Skip to main content
Quicklinks
Main navigation (extended config)
  • About Us
    • Administration
      • Initiatives
      • Principles and Policies
      • Top Administrative Units
      • Administrative Organization Chart
      • Staff Resources
        • Computing Resources
    • Inclusive Excellence
    • Rankings
    • Locations
      • In the Middle of Everywhere
        • Bay Area Day Trips
        • Beach Day Trips
        • Wine Country Day Trips
      • Transportation
        • Join Team Bike
      • Unique to UC Davis
    • Sustainability
    • Visit UC Davis
      • Campus Virtual Tour
      • Plan Your Visit
      • Campus Tour
      • Directions and Parking
      • Tour Guides
      • Welcome Center
    • UC Davis Health
    • Student Safety
      • Urgent Assistance
      • Crime and Misconduct
      • Mental Health and Wellbeing
      • Discrimination and Harassment
      • Sexual Harassment, Violence and Relationship Abuse
      • Free Speech
      • Transportation Safety
      • Basic Needs
      • Lab and Environmental Safety
  • Admissions
    • Undergraduate Admissions

      Information about admission to UC Davis for prospective undergraduates

      • First-year admission
        • First-Year Admission Requirements
          • Advanced Placement Exams
          • International Baccalaureate Exams
        • First-Year Application Tips
        • First-Year Timeline
        • First-Year Special Situations
      • Transfer admission
        • Plan Your Transfer
        • Transfer Admission Requirements
        • Transfer Application Tips
        • Transfer Timeline
        • Transfer Admission Guarantee
          • TAG Requirements
          • TAG Decisions
          • TAG FAQs
          • TAG Counselor Resources
            • Counselor Contacts
            • TAG Evaluations
        • Transfer Opportunity Program
        • Transfer Special Situations
        • Transfer With International Records
        • Selective Major Requirements
          • Major Requirements: CAES
          • Major Requirements: CBS
          • Major Requirements: CLS
          • Major Requirements: COE
          • Major Requirements: GSM
      • International Admission
        • International Exam and Visa Requirements
        • International Records
        • International Student Resources
      • After You Apply
        • Deferred Enrollment
        • Reporting Changes After Admission
        • Applicant Waitlist
      • Admitted First-Years
      • Admitted Transfer Students
      • Apply to UC Davis
        • Application Review Criteria
        • Personal Insight Questions
      • Events
        • Discover UC Davis
        • Aggie Transfer Scholars Weekend
        • Aggie to Be
      • Contact Undergraduate Admissions
      • Parents and Families
      • Counselors
      • How to Get into UC Davis
      • More Information
    • Graduate Admissions
    • Professional Admissions
    • Cost and Aid
      • Financial Aid and Scholarships
      • Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
      • Next Steps
      • Educational Opportunity Program
    • Undocumented Student Applicants
    • Apply to UC Davis
  • Academics
    • Majors
      • Majors Blog
    • Minors
    • Graduate Programs
      • Graduate Studies
    • Professional Programs
    • Colleges and Schools

      Whether you are an undergraduate, graduate or professional student, you’ll find our colleges and schools connect you to peers, staff and faculty dedicated to your success.

      • School of Law
      • School of Medicine
      • School of Nursing
      • School of Education
      • School of Veterinary Medicine
      • College of Agricultural and Environmental Science
      • College of Biological Sciences
      • College of Engineering
      • College of Letters and Science
      • Graduate School of Management
    • Our Faculty
    • Study Abroad
  • Research
    • From Labs to Lives
    • Undergraduate Research
    • Graduate Research
    • Office of Research
    • Library
    • Museums and Collections
    • Research Partners
    • UC Davis Discoveries
      • Agricultural Discoveries
        • Blazing the Way for Chardonnay
        • Growing Better Strawberries
        • Breeding Better Bees
        • Making Tougher Tomatoes
        • Hacking Hardier Rice
      • Biology Discoveries
        • Chloroplasts Contain DNA
        • Tardigrades: Extreme Survival
      • Engineering Discoveries
        • Broadband Communications
        • Giving People Their Voice
        • Plug-In Hybrid Cars
      • Environmental Discoveries
        • Getting Lead Out of Gasoline
        • Saving Lake Tahoe
      • Medical Discoveries
        • Identifying Feline AIDS
        • Fragile X Syndrome (FXTAS)B
        • Whole-Body PET Scan
        • Better HIV Treatment
        • Accelerating Cancer-Fighting Drugs
        • Imaging Unwinding DNA
        • The One Health Model
      • Social Science Discoveries
        • Baby Sign Language
        • Early Hunters Were Female
        • Transforming Attachment Theory
      • Veterinary Science Discoveries
        • Treating Animal Burns With Tilapia Skins
  • Campus Life
    • California’s College Town
      • The College Tour
    • Things To Do
      • Traditions
        • #ourUCDavis
        • Fall Welcome
        • Homecoming
        • Picnic Day
      • Arboretum
      • Arts and Culture
      • Calendar
        • Campus Poster Calendars
      • Spring Commencement
    • Housing
    • Dining
    • Student Jobs
    • Clubs and Communities
    • Athletics
  • News
    • Latest News
    • In Focus Features
    • University News
    • Dateline
    • UC Davis Magazine
    • Social Media
      • Social Media Guidelines
    • Student News
    • Blogs
    • Podcasts and Shows
      • That May Be the Chancellor
      • Thursday Thoughts
      • Unfold
      • The Backdrop
      • UC Davis LIVE
  • UC Davis
Next Steps
  • Undergrad Research
  • Grad Research
  • From Labs to Lives
  • Research News
Two children bird watching
Energy and Environment
An oak leaf illustration

