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.

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.
Chancellor May, sitting on a chair backwards, resting his arms on the chair's back, clasping them together.
Chancellor Gary May was appointed chair of the board of directors of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU). He also is serving as chair of the board of the Big West athletic conference.
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.
Professor John Harvey posing with a smile, with a white wall background behind him.
John Harvey, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the American Society of Civil Engineers’ James Laurie Prize.
Adjunct Professor Zhongli Pan is standing, slightly turned to his right in a suit and tie. He appears to be standing in front of a building with a big, leafless tree in the background
Zhongli Pan, Adjunct Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, received the International Food Engineering Award of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
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 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.
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 Mark Mascal, standing outside with trees behind him, smiling at the camera. He is wearing a sweater.
Mark Mascal, Professor of Chemistry and current Jefferson Science Fellow with the US Department of State, has been presented a Green Chemistry Challenge Award from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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.
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.
A smiling Jesús Velázquez, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, wearing safety goggles over his glasses.
Jesús Velázquez, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has received a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
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 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.
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
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.
From left to right: Biochemistry and molecular medicine Professor Lin Tian with graduate students Yihan Jin and Nikki Tjahjono. Dr. Tian is pointing at an imagine on the screen, which appears to be a dense cluster of neurons
Professor Lin Tian (left) in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine was received the W. M. Keck Foundation award in brain research.
Josh Hihath (left) and Sebastian Gomez-Diaz (right) looking at the same sample. Both are wearing face masks.
Associate Professors Josh Hihath (left) and Sebastian Gomez-Diaz (right) in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering were awarded the W. M. Keck Foundation Award for technology research.
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.
Professor Kisekka (left) with two of his students in a field of vegetation next to an irrigation system
Isaya Kisekka (left), Associate Professor in the departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Land, Air, and Water Resources, has received the ASABE Netafim Award for Advancements in Microirrigation.
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.
Professor Bryan Jenkins next to a computer
Bryan Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, has been named Section Engineer of the Year by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Professor Kate Scow in a field listening to students
Kate Scow, Distinguished Professor of Soil Microbial Ecology, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Dan Sperling standing next to a wall, holding his jacket
Dan Sperling, Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Pamela Ronald holding a bowl filled with rice.
Pamela Ronald, Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology and Genetics, is the 2022 recipient of the Wolf Foundation’s Wolf Prize in Agriculture.
Sabbie Miller (left), Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (on the left) has won an NSF CAREER Award.
Sabbie Miller, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has won an NSF CAREER Award.
The Women in Toxicology society has named Professor Pamela Lein, of Molecular Biosciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, its 2022 recipient of the Women in Toxicology SIG Mentoring Award.
The Women in Toxicology society has named Professor Pamela Lein, of Molecular Biosciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, its 2022 recipient of the Women in Toxicology SIG Mentoring Award.