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Welcome to the PEARS lab, focusing on the political economy of agriculture and rural societies at UC-Merced. The lab is a a social science lab focusing on the comparative study of agriculture and rural development, specializing in natural experiments, machine learning (especially deep learning and...

Research

Our current research is in the field of parametric amplifiers and optomechanics using centimeter-scale superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities.

Major Research Areas (Updated July 2023)

At UC Merced, Dr. Davila established three major research areas focusing on the effects of structural transformations and size of materials on properties and performance dynamics at various scales. The overall goal is better integration of computational and experimental approaches to derive improved...

Brief CV

Education Ph.D. Physics Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2010 M.S. Physics Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2004 M.S. Math Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2000 B.S. Applied Math California State University, Chico, CA 1998 B.S. Statistics California State University, Chico...

Anley Tefera, M.S.

Anley (goes by T) is a PhD candidate in Biological Engineering & Small-scale Technologies (BEST). T's project involves studying the development of a cell stretching device for cardiac tissue slices as an in vitro model of cardiac tissue. He has been funded as an NSF-Diversity Fellow, as well as, a...