Eleven UC Davis professors have been elected in this year’s class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society.
The association elevates members to the rank of fellow in recognition of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
The association released the 2020 list of 498 fellows today (Nov. 24) and plans a formal announcement in the AAAS journal Science this Friday (Nov. 27). A virtual induction ceremony for the new fellows is scheduled for Feb. 13.
Here are the fellows from UC Davis, along with their AAAS citations. Click on any of the boxes to see the professor’s faculty page.
Jonathan Eisen, professor
Department of Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences, and Genome Center
For distinguished contributions to evolutionary biology, genomics and microbiology, for advancing gender equity within STEM fields, for science communication and for service to the profession.
Valerie Eviner, professor
Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
For distinguished contributions to community and ecosystem ecology, particularly the interactions among soils, plants, community structure and ecosystem processes.
Stacey Harmer, professor
Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences
For distinguished contributions to the field of chronobiology, particularly mechanisms by which circadian rhythms regulate plant growth.
Tessa Hill, professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, College of Letters and Science, and Office of Public Scholarship & Engagement
For outstanding contributions to research, teaching and outreach related to processes in the past and present oceans based on geochemistry and paleobiology.
Mark Huising, professor
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences
For fundamental contributions to the elucidation of the mechanisms and causes of Type 1 diabetes.
Daniel Kliebenstein, professor
Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
For distinguished contributions in the field of plant metabolomics and quantitative variation, and for exceptional service on his home campus and to the scientific community.
Laura Marcu, professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
For research and development of optical instrumentation and techniques for tissue spectroscopy and imaging, with applications in management of critical human disease and regenerative medicine.
Lisa Miller, professor
Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
For distinguished contributions to our understanding of the health effects of air pollution and environmentally induced lung injuries.
John Owens, professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
For fundamental contributions to commodity parallel computing, particularly in the development of graphics processing unit algorithms, data structures and applications.
Pablo Ross, professor
Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
For distinguished contributions to the fields of developmental and stem cell biology, particularly for studies of preimplantation embryo epigenetics and developing livestock embryonic stem cells.
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, professor
Department of Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences
For the application of evolutionary approaches to understand the processes and mechanisms underlying adaptation, domestication and improvement in maize and its wild relatives.
Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science includes more than 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement and more.