Davila receives UC Presidential Fellowship 

Lilian P. Davila, Ph.D. (CHMS Alumna) was awarded the prestigious Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship by the University of California to pursue collaborative research projects in the School of Engineering at UC Merced and Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). This highly competitive fellowship (6% success rate) was established in 1984 by the UCOP to encourage outstanding Ph.D.recipients to pursue academic careers. The program selects the best of the best from a pool of applicants from all ten UC campuses who are committed to university careers in research, teaching and service that will enhance the diversity of the academic community.

Lilian completed her Ph.D. research in CHMS under the joint guidance of Professors Jim Shackelford and Subhash Risbud and was awarded the SEGRF fellowship by LLNL to pursue her doctoral dissertation.