November 2018
Monica Pechanec has been selected to receive the 2018 Louis R. Rowan Fellowship in Equine Studies at the University of California, Davis. The California Thoroughbred Foundation makes the award to a graduate student pursuing a doctorate.
Ms. Pechanec is combining the fields of anatomy, engineering, biochemistry, and molecular biology as she researches tendon formation in horses. The goal is to develop insights and strategies for equine tendon repair.
She did her undergraduate work at Brown University and earned her M. S. in animal biology at Davis. In addition to her research work, she has served as a teaching assistant at Davis.
Outside her university pursuits Ms. Pechanec is a horse enthusiast and athlete. Since relocating to Davis, she acquired a racing Arabian, which she trains for long trail rides and possible endurance riding. She was a childhood gymnast and at Brown competed in pole vault.