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Oct 7, 2016 · DAVIS, Calif. -- An American researcher killed in a rock attack by protesters in Ethiopia this week was a talented scientist with a bright future, family members and mentors said Thursday.
- ‘Amazing’ Balancing Act
- 'A True Expert in Her Field'
- Couple Met as Undergrads
- A Co-Author Credits Her Mentor
- ‘A Bright Human Being’
- Improving Lives The World Over
Overseas and at home, Gray had never let her graduate studies or postdoctoral fellowship get in the way of her mentoring. “We all only have 24 hours in the day and mentoring can take away from research commitments,” Markelz told Dateline UC Davis. “Sharon always did an amazing job at balancing research with mentoring and all of the other responsibi...
Associate Professor Brady said Gray dedicated her research to understanding plants’ responses to climate change. Her graduate work focused on the response of soybean plants to high carbon dioxide in the presence of drought and showed that plants did not respond as the scientific community had anticipated. “Previous research had suggested that plant...
Gray attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for both her Bachelor of Science degree in integrative biology (2006) and Ph.D. in the Department of Plant Biology, writing her thesis on “Interactive Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Water Availability on Field‐Grown Soybean” (2013). She and Markelz came to UC Davis i...
Gray had a record of publications going back to 2010, the most recent of which was posted Sept. 5 on the Nature Plants website. Titled “Intensifying Drought Eliminates the Expected Benefits of Elevated Carbon Dioxide for Soybean,”the paper reflects work she did for her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois. Stephanie Klein was an undergraduate at Ill...
Sharon Beth Gray was born Nov. 25, 1985, in Carbondale, Illinois, and grew up in Lindenhurst, Illinois, where her parents, Pamela Lynn Gray and Thomas James Gray I, still reside. She also is survived by three brothers and two sisters: Thomas James Gray II of Provo, Utah, Micah Lynn Wren-Gray of Chicago, Luke Aaron Gray of Lindenhurst, Anna Ruth Gra...
Campus leadership offered condolencesin a message posted on the News and Information website Oct. 5. “Even in tragedy, we hope that we all can find some comfort in the wonderful work Sharon was engaged in that will better the lives of so many around the world,” wrote Ken Burtis, interim provost and executive vice chancellor, and Mark Winey, dean of...
Oct 8, 2016 · DAVIS, Calif. -- The University of California, Davis community is mourning the violent death of one of their prominent biology researchers. Sharon Gray was caught in the middle of a protest...
Nov 17, 2016 · Sharon Gray was a UC Davis postdoc who died in a car accident in Ethiopia in 2016. Her family and friends are raising money to support graduate students in science and to mentor women in science. Learn about her research, her mentorship and her legacy.
Nov 16, 2017 · Sharon Gray, a UC Davis postdoc and plant biologist, was killed in a car accident in Ethiopia in 2017. Her husband and colleagues established a GoFundMe campaign to bring a young Ethiopian scientist to UC Davis for training and mentorship. The campaign raised nearly $160,000 and has benefited four young women from Ethiopia.
Nov 17, 2016 · UC Davis establishes a fund in memory of slain researcher Sharon Gray, who was killed in Ethiopia while working on a research project. The fund will support graduate students in the College of Biological Sciences with a focus on mentorship and diversity. The GoFundMe account raised more than $109,000 for the fund and Gray's family.
