Dana Hughes

I’m a bit of an odd fellow (pun intended!) in this program. I grew up not far from Davis, but did my graduate studies in Copenhagen at the Technical University...

…Of course, getting to those answers is not always simple. Sensory scientists use human perception, consumer research, experimental design, and statistics to understand why people respond to products the way...

How does a scientific discovery become something that creates real-world value? My experience during the California-Denmark Innovator Fellowship showed me that the journey requires more than strong evidence or impressive...

When I arrived in California for the California–Denmark Innovator Fellowship, I came with almost ten years of experience in academia and research. I knew how to approach a scientific question,...

As researchers, we are trained to ask whether the science supports our ideas. During my Ph.D. in Animal Biology here at UC Davis, I have spent years asking questions about...