Announcing the 2025-2026 UC Davis Institute of the Environment Earth and Environmental Climate Justice Scholars
Meet the Next Generation of Environmental Solutions Leaders
The Institute of the Environment's Earth and Environmental Justice Scholars cohort for the 2025-2026 academic year has been announced! The Environmental Faculty Fellows and Scholars Program supports scholars – from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and professional researchers – throughout their careers at UC Davis. With this program we’re building a professional development and mentorship network of scholars engaged in collaborative and transformative environmental research.
We are especially pleased to congratulate two members of the Center for Watershed Sciences on this distinction:
Lynette Williams – Lynette studies biotic responses to wetland restoration and wetland restoration design in the San Francisco Estuary. This award will support her work in optimizing multi-benefit restoration designs in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and travel to the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference.
Ethan Xie – Ethan's research project assesses the ecological impacts of more than 100 federally-regulated hydropower projects on flow regimes in stream systems throughout California. Support from this award will help develop robust data tools that can be used to perform extensive statistical analyses and provide more informed water management recommendations that optimally support both aquatic ecosystem health and various societal needs.