National Academy of Sciences Content

Plant Researchers and Molecular Biologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Andy Fell — May 07, 2024 - 1:10pm

Three professors from the University of California, Davis, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are among 120 new members and 24 international members announced by the academy April 30.

Members are elected in recognition of their contributions to original research. Membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve.

Plant Biologists, Microbiologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Andy Fell — May 09, 2023 - 12:00am

Three professors from the University of California, Davis, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are among 120 new members and 23 international members announced by the academy May 2. Members are elected in recognition of their contributions to original research. Membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve.

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Agricultural Researchers Win National, International Awards

Katherine E Kerlin — January 23, 2023 - 1:07pm

Two University of California, Davis, researchers have won prestigious national and international awards in recognition of their work using genomics to address livestock health and crop resilience in the wake of a changing climate.

Three Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Andy Fell — May 04, 2022 - 3:45pm

Three faculty members from the University of California, Davis, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are among 120 new members and 30 international members announced by the academy May 3.

Geologist, Anthropologist and Biologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Andy Fell — April 27, 2021 - 2:46pm

Three professors from the University of California, Davis, are among the newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, as announced Monday (April 26).

Ronald Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Dave Jones — April 30, 2019 - 1:30pm

The National Academy of Sciences announced today (April 30) the election of 125 members, including �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis’ Pam Ronald, distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Genome Center.

Of the 100 new national members, 40 are women — a record number and percentage in an academy election. This year’s class also includes 25 foreign associates. They join an academy that includes 190 Nobel Prize winners.

Ecologist Susan Harrison Elected to National Academy

Dave Jones — May 08, 2018 - 10:33am

Susan Harrison, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. As an ecologist, Harrison studies the processes that shape and maintain plant species diversity at the landscape scale.