Chinese name: 程淮榮
Also known as: HJ Cheng
Born: Yunlin (雲林), Taiwan
University of California at Davis
Professor-
Center for Neuroscience;
Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences;
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
Faculty advisor (NPB)-
Biology Academic Success Center (BASC)
Chair–
Neuroscience Graduate Group
Education
- M.D. in Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1989
- Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, 1995 (Mentor: John G Flanagan, PhD)
- Pathology Resident, National Taiwan University Hospital, 1989-1991, 1996-1997
- Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSF and Stanford University, 1997-2002 (Mentor: Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD)
Awards and Honors
- Pharmacia Biotech & Science Prize for Young Scientists in Molecular Biology, 1996
- Regional Winner for North America for his essay “The Eph ligand Family and Neuronal Topographic Mapping“
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Physician Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997
- Whitehall Foundation Award, 2003
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award, 2004
- Klingenstein Fellowship Award, 2004
- Faculty Service Award, Neuroscience Graduate Group, UC Davis, 2012
- UC Davis Academic Advising Award – Outstanding Faculty Advisor, 2015
- NACADA Region 9 Excellence in Advising Award, 2016
- Marshal, Undergraduate Commencement, College of Biological Sciences, UC Davis, 2017
Department and Center Affiliations
- Center for Neuroscience
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior (College of Biological Sciences)
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (School of Medicine)
Professional Societies
CBS Grad Group Affiliations
- Neuroscience
- Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
Specialties / Focus
- Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Cell Migration and Cell Death
- Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation
- Neuroscience
- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
- Axon Guidance and Axon Refinement
- Development and Plasticity
- Systems Neuroscience
Teaching Interests
- Developmental neurobiology
- Neurobiology
- Human brain and disease
- Neural circuits
- Adult neurogenesis
Courses
- FRS 002 – First Year Seminar
- NPB 12 Human Brain and Disease
- NPB 100 Neurobiology
- NPB 110B Neurobiology Foundations
- NPB 172 Map Formation in the Brain
- NSC 224A/B Molecular and Development Neuroscience