Featured clockwise, Julia Chamberlain, Brian Halpin, Margaret Ronda, Mark Verbitsky are the recipients of the 2023 College of Letters and Science Teaching Awards.

College Honors Four Faculty as Prized Teachers

  • by Greg Watry, Kathleen Holder and Jeffrey Day
Four faculty members have received the 2023 College of Letters and Science Teaching Awards. The awards recognize outstanding teaching on the undergraduate and graduate levels, both inside and outside the classroom.
Portraits of two UC Davis psychology and classics faculty

Camelia Hostinar and Tim Brelinski Receive Teaching Awards

  • by Kathleen Holder

Two faculty in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis have been recognized by their campus peers for outstanding teaching. Camelia Hostinar, associate professor of psychology, is a recipient of the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award:  Undergraduate. Tim Brelinski, a continuing lecturer in classics, received the Academic Federation’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award

The 2023 fellows, including UC Davis’ Jesús M. Velázquez and Alexander S. Wein, “represent the most promising scientific researchers working today."

Sloan Fellowships for Chemist and Mathematician

  • by Greg Watry

Two College of Letters and Science faculty members are among 125 recipients of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowships, prestigious awards given by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to early-career scientific researchers seen as emerging leaders in their fields.

The 2023 fellows, including UC Davis’ Jesús M. Velázquez and Alexander S. Wein, “represent the most promising scientific researchers working today,” the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation said in announcing its selections Feb. 15.

Circular portraits of five UC Davis College of Letters and Science faculty

5 Honored as Chancellor’s Fellows

Five associate professors in the College of Letters and Science have been honored with an additional title: Chancellor’s Fellow. Jessica Bissett Perea (Native American studies), Rana Jaleel (gender, sexuality and women’s studies), Xiaodong Li (statistics), David Olson (chemistry) and Caitlin Patler (sociology) are among 13 faculty campuswide selected to the 2022-23 class of Chancellor’s Fellows.
Portrait photo of UC Davis physics professor

Physicist Robin Erbacher Makes List of World's Top Female Scientists

  • by Liam Connolly and Andy Fell

Robin Erbacher, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Letters and Science, has been recognized among the top female scientists around the globe, as assessed by Research.com in its first ranking of the “Best Female Scientists in the World."

Justin Siegel

Justin Siegel Elected to National Academy of Inventors

  • by Greg Watry
Chemist Justin Siegel is one of two UC Davis faculty members elected to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2022 class of fellows. Siegel's work in computational enzyme engineering is focused on discovering catalysts that improve health and environmental outcomes. He holds more than 100 global patents and has co-founded eight startups in the last 10 years.
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