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David Neale, Plant Sciences Professor at UC Davis, Honored with a Namesake Symposium

Distinguished Professor David Neale, Plant Sciences, will be honored with a symposium at the first biennial meeting of the new North American Forest Genetics Society. His research on the genomics of forest trees will be recognized.

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Valerie Eviner, Plant Sciences Professor, Selected as a Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Faculty Fellow

Valerie Eviner is a Community Engaged Learning Faculty Fellow at UC Davis. A professor of Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Department of Plant Sciences, she works in collaboration with land managers to address ecological understanding, and challenges in ecosystem management.

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CDFA Awards $1.5 Million for Nutrient Management Projects through FREP Grant Program

Three from UC Davis — Patrick Brown and Mark Lundy (Plant Sciences) and Thomas Harter (LAWR) — received grants from the CDFA Fertilizer Research and Education Program. Seven recipients received $1.5 million to improve nitrogen efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, and advance best management practices for fertilizer application in farmlands.

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UC Davis Has 10 New Fellows in AAAS, Including Dina St. Clair, Department of Plant Sciences

Ten UC Davis faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, including Dina St. Clair, a professor in the Department of Plant Sciences. She was elected in the Section on Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources for her work on plant breeding and genetics.

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Eduardo Blumwald and Jorge Dubcovsky are Highly Cited Researchers Again

Eduardo Blumwald and Jorge Dubcovsky are among 16 UC Davis researchers who have been named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list. The list identifies scientists and social scientists who have published multiple papers ranking in the top 1 percent by citations. Both are Distinguished Professors in the Department of Plant Sciences.

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Hellman Fellowships Arrive at Just the Right Time

Awards for UC Davis’ Hellman Fellows, Class of 2019, total $250,000. The Hellman Fellows program in its 12 years at UC Davis surpassed $3 million in total awards, given to 148 faculty. Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Department of Plant Sciences, is one of this year’s recipients.

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Dave Ramos, UC Davis – ‘Award of Distinction’ from College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Dave Ramos, retired walnut specialist at UC Davis Plant Sciences and UCANR received the “Outstanding Emeritus” award from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his research and outreach with UC and the walnut industry. He was a faculty member in the Department of Pomology, now part of the Department of Plant Science

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Steve Fennimore Receives Fulbright Scholar Award to Work in Uruguay on Weed Management in Organic Vegetable Production

Steve Fennimore, faculty in the Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to conduct research and teaching at the INIA Las Brujas horticultural field station in Uruguay as part of a project to develop sustainable weed management systems in specialty crops.

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Barbara Blanco-Ulate, UC Davis Plant Sciences, is a Hellman Fellow

Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Asst. Professor in Plant Sciences, received a Hellman Fellowship for the research “Epigenomics of Tomato Fruit Susceptibility to Fungal Disease.” The grants are awarded to early-career faculty who show academic distinction and potential. It provides extra financial support for their early research.

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Travis Parker Wins National Photo Contest in Plant Breeding

Travis Parker, Plant Sciences grad student, won first place in the national NAPB Photo Contest. His photo is a variety of high-value common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) developed at UC Davis. One of his Ph.D. projects is breeding new high-value heirloom-type bean varieties for culinary quality and good field performance.

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