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  • Graduate Group Complex, Biophysics
    310 Life Sciences Addition
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-4863
    Fax: (530) 752-8822
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Biophysics

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • Final: May 31

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plans I and II under special circumstances only
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • Prerequisite coursework in Math, Physics, Statistics, Chemistry, and Biology.
  • Official transcripts must be mailed to:

    CBS Dean's Office - BPH
    UC Davis
    One Shields Ave.
    Davis, CA 95616

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Exceptions

  • QE Exception: No outside member needed

Students gain advanced knowledge of the physical laws governing the properties and interaction of biomolecules and cells; structural biology; membrane dynamics; ion transport; electron transfer; nuclei acid; applied optics; computational biology; cellular regulation; and imaging. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in biophysics.

While an M.S. degree may be obtained while pursuing a Ph.D. degree, only Ph.D. applications will be accepted.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Biophysics website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Alexei Stuchebrukhov Chemistry (530) 752-7778
Academic Advisers

(Adviser: General) 		9/1/09 - 8/31/11
Robert H Fairclough
(Adviser: General) 		Med Neurology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 754-5005
Carlito B Lebrilla
(Adviser: General) 		Chemistry 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-6364
Atul N Parikh
(Adviser: General) 		Engr Applied Science 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 754-7055
Alexei Stuchebrukhov
(Adviser: Admissions and Primary Contact) 		Chemistry 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-7778
Steven M Theg
(Adviser: Primary Contact) 		Plant Biology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-0624
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Demian Sainz Biophysics & Genetics (530) 752-4863
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Laura Young Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772