The Renewable Energy Anaerobic Digester (READ), developed by Dr. Ruihong Zhang, supports UC Davis research on waste-to-energy, nutrient recovery, and sustainable waste management.
The Robert Mondavi Institute at UC Davis promotes education, research, and industry collaboration in wine, brewing, and food sciences, supporting innovation through its specialized departments, centers, and advanced facilities.
The UC Davis Food Loss and Waste Collaborative unites researchers and partners to reduce food waste across the entire food system and raise visibility of related efforts.
The Resnick Center at UC Davis, founded in 2022, advances sustainable agriculture through interdisciplinary research, education, and collaboration to tackle key agricultural and environmental challenges.
A statewide collaboration aimed at advancing the sustainable production and utilization of biomass for energy and other applications.
The Energy and Efficiency Institute (EEI) at UC Davis advances sustainable energy through research, education, and collaboration, focusing on buildings, transportation, water, and agriculture.
The UC Davis Coffee Center is home to the world’s first academic research and teaching facility entirely dedicated to the study of coffee. It takes a holistic approach to education and coffee research focused on improving energy and water use efficiency in coffee processing.
The UC Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency (CWEE) promotes sustainable resource use by integrating water and energy management through research, technology, and policy, partnering with stakeholders to implement data-driven solutions.
The UC Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency (CWEE) promotes sustainable resource use by integrating water and energy management through research, technology, and policy, partnering with stakeholders to implement data-driven solutions.
Focuses on the characterization and application of biochar in environmental management.
A research center focused on driving emissions reductions from materials.
Dr. Peter Freer-Smith led a study examining the uses of biomass in California, aiming to inform policymakers and planners on effective strategies to meet the state’s climate and air quality goals.
Focus on research on agricultural water, airborne pathogens, and biological soil amendments.
A UC Davis lab participated in the U.S. EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition, focusing on high solids anaerobic digestion.
Dr. Jean VanderGheynst directed the Renewable Energy Systems Opportunity for Unified Research and Collaboration and Education (RESOURCE) program, training engineering graduate students in STEM communication and developing teaching modules for elementary education.
The Phaff Yeast Culture Collection at UC Davis preserves and provides access to over 9,000 unique wild yeast strains for research and industry.
The BEST program at UC Davis trains graduate students in bioindustrial engineering with skills in biotech, alternative proteins, and sustainability to prepare them for industry careers.
Alisa Kendall
Evaluate environmental impacts of biofuel production and agriculture
Annaliese Franz
Organic synthesis, catalyst development, and chemical biology to create bioactive compounds, biofuels, and materials
Bruce Hartsough
Harvest methods to improve forest health and reduce fire danger, and utilization of forest biomass for energy
Bryan Jenkins
Energy systems and biomass thermochemical conversion, including combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis
Christopher Simmons
Enhance energy and water efficiency in food processing by recovering energy from biomass waste and developing treatment strategies
New Standard for Cleaner Transportation
UC Davis transportation scientists developed the world’s first low carbon fuel standard policy, designed to stimulate improvements in transportation-fuel technologies
Tahoe Environmental Research Center
UC Davis research efforts helped protect Lake Tahoe and produced lessons for conserving other important bodies of water around the world.
USDOT Climate Change and Transportation Research Center
The only national climate change and transportation research center to drive the U.S. towards sustainability solutions in transportation
Sustainable UC Davis
UC Davis has the largest solar installation on a university campus and is taking action to reach carbon neutrality by 2025
Air Monitoring
Monitoring major federal fine particle air quality networks for U.S. EPA and National Parks, covering over 250 sites nationwide.
Carbon Farming
The Institute of the Environment is conducting a major carbon sequestration project to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The UC Davis Olive Center is hosting an International Olive Sustainability Conference (IOSC) September 5 – 7, 2024 (registration and reception September 4). The conference will be held at the […]
The California Department of Food and Agriculture and the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences invite you to participate in a two-day conference: State of the Science Summit: Reducing […]
Please join Dean Dillard and the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) to celebrate the impact of research funded by the Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) and learn […]
Driven by centuries of intense fossil fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions, long-term shifts in climate alongside increasingly frequent and severe weather threaten human health, housing, food production, biodiversity, and numerous other aspects of our daily lives and our planet’s health.
UC Davis is committed to leveraging our full campus to create solutions to the accelerating challenges of climate change, especially for disadvantaged and underserved communities who feel the negative outcomes more quickly and deeply. Drawing expertise from each of the 11 schools and colleges across campus, we are pursuing research and technology to address the drivers of climate change, mitigate and even reverse the impacts of the changing climate, and help our society and our planet to adapt to the rigors of our new climate reality.
Grand Challenges launched Climate Solutions to connect, accelerate, and amplify the University’s research and innovation on addressing the challenges of climate change. By creating bridges across UC Davis, we can catalyze and fuel powerful, transdisciplinary collaborations that promote innovative solutions to our climate crisis.
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