Montañez, a UC Davis distinguished professor and a chancellor’s leadership professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is a renowned field geologist and geochemist specializing in past records of ancient climate change.
Dr. Kado specializes in bioassays, chemical analysis of environmental complex mixtures, and analysis of airborne particle and vapor-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Dr. Bennett works on the fate, transport, and exposure to chemicals in a multimedia environment within the context of environmental exposure and risk assessment.
Dr. Murata's research focuses on the determination of the maternal genes and gene products involved in sperm-egg interactions during gonad development and fertilization.
Dr. Vogel's research focuses on the function of receptors for xenobiotics and inflammatory signaling to understand molecular mechanisms of the development of chronic inflammatory diseases promoted by environmental toxicants.
Dr. Bein's primary research interests include the health effects of air pollution, design and development of aerosol measurement and sampling techniques, and air quality modeling.