Dr. Shabnam Pooya joined the Fresno State faculty in the fall of 2016 after receiving her Ph.D. degree focusing on the effects of methyl donor deficiency (vitamin B12 and Folate) during pregnancy and lactation on myocardial and hepatic tissue metabolism in rats. As a post-doctoral research fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), she studied vasculogenesis and brain development biology, neuro-stem cell signaling and metabolism in the department of Developmental Vascular Biology Program. She also conducted post-doctoral fellow research at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Division of Oncology in brain developmental biology, neuro-stem cell and glial cells signaling and metabolism.