Associate Professor Stacey Combes, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, is among the 10 faculty named as 2019 Chancellor's Fellows.

Heidi Jannenga is this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Alumna Award, 2018. This award honors a UC Davis graduate who is in the mid-point of his or her career, who has displayed outstanding achievement, promoted innovative change and made outstanding contributions professionally, to the community and to UC Davis.

Professors Sean Burgess, Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar and Steven Theg were selected by the storied institution for their distinguished contributions to advance science and its applications.

The UC Davis College of Biological Sciences named Professor W. Martin Usrey, a neurobiologist interested in the physiology of vision, to the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Endowed Chair in Physiology.

For her dedication to plant biology undergraduates, Associate Professor Siobhan Brady received the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award from the Office of Undergraduate Education. 

For her work in teaching and mentorship, Professor JoAnne Engebrecht, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, was awarded the 2017-2018 College of Biological Sciences Faculty Teaching Award.

For his discovery of a new type of insulin-producing cell, Associate Professor Mark Huising, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, was awarded the 2017-2018 College of Biological Sciences Faculty Research Award.

Four written works by College of Biological Sciences’ undergraduates were selected for inclusion in Prized Writing 2017-2018. The publication collects exemplary essays written for a UC Davis class by undergraduates.

At the 57th Annual Meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA), Philipp Zerbe received the PSNA/Elsevier Young Investigator’s Award for his work.

Undergraduate researchers Tanner Van Es and Jennifer Addleman use compelling video—and a touch of humor—to illustrate the mechanics of a proper lunge.