People

Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Mahdi Abu-Omar	Mellichamp Cluster Chair, Green Chemistry Professor, Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical Engineering	3241 Chemistry	(805) 893-5043 abuomar@chem.ucsb.edu
Christopher M. Bates	Assistant Professor, Materials and (by courtesy) Chemical Engineering	1518 Engineering II	(805) 893-5383 bates@engineering.ucsb.edu
Joseph Chada	Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment	3334 Engineering II	(805) 893-4596 jchada@ucsb.edu
Bradley Chmelka	Professor	3327 Engineering II	(805) 893-3673 bradc@engineering.ucsb.edu
Phillip Christopher	Associate Professor Mellichamp Cluster Chair, Sustainable Manufacturing	3335 Engineering II	(805) 893-2610 pchristopher@ucsb.edu
Siddharth Dey	Assistant Professor	3008 BioEngineering Bldg.	(805) 893-5387 dey@engineering.ucsb.edu
Michael Doherty	Professor	3323 Engineering II	(805) 893-5309 mfd@engineering.ucsb.edu
Glenn Fredrickson	Mitsubishi Chemical Professor	3105 MRL Bldg	(805) 893-8308 ghf@mrl.ucsb.edu
Michael Gordon	Associate Professor Department Vice Chair	3351 Engineering II	(805) 893-7346 mjgordon@engineering.ucsb.edu
Songi Han	Professor	4614 PSBN	(805) 893-4858 songi@chem.ucsb.edu
Matthew Helgeson	Associate Professor	3337 Engineering II	(805) 893-3372 helgeson@engineering.ucsb.edu
Eric McFarland	Professor	3331 Engineering II	(805) 893-4343
Arnab Mukherjee	Assistant Professor	3349 Engineering II	(805) 893-5137 arnabm@engineering.ucsb.edu
Michelle O'Malley	Associate Professor	3343 Engineering II	(805) 893-4769 momalley@engineering.ucsb.edu
Baron Peters	Professor	3339 Engineering II	(805) 284-8293 baronp@engineering.ucsb.edu
James B. Rawlings	Mellichamp Process Control Chair	3329 Engineering II	(805) 893-3089 jbraw@ucsb.edu
Susannah Scott	Professor Mellichamp Cluster Chair, Sustainable Catalytic Processing	3325 Engineering II and Building 489, Room 101A	(805) 893-5606 sscott@engineering.ucsb.edu
Rachel Segalman	Edward Noble Kramer Professor Department Chair	3353 and 3333 Engineering II	(805) 893-3709 segalman@engineering.ucsb.edu
M. Scott Shell	Professor Department Vice Chair	3321 Engineering II	(805) 893-4346 shell@engineering.ucsb.edu
Todd Squires	Professor	3347 Engineering II	(805) 893-7383 squires@engineering.ucsb.edu
Sho Takatori	Assistant Professor (Coming Soon)

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
David Gay	Adjunct Professor Director of Technology, UCSB Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies	2704 Ellison Hall	(805) 893-4675 david.gay@icb.ucsb.edu

