People

Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Mahdi M. Abu-Omar	Mellichamp Chair in Green Chemistry Professor, Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical Engineering	3241 Chemistry	(805) 893-5043 mabuomar@ucsb.edu
Christopher M. Bates	Associate Professor, Materials and (by courtesy) Chemical Engineering	1518 Engineering II	(805) 893-5383 cbates@ucsb.edu
Joseph Chada (he/him/his)	Associate Teaching Professor Pronounced: Joe Chad-ah	3334 Engineering II	(805) 893-4596 jchada@ucsb.edu
Bradley Chmelka	Professor	3327 Engineering II	(805) 893-3673 bradc@ucsb.edu
Phillip Christopher (he/him/his)	Professor, Rinker Founder's Chair - Mellichamp Chair, Sustainable Manufacturing - Dept Vice Chair	3335 Engineering II	(805) 893-2610 pchristopher@ucsb.edu
Siddharth Dey	Associate Professor	3008 BioEngineering Bldg.	(805) 893-5387 sdey@ucsb.edu
Michael Doherty	Professor Mellichamp Chair in Process Systems Engineering - NAE	3323 Engineering II	(805) 893-5309 mfd@ucsb.edu
Glenn Fredrickson	Mitsubishi Chemical Professor NAE, NAS	3105 MRL Bldg	(805) 893-8308 ghf@mrl.ucsb.edu
Michael Gordon	Warren G. and Katharine S. Schlinger Professor Department Chair	3351 Engineering II	(805) 893-7346 gordon@ucsb.edu
Matthew Helgeson (he/him/his)	Professor Pronounced: HEL-guess-un	3337 Engineering II	(805) 893-3372 helgeson@ucsb.edu
Eric McFarland	Professor	3331 Engineering II	mcfar@ucsb.edu
J. Tyler Mefford	Assistant Professor	3333 Engineering II	tmefford@ucsb.edu
Carolyn Mills (she/they)	Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering and (by courtesy) Chemical Engineering		carolynemills@ucsb.edu
Arnab Mukherjee	Associate Professor	3349 Engineering II	(805) 893-5137 arnabm@ucsb.edu
Michelle O'Malley (she/her/hers)	Professor Cliff R. Scholle Chair	3343 Engineering II	(805) 893-4769 momalley@ucsb.edu
James B. Rawlings	Mellichamp Process Control Chair NAE	3329 Engineering II	(805) 893-3089 jbraw@ucsb.edu
Susannah Scott	Distinguished Professor Mellichamp Academic Initiative in Sustainability Chair, Sustainable Catalytic Processing	3325 Engineering II and Sycamore Hall (Building 489), Room 101A	(805) 893-5606 sscott@ucsb.edu
Rachel Segalman (she/her/hers)	Edward Noble Kramer Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research NAE Pronounced: RAY-chel SEE-gahl-man	3353 Engineering II & 3117E MRL	(805) 893-3709 segalman@ucsb.edu
M. Scott Shell (he/him/his)	Professor John Myers Founder's Chair Department Vice Chair	3321 Engineering II	(805) 893-4346 shell@ucsb.edu
Todd Squires	Professor	3347 Engineering II	(805) 893-7383 tsquires@ucsb.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
David Gay	Adjunct Professor Director of Technology, UCSB Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies	2112 BioEngineering	(805) 893-4675 david.gay@icb.ucsb.edu

Emeriti

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
L. Gary Leal	Professor Emeritus Research Professor - NAE	3332 Engineering II	(805) 893-8510 lgl20@engineering.ucsb.edu
Gene Lucas	Professor Emeritus		gene@engineering.ucsb.edu
Duncan Mellichamp	Professor Emeritus	3336 Engineering II	(805) 893-2821 duncan_mellichamp@ucsb.edu
Dale Seborg	Professor Emeritus Research Professor		(805) 893-3352 seborg@ucsb.edu
Theo Theofanous	Professor Emeritus Director, Center for Risk Studies & Safety		(805) 689-1311 theo@theofanous.net

