UC Davis Honorees
Royal Society, UK More>>
Simon Cherry has been at the forefront of developing new technologies for medical imaging, with a focus on molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET). He co-led the EXPLORER Consortium that developed the world’s first total-body scanner, early proof of concept studies for integrated PET and magnetic resonance imaging systems, and the use of Cerenkov radiation for ultra-fast time-of-flight imaging. His research spans imaging physics, detector and system development, quantitative image analysis as well as applications from preclinical to clinical science across a broad range of disease areas. – Royal Society, UK
John Dewey made novel contributions to the understanding of the process of mountain building. Prior to plate tectonics, no adequate theory of mountain building existed. John has been responsible, above all others, for showing how the intricate patterns of Phanerozoic collision-type mountain belt structure can be explained within the relatively simple plate tectonic framework. His syntheses have most concerned the Caledonian and Appalachian mountain ranges and the Alpine Belt but are of general application. – Royal Society, UK
Neil Hunter studies reproductive biology, focusing on how eggs and sperm receive the correct number of chromosomes. He has made major discoveries in understanding how matching chromosomes exchange DNA and become connected through a process called crossing over. Crossovers are essential for accurately distributing chromosomes and for creating genetic diversity in offspring. – Royal Society, UK