Emeriti

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Jacob Israelachvili	Professor Emeritus Research Professor	Building 570 Room 1200	(805) 893-8407 jacob@engineering.ucsb.edu
L. Gary Leal	Professor Emeritus Research Professor	3329 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 dmell@engineering.ucsb.edu
Robert Rinker	Professor Emeritus		rinker@ucsb.edu
Orville Sandall	Professor Emeritus		(805) 893-2908 sandall@engineering.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
Mike Best	Management Services Officer	3355A Engineering II	(805) 893-4131 mike@engineering.ucsb.edu
George Crespo	Computer & Network Tech	3328 Engineering II	(805) 893-5911 george@engineering.ucsb.edu
Erica Diaz	Student Affairs Manager	3357A Engineering II	(805) 893-8671 erica@engineering.ucsb.edu
Michelle FitzGerald	Purchasing Assistant	3357B Engineering II	(805) 893-7727 mfitzgerald@engineering.ucsb.edu
David Gragg	Associate Development Engineer	3109 Engineering II	(805) 893-3212 tongaroa@engineering.ucsb.edu
Celina Keefer	Contracts & Grants Analyst	3361A Engineering II	(805) 893-2950 celinakeefer@engineering.ucsb.edu
Debbie Kleinpeter	Assistant for the Mellichamp Sustainability Cluster	Building 489 Room 101	(805) 893-8614 debbie@engineering.ucsb.edu
Kai Kristiansen	Associate Project Scientist, Israelachvili Lab	Building 570	(805) 893-5268 kai@engineering.ucsb.edu
Jose Navarrete	Undergraduate Lab Manager	1161 & 1165 Engineering II	(805) 893-3251 josenavarrete@ucsb.edu
Cynthia Rojo	Chair's Assistant Seminar Coordinator	3353 Engineering II	(805) 893-5438 crojo@engineering.ucsb.edu
Rachel Souza	Student Affairs Assistant	3357 Engineering II	(805) 893-3412 rsouza@ucsb.edu
Beth Thomas	Academic Personnel Analyst	3350 Engineering II	(805) 893-8692 beth@engineering.ucsb.edu
Vacant	Payroll Analyst	3357B Engineering II
Vacant	General Reimbursements Faculty Assistant	3355 Engineering II
Melissa Walker	Communications Coordinator Faculty Assistant Travel & Entertainment	3350 Engineering II	(805) 893-8692 walker@engineering.ucsb.edu
Cristina Wilson	Financial Manager	3361A Engineering II	(805) 893-2950 cbwils@ucsb.edu

Visiting Scholars

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Fangwen Cheng	Visiting Scholar, Scott Lab	Building 489	chengfangwen95@gmail.com
Mengkui Cui	Visiting Scholar, Israelachvili Lab		cuimk@shanghaitech.edu.cn
Eyal Dassau	Researcher, Doyle Lab		(805) 693-4727 dassau@engr.ucsb.edu
Michaela Dumberger	Visiting Scholar, Gordon Lab		Michaela.dumberger@tum.de
Pauline Gaillard	Visiting Scholar, Gordon Lab		pauline.gaillard@live.fr
Florian Gebhard	Visiting Scholar, Helgeson Lab	3211 Engineering II	Flogebhard@web.de
Dongwon Hwang	Visiting Scholar, Scott Lab		dwhwang0427@gmail.com
Praveen Kumar	Visiting Scholar, Scott Lab	3411 ESB	(805) 724-9115 praveen@engineering.ucsb.edu
Dean Mastropietro	Visiting Scholar, Israelachvili Lab		djm00@ucsb.edu
Lynne McCusker	Visiting Scholar, Chmelka Lab		mccusker@engineering.ucsb.edu
Susu Ren	Visiting Scholar, Israelachvili Lab		renss@shanghaitech.edu.cn
Simon Smart	Visiting Scholar, McFarland Lab		805 570 9647 sksmart@engineering.ucsb.edu
Yuanyuan Sun	Visiting Scholar, Doherty Lab		sunyyuam@126.com
Na Sun	Visiting Scholar, Israelachvili Lab	Building 570	(805) 893-8407 nsun@bit.edu.cn
Julia Wohland	Visiting Scholar, Scott Lab	3217 ESB	julia.wohland@rwth-aachen.de
Maria Yliruka	Visiting Scholar, Doherty Lab		ylirukam@student.ethz.ch
Yongsheng Zhao	Visiting Scholar, Doherty Lab.		yszhao@sjtu.edu.cn
Chunming Zheng	Visiting Scholar, Scott Lab	3328 ESB	zhengchunming@tjpu.edu
Peng Zhu	Visiting Scholar, Doherty Lab		peng_zhu@engineering.ucsb.edu

