California Academy of Sciences Fellows

California Academy of Sciences Fellows

Congratulations to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professors John C. Avise and Adriana Briscoe on being named Fellows of the California Academy of Sciences.

Light Exercise Can Enhance Memory Function

Light Exercise Can Enhance Memory Function

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research team assessed the effect of just 10 minutes of mild exercise on hippocampal memory function.

Fueling the Future

Fueling the Future

In a new publication in the journal, Nature Catalysis, Professor Hu and her team research new ways to optimize future designs for biofuel production, improve efficiency and reduce cost.

Training Tomorrow’s Biologists

Training Tomorrow’s Biologists

Congratulations to Professor Lee Bardwell, Developmental and Cell Biology, for being selected as a recipient of a 2017-2018 Dean’s Honoree Award. The award was given as part of this year’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching honors. Nominated by Dean LaFerla,...

Smaller, Faster, Stronger

Smaller, Faster, Stronger

In new research published in the journal, Science, Professor Manny Azizi and his colleagues, Sarah Bergbreiter (University of Maryland) and S.N. Patek (Duke University), describe a new mathematical …

UCI Reaches out to Community Partners to Help Save the Salton Sea

Under the direction of Professor Timothy Bradley, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the Salton Sea Initiative seeks to harness UCI’s research, teaching, and service resources to address challenges facing the Salton Sea region. In January, Professor Bradley and Dean...