- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bruce Hammock, director of the UC Davis Superfund Program, learned of the notable achievement at the directors' meeting Dec 5-8 in Durham, N.C.
"The productivity of the next two most productive programs combined, do not match that of UC Davis,” said (in jest) Hammock, distinguished professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology who holds a joint appointment with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
UC Davis Superfund co-director Tom Young, professor of civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering, quipped that UC Davis faculty will need bodyguards now if they are around the other programs.
Hammock credited the productivity to “great students and postdoctoral fellows and wonderful senior scientists,” but added that “we must not overlook executive administrative assistant Louisa Lo; UC Davis Superfund program manager Sukhi Aujla; and Hammock lab program manager Cindy McReynolds who ensured that the papers were filled correctly with NIH.”
The NIH NIEHS Superfund Research Program at UC Davis, funded for 30 years, has brought almost $100 million to the campus to study how to evaluate the risk of environmental chemicals as well as to remediate toxic waste sites.