Prof. Hernandez and colleagues awarded the 2022 Public Impact Research Initiative (PIRI) Grant

Nine UC Davis-led public scholarship teams have recently been awarded the 2022 Public Impact Research Initiative (PIRI) grants from Public Scholarship and Engagement. Public Scholarship and Engagement established the PIRI grants in 2019 to recognize and support research that is cogenerated with community partners, is of mutual benefit, and has a positive public impact. Professor Hernandez (Lead PI) and colleagues have won the PIRI grant for the project: Stacking Solar Energy and Ecological Systems for Public Powerful Impacts Through Co-Development.

Collaborators include: Associate Professor Majdi Abou Najm and Assistant Professor Rebecca Lybrand, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, and UC Davis Ph.D. student Yudi Li.