Staff

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Rosaura Aguirre (she/her/hers)	Contracts & Grants Analyst	3350 Engineering II	805-893-7577 rosaura_aguirre@ucsb.edu
Mike Best (he/him/his)	Management Services Officer Pronounced: mY-k	3355A Engineering II	(805) 893-4131 mbest@ucsb.edu
Anneclaire Cain (she/her/hers)	Financial Manager	3361A Engineering II	805 893-2950 anneclaire@ucsb.edu
George Crespo	Computer & Network Tech	3328 Engineering II	(805) 893-5911 george@engineering.ucsb.edu
Erica Diaz (she/her/hers)	Student Affairs and Academic Affairs Manager Pronounced: air-i-kuh	3357A Engineering II	(805) 893-8671 erica@engineering.ucsb.edu
Rachel Irving (she/her/hers)	Academic Personnel Analyst Pronounced: RAY-chull	3350 Engineering II	(805) 893-8692 rachelirving@ucsb.edu
Ariel Kim	Undergraduate Lab Manager	1161 & 1165 Engineering II	(805) 893-5395 arielkim@ucsb.edu
Cynthia Rojo (she/her/hers)	Chair's Assistant Seminar Coordinator Pronounced: sin-thee-uh	3353 Engineering II	(805) 893-5438 crojo@engineering.ucsb.edu
Laura Spracher (she/her/hers)	Purchasing Coordinator	3357B Engineering II	805-893-3561 spracher@ucsb.edu
Vacant	Mellichamp Academic Initiative Program Coordinator	Building 489 Room 101	(805) 893-8614
Vacant	Payroll Analyst	3357B Engineering II	(805) 893-5146 payroll@chemengr.ucsb.edu
Jasmine Velazquez (she/her/hers)	Student Affairs Coordinator	3357 Engineering II	805-893-3412 jasminevelazquez@ucsb.edu

Visiting Scholars

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Hiroki Aramaki	Visiting Scholar, Segalman Group	3228 Engr II	hirokiaramaki@ucsb.edu
DongHwan Oh	Visiting Scholar, Scott (link is external)Group		donghwanoh@ucsb.edu

Postdocs

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Kenneth Cerdan Gomez	Postdoctoral Scholar, Helgeson Group		kennethcg@ucsb.edu
Yu-Jin Choi	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab	3328	6175995163 yujinc@ucsb.edu
Christopher Balzer	Postdoctoral Scholar, Fredrickson(link is external) Lab		balzer@ucsb.edu
Haley Beech	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman and Hawker Lab		beech@ucsb.edu
Niklas Blagojevic	Postdoctoral Scholar, Fredrickson Lab		blagojevic@ucsb.edu
Pratyusha Das (she/her/hers)	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		pratyushadas@ucsb.edu
Jinhu Dong	Postdoctoral Scholar, Susannah Scott Lab	ESB 3411	8205873544 jhdong@ucsb.edu
Antonio Garcia	Postdoctoral Scholar, Helgeson Lab Biography: Dr. Antonio Garcia IV is a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow co-advised by Matthew Helgeson, Megan Valentine, and Samanvaya Srivastava. Antonio brings his passion for environmental sustainability and is interested in exploring the potential for transforming recovered polyurethane materials into commercially useful organic-inorganic hybrid materials. Before his research endeavors at UC Santa Barbara, Antonio was an NIH MARC-U*STAR scholar at California State University, Los Angeles, where he received his undergraduate degree in chemistry. He subsequently pursued his doctoral studies in organic chemistry at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), under the advisement of Prof. Suzanne A. Blum. Academic Webpage		antoniogarciaiv@ucsb.edu
Caidric Gupit	Postdoctoral Scholar, Helgeson(link is external) Group		gupit@ucsb.edu
Tongxin Han	Postdoctoral Scholar, Susannah Scott Lab	3213 Engineering Science Building	tongxin_han@ucsb.edu
Seunghwa Hong	Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab	3118 Henley hall	hongsh@ucsb.edu
Yikyeom Kim	Postdoctoral Scholar, Eric McFarland Group		yikyeomkim@ucsb.edu
Harry Landfield	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman and Shell Lab		hlandfield@ucsb.edu
Kaamini Marimuthu Dhanabalan	Postdoc, Mukherjee Lab	Elings	18059519406 Kaaminimd@ucsb.edu
Silvia Marino	Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab	3002 Henley Hall	smarino@ucsb.edu
Justin Marlowe	Postdoctoral Scholar, McFarland and Christopher Lab		jmarlowe@ucsb.edu
Pankaj Mogha	Postdoctoral Scholar, Dey Lab		pankaj@ucsb.edu
Jonathan Ouimet	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman and Christopher Lab		jouimet@ucsb.edu
Hugh Purdy	Postdoctoral Scholar, O'Malley Group		hmpurdy@ucsb.edu
Samji Samira	Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab		ssamira@ucsb.edu
Neha Saxena	Postdoctoral Scholar, Dey Lab		nsaxena@ucsb.edu
Rahul Sujanani	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		rsujanani@ucsb.edu
Trilokpati Tribedi	Postdoctoral Scholar, Eric McFarland Group		triloktribedi@ucsb.edu
R Bharath Venkatesh	Postdoctoral Scholar, Rachel Segalman Lab		267-815-4050 rbharath@ucsb.edu
Xiangxi Meng	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		xiangximeng@ucsb.edu
Yao Xiong	Postdoctoral Scholar, Fredrickson Lab		yaoxiong@ucsb.edu
Dafei Yuan	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		yuandafei14@ucsb.edu
Bo Zhang	Postdoctoral Scholar, Michelle O'Malley Lab		bozhang@ucsb.edu

