Volume 30 · Number 4 · Summer 2013
The young and the inventive
You haven’t heard of them — yet. But seven young faculty members selected as 2012 Chancellor‘s Fellows are out to change the world and our relationship with it.
The range of their research is mind-boggling and, at first glance, seemingly disconnected: the early Christian movement, modern patent law, urban ecology, “self-organizing” design of human environments, cell membrane biology, wireless sensors to keep industrial and energy plants operating safely, and superconductors.
But taken as a whole, the work of UC Davis’ seven newest Chancellor’s Fellows represents the academic world at its most vibrant: a place of exploration and discovery; of ambition and wonder in the face of new inventions and creative ways of using those inventions; as well as a space for nurturing new interpretative frameworks for the intellectual and physical frames that shape our histories and govern our lives.
The Chancellor’s Fellowship program was started in 2000 to recognize some of the best young faculty members — their accomplishments so far as well as their potential. Each receives a $25,000 prize and retains the Chancellor’s Fellow title for five years. The Chancellor’s Club and the university’s Annual Fund support the program.
“Each one of these men and women is a truly extraordinary faculty member,” Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi said of the fellows. “They are all recognized both nationally and internationally as among the best in their fields and, to earn this honor, each was nominated by their deans based on a distinguished record of teaching, research and public service.”
The chancellor also praised the UC Davis Chancellor’s Club for providing “such generous philanthropic support to the recipients, support that allows for their continued intellectual and professional development at such a critical time in their academic careers.”
Indeed, throughout the past 13 years, UC Davis has honored 78 Chancellor’s Fellows from across the campus. See a list of all the fellows.
Meet this year’s class. Click on the photos below to learn more about the 2012 fellows and their research.
