National & International Faculty Honors

UC Davis is home to globally renowned visionaries in the arts and education, law and letters, engineering, and the physical and life sciences, assuring its place as one of the top public universities in the country. Click through the categories on the right to view a sampling of the many premier faculty honors received. For more faculty distinctions by discipline and related stories, visit the colleges and schools linked here.

Professor Simon Cherry conducting a lecture behind a podium.
Simon Cherry, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, received the Benedict Cassen Prize for Research in Molecular Imaging from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
Professor Jane-Ling Wang surrounded by green leaves.
Distinguished Professor Jane-Ling Wang from the Department of Statistics was elected an Academician of Academia Sinica.
Professor Michael Hill, with his arms crossed and his right shoulder slightly leaning against the thick trunk of a tree.
Michael Hill, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has received the 2022 Brewer Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics.
Professor Susan Ustin is having a conversation about her work and is pointing at a computer screen with her left hand.
Professor Susan Ustin of the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, has received the William T. Pecora Award of the USGS National Land Imaging Program.
A black and white photo of Dr. Emily Merchant with her arms folded across her chest, smiling, back propped against a wall.
Emily Klancher Merchant, Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, has received the Merle Curti Intellectual History Award from the Organization of American Historians
Professor Prem Devanbu, wearing a satchel and harden hat, tilting his head smiling, There seems to be a lush garden behind him.
Prem Devanbu, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, has received a 2022 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award. With co-authors Hindle, Barr, Gabel, and Su, Devanbu also received the Most Influential Paper Award from the 2022 International Conference on Software Engineering.
From left to right: Biochemistry and molecular medicine Professor Lin Tian with graduate students Yihan Jin and Nikki Tjahjono.
Professor Lin Tian (left) in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine received the W. M. Keck Foundation award in brain research.
Professor Vinoid Narayanan holding a small purple sample box in his right hand. He is smiling, with a student behind him.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Vinod Narayanan has received a $4.6 million award from the Department of Energy.
Professor Middleton, tilting her head left as she is standing in front of a blooming cherry tree.
Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Professor of Native American Studies, has received an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
VP Phil Kass holding two of his small, white dogs, Gizmo and Pippa, one in each hand. Green, rolling hills are in the background.
Philip H. Kass, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs and Professor of Analytic Epidemiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine, has been named an honorary diplomate of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society.
Dr. Satya Dandekar next to her medical student who is holding up a glass slide (for a microscope) to the light to see it clearer.
Satya Dandekar (left), Professor and Chair of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
Headshots of both Assistant Professor Marina Radulaski and Assistant Professor Jason Lowe-Power
Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Marina Radulaski and Computer Science Assistant Professor Jason Lowe-Power have received Google Research Scholar Program Awards.
Professor Sally Rogers smiling at the camera in a headshot photo inside a building.
Sally Rogers, developmental psychologist in the UC Davis MIND Institute, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Autism Research.
Headshot photos of each professor, each grinning widely!
Kate Scow (Distinguished Professor Emerita, Land, Air & Water Resources); Sharon Strauss (Distinguished Professor Emerita, Evolution and Ecology); and Geerat Vermeij (Distinguished Professor, Geobiology and Paleo Biology) have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Professor Houman Homayoun, wearing a suit, is beaming as he is standing next to a bush of blooming yellow, orange, and pink flowers.
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Houman Homayoun received a $1.2 million NSF Grant.
Prof. Karen McDonald, wearing a lab coat, holding up a specimen in her right hand.
Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Karen McDonald, has received the 2022 Daniel I.C. Wang Award, presented jointly by the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Dr. Michael Foster (on the right), next to a masked, long haired. life size figure.
Michael Dylan Foster, Professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, has been elected a Fellow of the American Folklore Society.
Dr. Joanna Regulka smiling as is speaking at a podium for a Global Affairs event.
Dr. Joanna Regulska received the 2022 Charles Klasek Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of International Higher Education.