David L. Fernandez

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Room: 2-107

Phone: (909) 869-2096

E-Mail: DLFernandez@csupomona.edu

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Education:

BS: Animal Science, Cornell University (1985)
MS: Animal Science/Reproductive Physiology, Montana State University (1993)
PhD: Animal Science/Physiology, University of Kentucky (1997)

Biography:

Dr. Fernandez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center in Madison, WI where he studied the neuroendocrine mechanisms of growth and puberty in rhesus monkeys. Dr. Fernandez served as a meat inspector in a beef slaughter plant, and taught at both the high school and middle school levels after graduating with his BS.

Teaching Areas/Expertise:

Dr. Fernandez teaches courses in beef cattle management, reproductive physiology, introductory animal agriculture, and agricultural biotechnology.

Research Areas/Expertise:

Dr. Fernandez has conducted research into the neural and endocrine mechanisms controlling growth and reproduction in monkeys and beef cattle. Currently, his interests focus on the neurotransmitter systems that control the release of hypothalamic releasing hormones that act on the pituitary to induce growth and puberty.

Awards/Professional Activities:

Dr. Fernandez is a member of the American Society of Animal Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neuroscience, and the Endocrine Society. Dr. Fernandez has presented the results of 7 scientific experiments at national meetings and has published 3 scientific papers with an additional 5 papers currently being prepared for publication.

Dr. Fernandez was awarded the Edward L. Moody Memorial Scholarship while attending Montana State University in 1992, and he was inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture in 1995 while at the University of Kentucky. He was a National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Trainee from 1996 to 1997 and a National Institutes of Health Post-doctoral Fellow from 1997 to 1999.