by Sharon Campbell Knox
May 11, 2021
Two University of California, Davis, juniors are among the winners of the nation’s premier undergraduate award of its type in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
Maya Mysore of Rocklin, California, and Keely Ji of Sunnyvale, California, have been named Goldwater Scholars. The scholarship, which provides up to $7,500 for college expenses, honors the late U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater and is designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. It was awarded to only 410 of 1,256 applicants nationwide for the 2020-21 academic year.
Both Mysore, a biomedical engineering major, and Ji, majoring in cell biology, aim to earn M.D./Ph.D. degrees. While their research areas are different, the two scholars share similar goals to inform their research with clinical practice. Both students have participated in multiple research projects at UC Davis and have their sights s