In 1982, Susan Ustin began working with NASA satellite data to study how plants respond to environmental stress. Thirty-five years later, the pioneer in remote sensing, and a distinguished professor of environmental and resource sciences at UC Davis, is still finding new ways to tackle environmental problems from above. By Lisa Howard When Susan L. Ustin […]
Sara L. Nichols Brings Experience with Cap-and-Trade, International Climate Diplomacy By Lisa Howard The John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis is pleased to announce the selection of Sara L. Nichols as associate director of strategic initiatives. Nichols joins the team to coordinate and manage large-scale interdisciplinary research and outreach initiatives including OneClimate, […]
The University of California, Davis, and the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies (Leibniz-IPHT), in Jena, Germany, have entered an agreement of cooperation to establish the Jena-Davis (JEDIS) Alliance of Excellence in Biophotonics — designed to promote North American-German cooperation on research and development in the field of biophotonics. The project aims to intensify communication between […]
By Lisa Howard The John Muir Institute of the Environment at University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce the selection of six UC Davis experts for its inaugural class of fellows. The fellows were identified as those who have made a real-world impact on society and have the potential to help further the Muir […]
By Sarah Rebolloso McCullough The Feminist Research Institute (FRI), a Special Research Program in the Office of Research, announced the selection of Kalindi Vora as its new director. Vora comes to UC Davis from UC San Diego where she served as associate professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies, and as affiliate faculty of the […]
By Lisa Howard When Darcy Hannibal wanted to eat lunch while she was studying rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago — also known as Monkey Island, a half mile off the coast of Puerto Rico — she had to put herself in a cage. “Otherwise the monkeys will go for your food,” said Hannibal. “They aren’t […]
By Lisa Howard UC Davis faculty are part of a multidisciplinary design team chosen to develop solutions to strengthen the San Francisco Bay Area’s resilience to the impact of climate change, such as sea-level rise, severe storms and flooding. The contest, Resilient By Design’s Bay Area Challenge, attracted 51 international teams. The ten winners, which […]
By Lisa Howard The University of California, Davis, received $783 million in external research funding for fiscal year 2016-17, up $23 million from the previous year. UC Davis remained fourth overall among University of California campuses, which received a combined total of $6.08 billion from all external sponsors during fiscal year 2016-17, about 1 percent […]
By Lisa Howard The University of California, Davis, enabled the foundation of 14 commercial startups during the past fiscal year through licensing agreements, or exclusive options to obtain such licenses, for technologies developed at the university. This brings the total number of new startups in the past five years to 63. “Helping translate university research […]
Research Matters Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2017
