Chinese name: 程淮榮
Also known as: HJ Cheng
Born: Yunlin (雲林), Taiwan

University of California at Davis
Professor Emeritus-
Center for Neuroscience;
Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, College of Biological Sciences;
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
 

Note: Professor Hwai-Jong Cheng has retired from UC Davis in June 2020. He is now a Professor Emeritus at UC Davis and is currently at the Institute of Molecular Biology at Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

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

   

  

  Marshal of CBS Commencement 2017

• 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

• Society for Neuroscience

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