David E. Olson, Ph.D.​
Principal Investigator
​Associate Professor
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Department of Chemistry;
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine;
Center for Neuroscience;
Memory and Plasticity Group

Biography
David studied chemistry and biology at Union College under the guidance of Joanne Kehlbeck, and received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University working in the lab of Justin Du Bois.  After his graduate work, he completed postdoctoral training in neuroscience at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.  David joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2015, where he established a research program at the interface of chemistry and neuroscience.  He is also a co-founder of Delix Therapeutics, Inc. and serves as the Chief Innovation Officer.

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Contact

Chemistry Annex 2463

deolson@ucdavis.edu

(530) 752-2595

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Monica Gonzalez
Postdoctoral Associate

Guoliang Zhang
Graduate Student
(7th year Chemistry)

Lindsay Cameron
Graduate Student
​(6th year Neuroscience)

Lee Dunlap
Graduate Student
​(6th year Chemistry)

RJ Tombari
​Graduate Student
(5th year Chemistry)

Max Vargas
Graduate Student
​(5th year Neuroscience)

Andy Basargin
Graduate Student
​​(4th Year Chemistry)

Jeremy Tuck
​Graduate Student
​(4th Year Chemistry)

Rishab Iyer
Graduate Student
(4th year Chemistry)

​Winston Chow
Graduate Student
​(4th year Chemistry)

​David Favela
Graduate Student
​(4th year Chemistry)

​Arabo Avanes
Graduate Student
​(3rd year BMCDB)

​Hannah Saeger
Graduate Student
​(3rd year PTX)

​Hunter Warren
Graduate Student
​(3rd year Chemistry)

Seona Patel​Undergraduate
(Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior)

Elya Kandahari​Undergraduate
​(Chemistry)

Samuel Carter
​Undergraduate
(Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior)

Sam Vaillancourt
​Undergraduate
(Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior)