Awards and Fellowships

Distinguished Faculty, Awards and Fellowships

Many College of Biological Science faculty have received national recognition through election to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellows) and selected distinguished awards and fellowships.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Maureen Stanton, professor (EVE) - 2012
Charles Langley, distinguished professor (EVE) – 2007
Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (MMG) – 2005
Michael Turelli, professor (EVE) – 2005
Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor (EVE) – 1991
Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (NPB) – 1970

National Academy of Sciences

Harris Lewin, Vice Chancellor for Research, professor (EVE) – 2012
Eric E. Conn, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1988
Deborah Delmer, professor emeritus (PLB) – 2004
Roy Doi, distinguished professor emeritus (MCB) – 2006
Emanuel Q. Epstein, professor emeritus (PLB) – 1978
Melvin M. Green, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1980
Edward J. Jones, distinguished professor/director (Center for Neuroscience) – 2004
Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (MMG) - 2007
J. Clark Lagarias, professor (MCB) – 2001
John Roth, distinguished professor (MMG) – 1988
Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor (EVE) – 1984
G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus (Genetics) – 1952
Paul K. Stumpf, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1978

American Academy of Microbiology

Jonathan Eisen, professor (EVE) - 2012
Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, professor (MMG) - 2012

American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellows)

Frederick T. Addicott, professor emeritus (PLB)
Judy Callis, professor (MCB)
Leo M. Chalupa, distinguished professor and chair (NPB)
Ernest S. Chang, professor (NPB)
Peter Chesson, professor emeritus (EVE)
Luca Comai, professor (PLB)
James S. Clegg, professor emeritus (MCB)
John H. Crowe, professor emeritus (MCB)
Michael Dahmus, distinguished professor emeritus and former chair (MCB)
Roy H. Doi, distinguished professor emeritus (MCB)
Emanuel Q. Epstein, professor emeritus (PLB)
Carol Erickson, professor (MCB) and Executive Associate Dean
Charles Gasser, professor (MCB)
Leslie D. Gottlieb, professor emeritus (EVE)
John Harada, professor (PLB)
Milton Hildebrand, professor emeritus (EVE)
Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (NPB) and Interim Provost
Edward G. Jones, distinguished professor and director (Center for Neuroscience)
Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (MMG)
Julie Leary, professor (MCB)
William J. Lucas, distinguished professor and chair (PLB)
Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Zoology)
Richard Michelmore professor (MCB) and director, UC Davis Genome Center
Brian C. Mulloney, professor (NPB)
Diana Myles, professor (MCB)
Richard L. Nuccitelli, professor emeritus (MCB)
Timothy G. Prout, professor emeritus (EVE)
Raymond L. Rodriguez, professor (MCB)
John Roth, distinguished professor (MMG)
Carl Schmid, professor emeritus (MCB)
Irwin Segel, distinguished professor emeritus (MCB)
Arthur M. Shapiro, professor (EVE)
Neelima Ray Sinha, professor (PLB)
Judy A. Stamps, professor emeritus (EVE)
Donald R. Strong, distinguished professor (EVE)
Paul K. Stumpf, professor emeritus (MCB) (deceased)
Venkatesan Sundaresan, professor (PLB)
John S. Werner, professor (NPB)
Susan Williams, professor (EVE) and director, Bodega Marine Laboratory
John C. Wingfield, professor (NPB)
Martin C. Wilson, professor (NPB)

California Academy of Science (Fellows)

James A. Doyle, professor (EVE)
Richard Grosberg, professor (EVE)
Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Zoology)
Arthur M. Shapiro, professor (EVE)
Maureen Stanton, professor and chair (EVE)
Catherine A. Toft, professor (EVE)
Peter C. Wainwright, professor (EVE)

Selected Distinguished Awards and Fellowships

NIH Director's Pioneer Award

James E.K. Hildreth, dean, College of Biological Sciences & professor (MCB)
2011 - 2016

Ecological Society of America

Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology
Donald R. Strong Jr., distinguished professor of evolution and ecology

Academie des Sciences de l'Institut de France

William Lucas, professor of plant biology

Royal Society (Fellow)

Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Zoology) - 2008

National Medal of Science

G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus (Genetics) – 1979

NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award

Charles Gasser, professor (MCB) – 1990
Judy Callis, professor (MCB) – 1991

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

W. Martin Usrey, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 2001
William DeBello, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 2004

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Jonathan Eisen, professor (EVE) - 2011
Graham Coop, assistant professor (EVE) - 2009
Hwai-Jong Cheng, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 2004
A. Kimberley McAllister, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 2001
Martin Usrey, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 2001
Mitchell Sutter, professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 1996
Gregg Recanzone, professor and chair (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – Neuroscience, 1995
Brian Mulloney, professor of biological sciences (NPB) - 1975-1977

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow

Robert E. Hungate, professor emeritus (MMG) – 1950
Daniel I. Axelrod , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1952
Ledyard Stebbins , professor emeritus – 1953, 1960
John Tucker , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1955
Melvin Green, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1956, 1968
Everett Williams Jameson, Jr , professor emeritus (Zoology) – 1958
Paul K. Stumpf , professor emeritus (Biochemistry) – 1961, 1968
Peter R. Marler , professor emeritus (Zoology) – 1964
Grady Webster , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1964
John Lyman Ingraham , professor emeritus (MMG) – 1965
Norma J. Lang , professor emeritus (Botany) – 1969
Jerry Hedrick, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1971
Paul Alexander Castelfranco, professor emeritus (Botany) – 1973
John Roth, distinguished professor (Microbiology) – 1974
Leslie D. Gottlieb, professor emeritus (EVE) – 1975
Michael Turelli , professor (EVE) – 1986
Carl Schmid, professor emeritus (MCB) – 1988
Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor (EVE) – 1992
Artyom Kopp, assistant professor (EVE) – 2009

Kimmel Scholars Award

Ken Kaplan, associate professor (EVE) – 2001

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Kenneth H. Britten, professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 1994 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
A. Kimberley Mc Allister, associate professor (NPB) and Center for Neuroscience – 2001 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award

Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 2007

Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal

John Roth, distinguished professor (MMG) - 2009

Wolf Prize in Agriculture

Harris Lewin, Vice Chancellor for Research, professor (EVE)*
*This award is based on research conducted during Dr. Lewin's time at the University of Illinois

Plant Science Program HHMI-GBMF Investigator

Simon Chan, assistant professor of plant biology - 2011

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Early Career Scientist Appointment

Neil Hunter, associate professor of microbiology and of molecular and cellular biology - 2009

Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award

Frederic Chedin, associate professor of molecular & celluar biology - 2012

Recipients of Major Campus Awards

UC Davis Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching Award

Tom Adamson, lecturer (NPB) - 1996
Deborah Canington, academic coordinator and lecturer (PLB) - 1998
Susan Keen, lecturer (EVE) - 2006
Erwin Bautista, lecturer (NPB) - 2007
James Shaffrath, lecturer (NPB) - 2008
Eric Mann, lecturer (Microbiology) - 2012

UC Davis Academic Federation - James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award

Martina Newell-McGloughlin, director UC Davis Biotechnology Program - 2001
Carole Hom, academic coordinator (EVE) - 2005

UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

Michael G. Barbour, professor (Botany) - 1988
Ernest M. Gifford, professor emeritus (Botany) - 1986
G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor emeritus (Genetics) - 1972
Eric E. Conn, professor emeritus (Biochemistry and Biophysics) - 1974
Milton Hildebrand, professor emeritus (Zoology) - 1974
Robert M. Thornton, senior lecturer (Botany) - 1975
Robert D. Grey, professor emeritus (Zoology) and provost and executive vice chancellor - 1978
Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel) - 1982
John M. Horowitz, professor emeritus (Animal Physiology) - 1988
Arthur M. Shapiro, professor (EVE) - 1990
Arnold J. Sillman, professor (NPB) - 1995
Thomas L. Rost, professor emeritus (PLB) - 1997
Richard Grosberg, professor (EVE) - 2002
Charles Gasser, professor (MCB) - 2006, undergraduate
John Harada, professor (PLB) - 2007
Peter Wainwright, professor (EVE) - 2008, undergraduate
Roy Doi, Distinguished Professor emeritus (MCB) - 2008, graduate
Judy Callis, professor (MCB) - 2009, undergraduate
Carol Erickson, professor (MCB) - 2011, graduate
John "Jay" Stachowicz, associate professor (EVE) - 2012, undergraduate

UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award

H. Bradley Shaffer, professor (EVE) - 2006
Susan Williams, professor (EVE) - 2010

UC Davis Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer

Robert Hungate, professor emeritus (MMG) - 1967
T. Elliott Weier, professor emeritus (Botany) - 1968
Paul K. Stumpf, professor emeritus (Biochemistry) - 1972
Robert W. Allard, professor emeritus (Genetics) - 1974
Eric E. Conn, professor emeritus (Biochemistry) - 1977
Emanuel Epstein, professor emeritus (Botany) - 1980
Melvin M. Green, professor emeritus (Genetics) - 1982
Daniel I. Alexrod, professor emeritus (Botany) - 1986
Thomas W. Schoener, distinguished professor (Evolution and Ecology) - 1994
Peter R. Marler, professor emeritus (Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior) - 1995
Stephen Kowalczykowski, distinguished professor (Microbiology) - 2005
Charles H. Langley, distinguished professor (Evolution and Ecology) - 2009
Michael Turelli, professor (EVE) – 2012

UC Davis Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

Merna R. Villarejo, professor (MMG) - 1994
Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 1995
R. Scott Hawley, professor (MCB) - 1997
Terence M. Murphy, professor (PLB) - 1999
Neelima Sinha, professor (PLB) - 2001
Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, professor (MMG) - 2011

UC Davis Chancellor's Fellows

Wolf Dietrich Heyer, professor (MMG) - 2000-05
Michael Sanderson, professor (EVE) - 2000-05
Jodi Nunnari, professor (MCB) - 2001-06
Sharon Strauss, professor (EVE) - 2002-07
John Bowman, associate professor, (PLB) - 2003-08
Sergey Nuzhdin, associate professor (EVE) - 2004-2009
Edmond (Ted) Powers, associate professor (MCB) - 2005-2010
David Begun, professor (EVE) - 2005-2010
John "Jay" Stachowicz, associate professor (EVE) - 2006-2011
Kimberley McAllister, associate professor (NPB) - 2007-2012
Henning Stahlberg, associate professor (MCB) - 2008-2013
Neil Hunter, associate professor (MIC & MCB) - 2009-2014
Artyom Kopp, assistant professor (EVE) – 2010-2015
Stacy Harmer, associate professor (PLB) – 2011-2016

UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement

Eric E. Conn, professor emeritus (Biochemistry and Biophysics) - 1989
Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 1991
Maureen Stanton, professor and chair (EVE) - 2005
Richard Grosberg, professor (EVE) - 2010

UC Presidential Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research

Barbara A. Horwitz, distinguished professor (Animal Physiology) and Vice Provost Academic Personnel - 1995

UC Davis Hellman Fellowship Program

Kieth Baar, assistant professor (NPB) - 2011-2012
Siobhan Brady, assistant professor (PLB) - 2011-2012
Arne Ekstrom, assistant professor (Center of Neuroscience) - 2011-2012

Recipients of Major College/Division Awards

Faculty Teaching Award

Richard Grosberg (EVE) - 2000-2001
Bradley Shaffer (EVE) - 2001-2002
Terry Murphy, professor emeritus (PLB) - 2002-2003
Charles Gasser (MCB) - 2004-2005
Mark Wheelis, professor emeritus (MMG) - 2006-2007
James Shaffrath (NPB) - 2007-2008
Peter Wainwright (EVE) - 2008-2009
Carol Erickson (MCB) - 2009-2010
Jay Stachowicz (EVE) - 2010-2011
Susan Keen (EVE) - 2011-2012

Faculty Research Award

Charles Gasser (MCB) - 2010-2011
Wolf-Dietrich Heyer (MMG) - 2010-2011
Stephen Kowalczykowski (MMG) - 2010-2011
Jodi Nunnari (MCB) - 2010-2011
Frederic Chedin (MCB) - 2011-2012
Ian Korf (MCB) - 2011-2012
Martin Usrey (NPB) - 2011-2012

Novozymes Biotech, Inc. Endowed Chair in Genomics

Richard Michelmore, professor (MCB) and director, UC Davis Genome Center - 2004-2009

Paul K. and Ruth R. Stumpf Professorship in Plant Biochemistry

J. Clark Lagarias, professor (MCB) - 2000-2005
Judy Callis, professor (MCB) - 2005-2010

Endowed Chair in Physiology

John Wingfield, professor (NPB) - 2007-2012

Robert and Rosabel Osborne Endowed Chair

Harris Lewin, Vice Chancellor for Research, professor (EVE) - 2011

Awards at a Glance