Professor Maureen Kinyua Honored as UC Davis Hellman Fellow

Four College Faculty Named 2021-22 UC Davis Hellman Fellows

CEE assistant professor Maureen Kinyua and CHE assistant professors Priya Shah, Matthew Ellis and Harishankar Manikantan were honored this year. The awards program recognizes assistant professors with potential for great distinction in their research by supporting research and creative activities that will promote career advancement. The UC Davis Hellman Fellows Program to promote the scholarly growth of faculty members at the Assistant Professor rank who exhibit the potential for great academic distinction, and for whom Hellman funding can significantly stimulate productivity in research and other creative scholarly activities. A major goal for the program is to enhance the progress of faculty participants towards tenure.