Wei Gordon

Dr. Wei Gordon is interested in genomics, biotechnology, and undergraduate and graduate education. Her graduate research investigated the genetic factors underlying the evolution of mammalian frugivory, the dietary specialization of fruit, particularly in bats. While she continues this research, she also started education research on improving academic success and interest in biology and biotechnology amongst non-science majors. At USF, Dr. Gordon plans to continue creating and iterating biology and biotech classes and encouraging undergraduates towards graduate studies.

• Biology
• Genetics
• Genomics
• Biotechnology

• Functional genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Diabetes

• UC San Francisco, PhD in Genetics
• UC San Diego, BS in Biology

• Assistant Professor of Biology, Menlo College (2023-2026)

• Menlo College Faculty Service Award, 2026
• Menlo College Charles B. Emerick Teaching Award, 2025
• UC Grad Slam Audience Choice, 2022
• UCSF Grad Slam Grand Prize, 2022
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardee, 2020

• Gordon, W. E., Baek, S., Nguyen, H. P., et al. (2024). Integrative single-cell characterization of a frugivorous and an insectivorous bat kidney and pancreas. Nature Communications, 15, Article 12.
• Gordon, W. E. (2023). Investigating the genetic factors underlying the evolution of frugivory using comparative and functional genomics (Doctoral dissertation). University of California, San Francisco. ProQuest ID: Gordon_ucsf_0034D_12498. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5wb2xps.
• Gokhman, D., Agoglia, R. M., Kinnebrew, M., Gordon, W. E., Sun, D., Bajpai, V. K., ... Fraser, H. B. (2021). Human–chimpanzee fused cells reveal cis-regulatory divergence underlying skeletal evolution. Nature Genetics, 53, 1–10.
• Gordon, W. E., Espinoza, J. A., Leerberg, D. M., Yelon, D., & Hamdoun, A. (2019). Xenobiotic transporter activity in zebrafish embryo ionocytes. Aquatic Toxicology, 212, 88–97.