David Epel

David Epel is a researcher at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California, and a Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Biology at Stanford University.

Epel earned his Ph.D. at University of California Berkeley under Daniel Mazia. He arrived at Hopkins Marine Station in 1965. Subsequently, Professor Epel spent seven years at University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He completed a postdoc with Britton Chance at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Epel has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Research Focus

His work focuses on egg activation during fertilization, as well as stress on embryonic development.

Scientific Lineage
Ph.D. Daniel Mazia University of California Berkeley	David Epel	Students mentored George Perry Rebecca Vega Thurber
Postdoctoral Fellow Britton Chance University of Pennsylvania