DANIELLE SPITZER

Danielle Spitzer
Developmental Biologist and Educator

I'm a fifth year Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, working in Iswar Hariharan's lab. I use genetic tools to investigate how cell adhesion molecules contribute to the growth and survival of epithelial cells in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.

I am passionate about undergraduate education and believe that evidence-based, student-centered pedagogy is the key to promoting learning, fostering a love of biology in my students, and reducing educational inequity and injustice. I plan to pursue a career in higher education as a professor in a teaching-focused position.

*I am available to give local or virtual guest lectures to undergraduate biology classes*
Topic areas: General Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Cell Biology, Development

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Danielle SpitzerDevelopmental Biologist and Educator

Danielle Spitzer
Developmental Biologist and Educator