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CITRIS PI restores unique voices with neuroengineering 

CITRIS PI restores unique voices with neuroengineering 
Posted on March 5, 2025

Lee Miller’s research combines muscle signals and recorded speech to rebuild the unique voices of individuals who have lost theirs.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Health

CITRIS researchers combat methane emissions with drones

CITRIS researchers combat methane emissions with drones
Posted on March 5, 2025

The project aims to improve the speed and accuracy of measuring methane to support government and industry mitigation efforts.

Posted in CITRIS Aviation, In the News, UC Merced
Research Interests Aviation, Climate

CITRIS Innovation fellow redefines interdisciplinarity with plant and brain cell research

CITRIS Innovation fellow redefines interdisciplinarity with plant and brain cell research
Posted on February 26, 2025

Markita Landry finds overlap between two divergent research focuses — imaging brain chemistry and delivering genetic material into plants.

Posted in In the News
Research Interests Health

2 CITRIS affiliates named to National Academy of Engineering 

2 CITRIS affiliates named to National Academy of Engineering 
Posted on February 17, 2025

Stuart Russell and Victoria Coleman were recognized for their respective innovations in artificial intelligence and software operations.

Posted in CITRIS, In the News, UC Berkeley

CITRIS Foundry alum overcomes biological barriers of drug delivery

CITRIS Foundry alum overcomes biological barriers of drug delivery
Posted on February 13, 2025

Founded by two UC Santa Cruz graduates, the startup targets a unique type of molecule that will allow drugs to cross gut and cell membranes.

Posted in CITRIS Foundry, In the News, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Health

Seed Award project transforms glucose monitoring with AI 

Seed Award project transforms glucose monitoring with AI 
Posted on February 13, 2025

Researchers at UC Davis and UC Davis Health are piloting a “metabolic watchdog” that anticipates blood sugar issues for users with Type 1 diabetes.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Health

Silicon etching breakthrough brings quantum devices a step closer

Silicon etching breakthrough brings quantum devices a step closer
Posted on February 13, 2025

Marina Radulaski’s lab is using silicon carbide as a scalable and affordable material to achieve suspended photonics.

Posted in In the News, UC Davis

CITRIS PI’s team teaches robots complex skills

CITRIS PI’s team teaches robots complex skills
Posted on February 13, 2025

Sergey Levine’s reinforcement learning method enables robots to complete a range of tasks from flipping an egg to assembling a motherboard.

Posted in In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Future of Work, Robotics

Call for proposals: CITRIS Seed Funding offers PIs up to $60K for multicampus research

Call for proposals: CITRIS Seed Funding offers PIs up to $60K for multicampus research
Posted on February 13, 2025

Researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to apply.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Seed Funding, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Aviation, Climate, Health, Robotics

7 trailblazing leaders join CITRIS advisory board 

7 trailblazing leaders join CITRIS advisory board 
Posted on February 7, 2025

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute welcomes Rey Banatao, Dylan Chiu, Gray Davis, William Dean Donovan, Mindy Morton, George Rehm and Matt Sonsini to its advisory board.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS

SafelyYou raises $43M in series C round

SafelyYou raises $43M in series C round
Posted on February 6, 2025

The startup, grown from a 2015 CITRIS Seed Award, has developed a platform that detects falls in real time and enables immediate response.

Posted in CITRIS Health, In the News
Research Interests Health

CITRIS PI awarded $10M for rural autonomous vehicle project

CITRIS PI awarded $10M for rural autonomous vehicle project
Posted on February 6, 2025

Led by UC Berkeley’s Scott Moura, the six-year program will explore autonomous vehicle solutions to improve freight system logistics in underserved areas.

Posted in In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Future of Work

NASA biodiversity project shows power of remote sensing 

NASA biodiversity project shows power of remote sensing 
Posted on February 5, 2025

CITRIS at UC Merced campus Director Erin Hestir was co-lead of the agency’s first-ever biodiversity campaign.

Posted in In the News, UC Merced
Research Interests Aviation, Climate

Nonnecke named to state privacy protection agency board

Nonnecke named to state privacy protection agency board
Posted on February 4, 2025

The founding director of the CITRIS Policy Lab was appointed as one of five members of the California Privacy Protection Agency Board.

Posted in CITRIS Tech Policy, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS supports AgTech Alliance at UC Santa Cruz

CITRIS supports AgTech Alliance at UC Santa Cruz
Posted on February 4, 2025

The Alliance will support research, education and events to advance agricultural technology for a more sustainable future.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, In the News, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Climate, Future of Work

Policy Lab helps craft new standards on AI risks, ethics

Policy Lab helps craft new standards on AI risks, ethics
Posted on January 31, 2025

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute’s Brandie Nonnecke had co-authored guidelines to help developers mitigate potential harms of large-scale AI systems, and to help organizations steer through the choppy waters of generative AI.

Posted in CITRIS Tech Policy, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS researchers receive UC Davis STAIR grants

CITRIS researchers receive UC Davis STAIR grants
Posted on January 31, 2025

Researchers will use these funds to validate concepts and explore the market potential of technological solutions to societal issues.

Posted in In the News

CITRIS Climate director discusses rebuilding after wildfire

CITRIS Climate director discusses rebuilding after wildfire
Posted on January 31, 2025

Michele Barbato advocates using noncombustible construction materials to rebuild in the wake of the destructive Los Angeles wildfires.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate

5 UC Santa Cruz student teams receive Tech for Social Good funding

5 UC Santa Cruz student teams receive Tech for Social Good funding
Posted on January 24, 2025

This year’s projects range from AI-supported grief counseling to novel drone systems for wildfire detection.

Posted in In the News, Tech for Social Good, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Health

White House honors CITRIS faculty with early career awards

White House honors CITRIS faculty with early career awards
Posted on January 24, 2025

Grace Gu, Sergey Levine and Grace O’Connell were awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Posted in In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Aviation, Health, Robotics

CIDER to train 45 new drone pilots in spring 2025

CIDER to train 45 new drone pilots in spring 2025
Posted on January 24, 2025

The mission of CIDER’s Drone Pilot Training Program is to support diversity and inclusion in the industry, and to train pilots who prioritize safety, privacy and security.

Posted in CITRIS Aviation, In the News, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Aviation, Future of Work

CITRIS PIs to lead new solar power research center

CITRIS PIs to lead new solar power research center
Posted on January 24, 2025

UC Berkeley’s Tarek Zohdi and Francesco Borrelli will direct the CAL-NEXT Center for Solar Energy Research.

Posted in In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Climate

CITRIS-seeded project helps Bay Area prepare for major wildfires

CITRIS-seeded project helps Bay Area prepare for major wildfires
Posted on January 16, 2025

Since 2022, a team of researchers affiliated with CITRIS and the Banatao Institute has been creating highly detailed models of emergency response infrastructure in two Bay Area communities.

Posted in In the News, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Climate, Policy

Roboticist Goldberg speaks with ‘armchair expert’

Roboticist Goldberg speaks with ‘armchair expert’
Posted on January 14, 2025

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute researcher Ken Goldberg features as a guest on the popular podcast to discuss his path to robotics and hopes for the field’s future.

Posted in In the News

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