Graduate Students

Name	Title	Phone and Email
Cameron Adams	Graduate Student, Segalman Lab	cameronadams@umail.ucsb.edu
Gaurav Agarwal (He/him/his)	Graduate Student, Squires Lab Pronounced: GAH-ruhv	gauravagarwal@umail.ucsb.edu
Colleen Ahern (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	colleen_ahern@umail.ucsb.edu
Zakariya Al Kharusi	Graduate Student, Rawlings lab	alkharusi@umail.ucsb.edu
Janelle Arnold	Graduate Student, O'Malley and Mills Lab	jdarnold@umail.ucsb.edu
Samantha Ausman	Graduate Student, Scott and Han Lab	sausman@umail.ucsb.edu
Michelle "Logan" Baldini (He/Him/His, They/Them/Theirs)	Graduate Student, Mukherjee Lab	mbaldini@umail.ucsb.edu
Shoili Banerjee	Graduate Student, Mills Lab	shoili@umail.ucsb.edu
Isabel Beeley	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	isabelbeeley@umail.ucsb.edu
Ryan Berry	Graduate Student, Gordon and Christopher Lab	berry@ucsb.edu
Jonathan Bingaman (He/They)	Graduate Student, Segalman and Scott Lab	jbingaman@umail.ucsb.edu
Elaina Blair	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	elainablair@umail.ucsb.edu
Lazarina Butkovich (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab Pronounced: LAW-zuh-REE-nuh BOOT-koh-vitch	lbutkovich@umail.ucsb.edu
Devon Callan	Graduate Student, Bates Lab	devoncallan@umail.ucsb.edu
Annabelle Canestraight	Graduate Student, Fredrickson and Vlcek Lab	acanestraight@umail.ucsb.edu
Jason Chalmers	Graduate Student, Scott Lab	jchalmers@umail.ucsb.edu
Vincent Chen	Graduate Student	v_chen214@umail.ucsb.edu
Kyu Hwan Choi (He/him/his)	Graduate Student, Takatori Lab Pronounced:Kyoo Hahn	kyuhwan@umail.ucsb.edu
Prithvi Dake	Graduate Student, Rawlings Lab	prithvidake@umail.ucsb.edu
Anukta Datta (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab Pronounced: Aa-nook-ta	anukta@umail.ucsb.edu
Victoria Diaz	Graduate Student, Gordon and Chmelka Lab	victoria_diaz@ucsb.edu
Jerrick Edmund	Graduate Student, Segalman and Hawker Lab	jedmund@umail.ucsb.edu
Colby Fronk	Graduate Student, Petzold Lab	colbyfronk@umail.ucsb.edu
Matteo Garcia-Ortiz	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	garcia-ortiz@umail.ucsb.edu
Aakanksha Gubbala	Graduate Student, Takatori Lab	aakanksha_gubbala@ucsb.edu
Hosu Gwak	Graduate Student, Chmelka and Han Lab	gwak@umail.ucsb.edu
Juyeon Ha	Graduate Student, Mills Lab	juyeonha@ucsb.edu
Tse-Chiang Huang	Graduate Student, Helgeson and Shell Lab	tse-chiang@umail.ucsb.edu
Rika Ilagan	Graduate Student, Scott Lab	mqilagan@ucsb.edu
Anika Jalil	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	anikajalil@umail.ucsb.edu
Shirley Jin	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	jin18@umail.ucsb.edu
Mizuki Kamata	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab	mkamata@ucsb.edu
Seongeun Kang	Graduate Student, Squires and Zhu Labs	seongeun_kang@umail.ucsb.edu
DongBeom Kim	Graduate Student, Christopher lab	dongbeom@umail.ucsb.edu
Jaewon Lee	Graduate Student, Mefford Lab	jaewon_lee@umail.ucsb.edu
Matt Lertola (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	mjlertola@umail.ucsb.edu
Isaac Lewis	Graduate Student, Chmelka and Mukherjee lab	ialewis@umail.ucsb.edu
Anthea Li	Graduate Student	antheajli@umail.ucsb.edu
Charles Li	Graduate Student, Shell and Fredrickson Lab	charlesli@umail.ucsb.edu
Xichen Liang	Graduate Student, Zhu and Squires Labs	xichenliang@umail.ucsb.edu