Environmental Research Has Never Been More Critical

Clean air, safe water and good weather aren’t luxuries. They’re necessities. UC Davis’ environmental scientists are focusing on renewable energy to create a better world for you today and for future generations.
Donate to the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Institute From Labs to Lives Home

1977

LED’s are invented at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1979

The technology that leads to the plug-in hybrid is pioneered at UC Davis

1970’s

Researchers at UC Davis identified alarming levels of lead in the air which eventually led to unleaded gasoline

Solutions for Sustainability

From exploring innovative renewable resources like solar and wind to advancing clean energy technologies, our experts are driving climate change progress in ways that will shape a more sustainable future for all.

Our Energy and Environment Researchers

Cristina Davis

College of Engineering • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

View profile
Brett Poulin, Ph.D.

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Department of Environmental Toxicology

View profile
Peter James, ScD, MHS

School of Medicine • Environmental Epidemiology

View profile
Jason DeJong, Ph.D.

College of Engineering • Infrastructure Systems

View profile
Dawn Sumner, Ph.D

Earth and Planetary Science Bacteria in soils, Mars and Earth

View profile
Daniel Karp, Ph.D.

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Conservation & Agriculture)

View profile
Jonathan K. London

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences  Environmental Justice

View profile
Aldrin Gomes, Ph.D.

College of Biological Sciences (Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior) School of Medicine (Environmental Health and Pollution)

View profile
Nicholas Pinter, Ph.D.

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences (Natural Hazards & Disaster Risk Reduction)

View profile
John S. Conway, Ph.D.

Department of Physics and Astronomy (High-Energy Particle Physics)

View profile

 

Read How UC Davis Powers Clean Energy Solutions

two people talking

A Sustainable Solution: Compostable Wind Turbine Blades

UC Davis engineers are reimagining wind power with compostable blades made of bamboo and mycelium. Their goal: to prevent millions of tons of retired blades from ending up in landfills and create a truly sustainable future for renewable energy.

Read the story

Energy and Environment Research News

A man with brown hair and a beard wearing a pink shirt holds up a square board. In the middle of the board is mounted a small brass wheel.

Mechanical Power by Linking Earth’s Warmth to Space

  • by Andy Fell
  • November 12, 2025
  • Science and Climate
  • Science & Technology
Gray, charred rubble pile among debris, the remnants of a building wall and swimming pool look out over a stand of palm trees and a skyline altered by the LA Fires

Chromium-6, Nanosilver Detected in LA Fire Cleanup Zones

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • August 27, 2025
  • Science and Climate
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • Science & Technology
Aerial view of a desert landscape with bright blue squares in the center.

EV Battery Recycling Key to Future Lithium Supplies

  • by Andy Fell
  • May 29, 2025
  • Science and Climate
  • Science & Technology
View more research

Learn How Our Research Affects Lives

Cancer

Image
cancer research

Technology

Image
technology research

Alzheimer’s and Brain Health

Image
alzheimers and brain health research

Curative Medicine

Image
finding cures research

Children’s and Community Health

Image
children and community health research

Heart Health

Image
heart health research

Agriculture

Image
Two farmers inspecting cover crops

From Labs to Lives Home

Image
A graphic of clasping hands

UC Speak Up
For Science!

Want to back the breakthroughs that help your family and community? Speak up to support UC research today.

Add your voice
Image
A child playing with a solar system model
african diaspora students

Share Your Story

Has UC Davis research helped you or a loved one? We want to hear about it.
Add your perspective
A female UC Davis researchers examines some new lighting technology

Support Research

Your gift will help us move solutions to communities faster.
Donate today
a person on their laptop looking at research news

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Subscribe to From Labs to Lives, a newsletter featuring breakthrough research, real-world impact and stories from the people driving change in California and beyond.
Get Updates
research illustrations background

Follow us

facebook f instagram camera icon twitter bird icon Youtube play icon ticktok music icon Linkedin in icon Linkedin in icon

Schools

  • Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
  • Graduate School of Management
  • School of Education
  • School of Law
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Veterinary Medicine

Colleges

  • Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
  • Biological Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Letters and Science

Research Centers

  • Aggie Square
  • Bodega Marine Laboratory
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • McClellan Nuclear Research Center
  • National Biomedical Research Institute
  • Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science
  • Tahoe Environmental Research Center
  • UC Davis Institute of the Environment

Campus

  • Campus Map
  • Directions and Parking
  • Emergency Services

Healthcare

  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • UC Davis Health
  • Veterinary Medicine

Resources

  • Academic Calendar
  • Directory
  • Application Information
  • Course Schedule
  • Jobs
Site Logo

One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 96158

530-752-1011

Contact Us

Make a Gift

University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 | 530-752-1011

  • Questions or comments?
  • Privacy & Accessibility
  • Principles of Community
  • University of California
  • Last update: August 6, 2026
  • Copyright © The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus. All rights reserved.
  • This site is officially grown in SiteFarm.

Report Accessibility Issue