Career Development in Glycosciences | UCSD Faculty Mentors

Scholars interested in the  UC San Diego Program for Career Development in Glycosciences should contact an approved faculty mentor and be accepted into their research program. Approved Faculty Mentors are listed below with links to their lab websites. After appointment into the Mentor's laboratory, the Mentor can submit an application package on behalf of the Scholar.

Lars Bode, PhD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Human Milk Glycans

Michael D. Burkart, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
Antibiotic Biosynthesis

Andrew Chisholm, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
C.elegans Development 

Adam Engler, PhD
 Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Extracellular Matrix

Jeffrey D. Esko, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
Proteoglycans 

Mark M. Fuster, MD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego -  VAMC
Angiogenesis & Cancer

Pascal Gagneux, PhD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Reproduction

Richard L. Gallo, MD,PhD
Professor and Chair
UC San Diego
Skin Biology

Kamil Godula, PhD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Glycoengineering

Philip Gordts, PhD
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Lipid Metabolism

Tracy M. Handel, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
Chemokines

Amanda L. Lewis, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
Bacteriology / Women's Health

Nathan E. Lewis, PhD
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Systems Biology

Victor Nizet, MD
Professor
UC San Diego
Bacterial Pathogenesis

Bernhard Palsson, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
Systems Biology

Gentry N. Patrick, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
Neurobiology

 
Gulcin Pekkurnaz, PhD
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Neurobiology

Christina Sigurdson,PhD
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Protein Aggregation

Yitzhak Tor, PhD
Professor
UC San Diego
Aminoglycosides

Ajit Varki, MD
Professor
UC San Diego
Sialic Acids

Alice Yu, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
UC San Diego
Antiganglioside Therapy