda, Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Amy Pasquinelli, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Gentry Patrick, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Gulcin Pekkurnaz, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Samuel Pfaff, Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Lorraine Pillus, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Joseph Pogliano, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Kit Pogliano, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Jose Pruneda-Paz, Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Samara Reck-Peterson, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Cory Root, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Julian Schroeder, Distinguished Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Reuben Shaw, Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute
- Chih-ying Su, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Gurol Suel, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Xin Sun, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- David Traver, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Emily Troemel, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Elizabeth Villa, Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Jing Wang, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Steven Wasserman , Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- James Wilhelm, Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Deborah Yelon, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Dong-Er Zhang, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Yimin Zou , Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
- Elina Zuniga, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences