CITRIS UC Davis Network of Researchers
Meet the people that make CITRIS at UC Davis what it is - our faculty researchers. With over 150 research faculty connected through CITRIS in over 30 departments, schools and centers, UC Davis has a broad network of experts changing the world with the help of CITRIS funding.
2021 CITRIS Seed Award Recipients
This past year, in competition for the 2021 CITRIS Seed Awards, teams from the University of California campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Davis Health, Merced and Santa Cruz submitted 47 proposals for innovative, early-stage projects that emphasize collaboration across two or more institutions.
Of those highly competetive proposals, thirteen were chosen for funding - eleven of which included researchers from UC Davis. CITRIS at UC Davis is proud to have 19 Principal Investigators associated with these innovative projects.
Air-drag-reducing microstructured surfaces (ARMS) for improved fuel efficiency
- Grace Gu (Lead PI, UC Berkeley)
- Stephen Robinson (UC Davis)
Auditing the compliance of California consumer privacy regulations at scale
- Serge Egelman (Lead PI, UC Berkeley)
- Zubair Shafiq (UC Davis)
Automated wearable ophthalmic imaging device
- Parisa Emami (Lead PI, UC Davis Health)
- Iman Soltani (UC Davis)
Clearing the air: Using smart thermostats to improve wildfire resiliency in Californian homes
- Stefano Schiavon (Lead PI, UC Berkeley)
- Mark Modera (UC Davis)
Electric tractors: Identifying paths to clean energy in farming operations
- Ricardo Pinto de Castro (Lead PI, UC Merced)
- Reza Ehsani (UC Merced)
- Stavros Vougioukas (UC Davis)
Haptic smart phone-cover: A real-time navigation system for individuals with visual impairment
- Iman Soltani (Lead PI, UC Davis)
- Parisa Emami (UC Davis Health)
- Jonathon Schofield (UC Davis)
Mapping the global use of water resources in agriculture
- Paolo D’Odorico (Lead PI, UC Berkeley)
- Andre Daccache (UC Davis)
Persistent, autonomous, patient-centered monitoring and its application to pressure injury prevention
- Katia Obraczka (Lead PI, UC Santa Cruz)
- Sarina Fazio (UC Davis Health)
- Holly Kirkland-Kyhn (UC Davis Health)
The power of health in Africa: A novel data collection approach for analyzing how distributed energy systems support vaccine cold chain resilience
- Daniel Kammen (Lead PI, UC Berkeley)
- Rebecca Hernandez (UC Davis)
Uncrewed aerial vehicle swarms for large-scale and real-time air toxin measurement near wildland-urban-interface fires
- Zhaodan Kong (Lead PI, UC Davis),
- Deborah Bennett (UC Davis Health),
- Anthony Wexler (UC Davis)
- Thomas Young (UC Davis)
Wearable sensor technologies for continuous monitoring of function and capacity in older adults
- Carolynn Patten (Lead PI, UC Davis Health)
- Xin Liu (UC Davis)
Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs at CITRIS UC Davis
A strong cohort of UC Davis and UC Davis Health lead and co-investigators have received SEED Funding awards over the past several award cycles. A full list of researchers in a variety of departments and disciplines is listed below for funded awards since 2016.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Biological and Chemical Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
UC Davis Health
Other Disciplines
- Anupam Chander, School of Law
- Yufang Jin, Land, Air and Water Resources
- Davis Mills, Food Science and Technology
- Mark Modera, Western Cooling Efficiency Center
- Tingrui Pan, Biomedical Engineering
- Subhash Risbud, Materials Science and Engineering
- Kenneth Shackel, Plant Sciences
- David Smart, Viticulture and Enology
- Anne Visser, Community and Regional Development
- Magdalena Wojcieszak, Communication
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