Diversity programs across education have done a good job of exposing girls to science, University of California scientist Louise Ferguson said. “I see plenty of girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering and medicine). What I don’t see is plenty of women in the boardroom.”
John Yoder retired as a professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences after building a career focused on parasitic weeds and developing crops that resist them.
Heinrich Lieth retired as a professor and University of California Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences. His work has focused on growing plants in greenhouses and similar protected structures.
Gurdev Singh Khush, UC Davis alumnus and emeritus faculty member has been awarded a $250,000 prize for his role in inventing disease-resistant rice strains that are now the dominant varieties planted across southern and southeast Asia.
Two researchers in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences were named “highly cited researchers” for 2023, among the top 1 percent of scientists whose published papers become sources of information and ideas for other scientists.
Matthew Fatino, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Davis' Department of Plant Sciences, was named WSSA graduate student of the month. Passionate about weed science, his research focuses on in-season management of branched broomrape, a threat to California's tomato and seed industries.
Brian Bailey, Dan Kliebenstein, Amanda Crump and Alessandro Ossola were honored by the UC Davis Graduate Program with the 2023 Advising and Mentoring Award. They were among 34 faculty recognized across the university.
Rikiya Hatano, a fourth-year undergraduate in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, is the recipient of the 2023 Knowles A. Ryerson Award. Hatano, majoring in international agricultural development, envisions using agriculture as a means to empower people in rural areas, providing self-sufficiency, economic stability, and dignity.
