Professor Bart C. Weimer, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine,           UC Davis

Director,100K Pathogen Genome Project

 Publication Summary:

Leadership Experience:

  • Chair; Department of Population Health and Reproduction. 2019 – present
  • Director, founder; Genomes4Health. 2019 – present
  • Director, 100K Pathogen Genome Sequencing Project.  2012 – present
  • Co-founder, Molecular Food Safety Consortium.  2014 – present
  • Director, Genomics Integration Core, West Coast Metabolomics Center (Davis).  2012 – 2013
  • Faculty Coordinator Corporate Relations (UC Davis; Office of Research).  2010 – 2015
  • Director, BGI@UC Davis Genome Sequencing Center.  2011 – 2015
  • Executive Director, Center for Integrated BioSystems (Utah State University).  2002 – 2009
  • Co-founder, Lactic Acid Bacteria Genome Consortium.  2000
  • Director, Center for Microbe Detection & Physiology (Utah State University).  1998 – 2008

Academic Experience:

  • Professor, Population Health & Reproduction (UC Davis).  2008 – present
  • Professor, Nutrition & Food Sciences (Utah State University).  1991 – 2008
  • Adjunct Professor, School of Life Sciences (Beijing Normal University).  2014 – 2019
  • Adjunct Professor, Biology (College of Life Sciences; Xiamen University).  2007 – 2010
  • Adjunct Professor, Horticulture Department (Kasetsart University, Thailand).  2008 – 2012
  • Adjunct Professor, Biology Department (College of Science, USU).  2003 – 2008
  • Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Department (College of Science, USU).  2006 – 2010
  • Adjunct Professor, Biological Engineering (College of Engineering, USU).  2003 – 2007

Education:

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Melbourne, Biochemistry & Genetics, Melbourne, Australia. 1991-1992
  • D., Nutrition & Food Sciences – Microbiology, Utah State University, Logan, UT.  1990
  • BS, Microbiology & Immunology (Honors), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 1986

Awards and Honors:

  • IBM Shared University Research Award. 2015, 2016
  • FDA Food Safety Grand Challenge Finalist (1/5 from over 100 Applicants). 2015
  • Aglient Thought Leader (DNA modification, genome restricted metabolomics). 2010, 2015
  • HHSInnovate – 100K Pathogen Genome Sequencing Project. 2012
  • Best agronomic paper – Canadian Agronomic Society.  2010
  • Researcher of the Year – USU Dept. of Nutrition & Food Sciences . 2008                                                                 
  • Inducted into Academic Keys Who’s Who in Agriculture in Higher Education. 2006
  • Inducted into Empire Who’s Who.  2003
  • Inducted into International Who’s Who Historical Society.  2002
  • Winder Chair in Food Science – USU, Nutrition and Food Services.  1996, 2001 – 2004
  • Researcher of the Year – USU, College of Family Life.  1995
  • S. – Graduated with Honors.  1986