Fumio Matsumura joined UC Davis in 1987, where he served as founding director of the Center for Environmental Health Sciences, associate director of the UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching program, and chair of the Department of Environmental Toxicology.  He was affiliated with the Superfund Basic Research Program and NIH Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was involved in most activities related to environmental toxicology at Davis, including the education of students in environmental toxicants and ecotoxicology who valued Fumio's insights and wit.  His research included the long range transport of pesticides like toxaphene in the Sierra Nevada mountains, motivated by his concern over the declining populations of amphibians.  Fumio and his colleagues found evidence of residues of toxaphene at higher elevations, an apparent result of atmospheric drift. Fumio and his wife Teri had had a love of the mountains as avid skiers, hikers, and fishermen.

Fumio Matsumura: Accomplishments at UC Davis and in the Sierra Nevada mountains

248th National Meeting (2014)

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