Norleakvisoth Lim	Graduate Student, Gordon and Nakamura Labs	norleakvisoth@umail.ucsb.edu
Ming-Pei Lin	Graduate Student, Mefford Lab	ming-pei@umail.ucsb.edu
Yin-Chen Lin	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	yin-chenlin@umail.ucsb.edu
James Lin	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	jamesjlin@umail.ucsb.edu
Samuel Lobo	Graduate Student, Shell and Shea Labs	lobo@umail.ucsb.edu
Davide Mannini	Graduate Student, Rawlings Lab	dmannini@ucsb.edu
Ethan McGarrigle (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab Pronounced: eeth-in	emcgarrigle@umail.ucsb.edu
Alyssa McNarney	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	alyssamcnarney@ucsb.edu
Michael Meng	Graduate Student, Shell and Fredrickson Lab	m_meng@umail.ucsb.edu
Vikram Mubayi	Graduate Student, O’Malley Lab	vmubayi@ucsb.edu
Sachit Nagella	Graduate Student, Takatori Lab	sgnagella@umail.ucsb.edu
Andrea Perez	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	andreaperez@ucsb.edu
Anna Pischer (She/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab Pronounced:AN-na	annapischer@umail.ucsb.edu
Dylan Pollard	Graduate Student, Squires Lab	pollard@umail.ucsb.edu
Siobhan Powers	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	spowers@ucsb.edu
Titus Quah (He/him/his)	Graduate Student, Rawlings and Takatori Lab Pronounced:Tai-tus	titusquah@umail.ucsb.edu
R. Ramya Ragunathan	Graduate Student, Chmelka, O'Malley, and Brzezinski Lab	r_ragunathan@umail.ucsb.edu
Graham Reitz	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	grahamreitz@umail.ucsb.edu
Kelsey Richardson	Graduate Student, Abu-Omar and Christopher Lab	kelseyrichardson@umail.ucsb.edu
Daniela Rivera Mirabal (She/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Segalman and Shell Lab Pronounced:DAH-nee-e-lah REE-vuh-rah MEE-rah-bal	driveramirabal@umail.ucsb.edu
Sara Sandlass (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	ssandlass@umail.ucsb.edu
Elizabeth Schauer (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Dey Lab Pronounced: Elizabeth Shower	elizabethschauer@umail.ucsb.edu
Vikram Shanbhag	Graduate Student, O'Malley and Shell Lab	vvshanbhag@umail.ucsb.edu
Anoushka Shandilya (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab Pronounced A-noosh-ka	ashandilya@ucsb.edu
Kirsten Sjoberg	Graduate Student, Scott Lab	ksjoberg@umail.ucsb.edu
Manseong Song	Graduate Student, Mefford Lab	m_song@umail.ucsb.edu
Cassidy Tobin	Graduate Student, Read de Alaniz and Bates Labs	cassidytobin@umail.ucsb.edu
Beatrice Tremblay	Graduate Student, Mefford Lab	tremblay@umail.ucsb.edu
Chieh Wang	Graduate Student, Dey Lab	chieh_wang@umail.ucsb.edu
Zachary Westman	Graduate Student, Christopher and Abu-Omar Lab	zwestman@umail.ucsb.edu
Rembert White (He/him/his)	Graduate Student, Fredrickson and Beyerlein Lab Pronounced:REM-bert	rembertwhite@umail.ucsb.edu
Jenna Wolfanger	Graduate Student, Mills Lab	jwolfanger@umail.ucsb.edu
Zachary Yam	Graduate Student, Christopher and Gordon Lab	zyam@umail.ucsb.edu
Alec Zackin	Graduate Student, Shell Lab	akzackin@umail.ucsb.edu
David Zhao	Graduate Student, Fredrickson and Shell Lab	djzhao@umail.ucsb.edu

Search form

Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Emeriti

Staff

Visiting Scholars

Postdocs

Graduate Students