Postdocs

Name

Title

Office

Phone and Email

Huanshu Tan

Postdoctoral Scholar, Squires Lab

ENGR II

huanshutan@ucsb.edu

Roberto Andresen Eguiluz

Postdoctoral Scholar, Israelachvili Lab

Building 570

(805) 893-5268
randresen@engineering.ucsb.edu

Segolene Antoine

Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab

3228 Engineering II

segolene@ucsb.edu

Amrita Banerjee

Postdoctoral Scholar, Mitragotri Lab

1229 Elings Hall

abanerjee@engineering.ucsb.edu

Joseph Barakat

Postdoctoral Scholar, Squires Lab

3313 Engineering II

josephbarakat@ucsb.edu

Amer Hamidi-Sakr

Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab

3228 Engineering II

amer@ucsb.edu

Sheetal Jain

Postdoctoral Scholar, Han Lab

Dohyung Kang

Postdoctoral Scholar – McFarland Lab

3330 Engineering II

dohyung_kang@engineering.ucsb.edu

Dongwook Lee

Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab
– Rachel Segalman and Ram Seshadri groups

3228 Engineering II

dongwooklee@ucsb.edu

Christian Leitold

Postdoctoral Scholar, Peters Lab

3218 Engineering II

christian.leitold@gmail.com

Harishankar Manikantan

Postdoctoral Scholar, Squires Lab

3332 Engineering II

hmanikantan@engineering.ucsb.edu

Harun F. Ozbakir

Postdoctoral Scholar, Mukherjee Lab

3334 Engineering II

hfozbakir@engineering.ucsb.edu

Soupitak Pal

Postdoctoral Scholar, Odette Lab

3101 Engineering II

(858) 281-8447
soupitak@engineering.ucsb.edu

Hellen Papananou

Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab

3228 Engineering II

hellen@ucsb.edu

Nick Peng

Postdoctoral Scholar, O'Malley Lab

xpeng@engineering.ucsb.edu

Nazanin Rahimi

Postdoctoral Scholar, McFarland Group

3330 Engineering II

(805) 708-7102
nazrah@engineering.ucsb.edu

G N Manjunatha Reddy

Postdoctoral Scholar, Chmelka Lab

3324 Engineering II

gnm.reddy@mrl.ucsb.edu

Joaquin Resasco

Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab

3222 Engineering II

(405) 474-3836
jresasco@ucsb.edu

Insoo Ro

Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab

Department of Chemical Engineering

insoo621@gmail.com

Paul Rottmann

Postdoctoral Scholar, Gordon Lab

Chandi Sasmal

Postdoctoral Scholar, Leal Lab

3235 Engineering II

chandisasmal@engineering.ucsb.edu

Bhogeswararao Seemala

Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab

Nan Shi

Postdoctoral Scholar, Squires Lab

vincentshinan@gmail.com

Shizhao Su

Postdoctoral Scholar, McFarland Lab

3307 Engineering II

ssu@engineering.ucsb.edu

Ethan Susca

Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab
~Rachel Segalman, Chris Bates, & Javier Read de Alaniz groups

