James Hicks earns honorary doctorate from leading Danish university

The UCI associate vice chancellor for research and professor of ecology & evolutionary biology got to meet Queen Margrethe II at the Sept. 14 ceremony.

UC Irvine News Brief: James Hicks garners honorary degree, lectureship

The associate vice chancellor for research wins recognition from Aarhus University in Denmark and the American Physiological Society.

A crash test dummy for a water polo concussion study

Heading off concussions

Professor James Hicks, director of UCI’s Exercise Medicine & Sport Sciences Initiative, leads novel probe of impact injuries in water polo

UCI biologist James Hicks

Gator aid

Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are today. Scientists wonder how they survived – for 165 million years – under these varying conditions. UC Irvine biologist James Hicks is finding answers in the alligator, a modern relative of the dinosaur.

WALL-E

Robots and superheroes: taking science public

James Hicks and Michael Dennin could tell you a story about the ontogeny of cardiovascular regulation in reptiles and Langmuir monolayers. Or they could talk to you about the science of WALL-E and Superman.

‘WALL-E’ and the professor

Biologist James Hicks plays a behind-the-scenes role in Disney/Pixar’s popular animated movie

Rams legendary running back Eric Dickerson chums it up with UCI ecology & evolutionary biology professor James Hicks during UCI media day at Rams practice at Microsemi field at UCI

Exploring ‘exercise as medicine’

New class examines how and why physical activity can work better than pills

UCI biologist part of team to sequence of the Komodo dragon genome

New study provides groundbreaking insights into the evolution of lizards

New study tracks perils of water polo head injuries

Certain players endure far more trauma, UCI researchers say

In first-ever survey, 36 percent of water polo players report concussions

UCI study points to need for more head protection during practice, further research