Dr. Angela Zivkovic Named as 2024 Chancellors Fellow
Nine faculty members — eight associate professors and one professor — are UC Davis’ newest class of Chancellor’s Fellows, a title given to early career academics doing exemplary work.
Dr. Angela Zivkovic was named as a member to the most recent class of the Chancellor's Fellows program, a title given to early career academics doing exemplary work. The Chancellor’s Fellows program was created in 2000, and this year’s class brings the total number of recipients to an even 200. Recipients carry the title for five years and are awarded $25,000 in unrestricted philanthropic support for research or other scholarly work. The section below is the highlight from the announcement dedicated to Dr. Zivkovic.
Angela Zivkovic
Associate professor, Department of Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
She leads research to discover solutions for personalizing diet and lifestyle to improve health and prevent disease. Zivkovic has made a significant impact in the field by developing new analytical tools to determine the compositions of high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, and is currently focused on the functional biology of HDL, which is leading to the development of a new series of biomarkers to indicate the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
“Angela has proven to be highly motivated, capable, quick to learn, understand and apply both specific mechanisms and broad concepts, and perhaps most importantly, able to think and act decisively and intelligently on information that she acquires through research,” J. Bruce German, distinguished professor with the Department of Food Science and Technology, wrote in a nomination letter. “I look forward to every new stage of her career because I learn new pathways to excellence by her example.”
“These outstanding faculty members are some of our brightest and most promising scholars,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “I know they will continue to impress and shine a light on the groundbreaking work happening here at UC Davis. I expect this recognition and support will help propel them to even greater heights.”
The full listing of the 2024 Chancellors Fellows may be found here in an article by Dateline Staff: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-chancellors-fellows-make-even-200?utm_source=datelinehtml&utm_medium=datelinenewsletter&utm_campaign=dateline_20240213