Eight faculty from UC Davis – including three from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – are among 471 scientists, engineers and innovators newly elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the society announced today, March 27. AAAS fellows are recognized for their exceptional achievements in science, including research, teaching, administration and science communication.

Here are the new fellows from UC Davis, with their fellowship citations:

Professor Alexander Aue, Department of Statistics, College of Letters and Science
“For distinguished contributions to the field of time series and change-point analysis, in particular for complex models, such as functional and high-dimensional data.”

Professor Dario Cantù, Department of Viticulture and Enology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

“For distinguished contributions to our understanding of grapevine genetics and genomics, excellence in fostering applications of science for the advancement of society worldwide, and teaching excellence.”

Frédéric Chédin, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences

“For distinguished contributions to the fields of gene expression and genome instability, particularly for developing new genomics technologies and theoretical framework for mapping and understanding R-loop structures.”

Professor Raissa D’Souza, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering

“For seminal contributions to the physics of complex systems, including abrupt transitions, cascades, and network control, and for visionary leadership and service advancing the field of network science and academia.”

Professor Simona Ghetti, Department of Psychology and Center for Mind and Brain, College of Letters and Science

“For distinguished contributions to the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience, particularly using behavioral and neuroimaging methods to understand the developmental trajectory of memory formation.”

Professor Stephanie Hampton, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center

“For distinguished contributions that have advanced environmental and aquatic science through interdisciplinary collaboration by enabling the infrastructure, open science, education, and training needed for large-scale inclusive environmental research.”

Professor Dawn Sumner, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, College of Letters and Science
“For distinguished contributions to carbonate sedimentology and exploration of complex interactions among environments and life through geological time.”

Professor Huaijun Zhou, Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

“For distinguished scientific contributions to the field of animal genetics, especially advancing the understanding of regulatory elements in farm animal genomes and genetic regulation of important biological traits in poultry.”

AAAS was founded in 1848 and has become the world’s largest general scientific society. The publisher of Science and other journals, the society’s mission is to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement and more.