3228 Engineering II

esusca@ucsb.edu

Xiaoyu Tang

Postdoctoral Scholar - Squires Group

3324 Engineering II

609-937-9181
xiaoyu_tang@ucsb.edu

Behzad Tangeysh

Postdoctoral Scholar - McFarland Group

behzadtangeysh@ucsb.edu

Maryam Tarazkar

Postdoctoral Scholar, Eric McFarland Group

Chem 4314

(267) 608-9226
maryamtarazkar@ucsb.edu

Andrew Therrien

Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab

Postdoctoral Scholar

(802) 274-9892
atherrien@chemengr.ucsb.edu

Bas van Ravensteijn

Postdoctoral Scholar, Helgeson Lab

3334 Engineering II

ravensteijn@engineering.ucsb.edu

Jing Wu

Postdoctoral Scholar, Scott Lab

ESB 3215H

jingwu1986@engineering.ucsb.edu

Fan Zhang

Postdoctoral Scholar, Susannah Scott Lab

(805) 618-5365
frankzhang8506@gmail.com

Yongsheng Zhao

Postdoctoral Scholar, Doherty Lab

Department of Chemical Engineering

yszhao@sjtu.edu.cn

Graduate Students

Name	Title	Phone and Email
Nolan Anderson	Graduate Student, Mukherjee Lab	nolananderson@umail.ucsb.edu
Chithra Asokan	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	casokan@umail.ucsb.edu
Anirudha Banerjee	Graduate Student, Squires Lab	anirudhabanerjee@umail.ucsb.edu
Tsatsral Battsengel	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	tsatsral@umail.ucsb.edu
Alexandra Bayles	Gaduate Student, Helgeson and Squires Labs	avbayles@umail.ucsb.edu
Shona Becwar	Graduate Student, Chmelka and Han Labs	sbecwar@umail.ucsb.edu
Maxwell Berkow	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	maxwellberkow@umail.ucsb.edu
Zachariah Berkson	Graduate Student, Chmelka and Israelachvili Labs	zberkson@umail.ucsb.edu
Jennifer Brown	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	jenniferbrown@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael Burroughs	Graduate Student, Helgeson and Leal Labs	mcburroughs@umail.ucsb.edu
Lesley Chan	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	lesleychan@umail.ucsb.edu
Chih-Cheng (Peter) Chang	Graduate Student, Squires Lab	chihcheng@umail.ucsb.edu
Szu-Ying (Sandy) Chen	Graduate Student, Israelachvili Lab	szuying@umail.ucsb.edu
Alex Chialastri	Graduate Student, Dey Lab	alexchialastri@umail.ucsb.edu
Patrick Corona	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	corona@umail.ucsb.edu
Scott Danielsen	Graduate Student, Segalman and Fredrickson Labs	sdanielsen@mrl.ucsb.edu
George Degen	Graduate Student, Israelachvili and Shea Labs	gdegen@umail.ucsb.edu
Audra Destefano	Graduate Student	adestefano@umail.ucsb.edu
Howard Dobbs	Graduate Student, Chmelka and Israelachvili Labs	howarddobbs@umail.ucsb.edu
Chelsea Edwards	Graduate Student	edwardsc@mit.edu
Kang-Ching Fan	Graduate Student, Mukherjee Lab	kangchingfan@umail.ucsb.edu
Scott Fenton	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	scottmfenton@umail.ucsb.edu
Jordan Finzel	Graduate Student	jordanfinzel@umail.ucsb.edu
Julia Fisher	Graduate Student, Squires Labs	juliafisher@umail.ucsb.edu
Jan Garcia	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab	janulric@umail.ucsb.edu
Chung-ta Han	Graduate Student, Han Lab	chungtahan@umail.ucsb.edu
Dakota Hanemann-Rawlings	Graduate Student, Segalman and Chabinyc Labs	dakota00@umail.ucsb.edu
Varun Hegde	Graduate Student	varunhegde@umail.ucsb.edu
Kellie Heom	Graduate Student	kheom@umail.ucsb.edu
Jun Hee Jang	Graduate Student, Abu-Omar Lab	jjang@umail.ucsb.edu
Sally Jiao	Graduate Student	sjiao@umail.ucsb.edu
Seamus Jones	Graduate Student, Segalman and Fredrickson Labs	seamusdjones@umail.ucsb.edu
Kartik Kamat	Graduate Student, Peters Lab	kartik_kamat@umail.ucsb.edu
Kimberlee Keithley	Graduate Student	kimberlee@umail.ucsb.edu
Salman Khan	Graduate Student, Peters and Scott Labs	salman@umail.ucsb.edu
Vikram Khanna	Graduate Student, Doherty Lab	vikram_khanna@umail.ucsb.edu
Pratyush Kumar	Graduate Student	pratyushkumar@umail.ucsb.edu
Christopher Kuo-Leblanc	Graduate Student	ckuo-leblanc@umail.ucsb.edu
Patrick Leggieri	Graduate Student	leggieri@umail.ucsb.edu
Ryan Ley	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	ryanley@umail.ucsb.edu
Stephen Lillington	Graduate Student	stephenlillington@umail.ucsb.edu
Daniel Mamerow	Graduate Student, Soh Lab	dmamerow@umail.ucsb.edu
Jonathan Martin	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab	j_m_m@umail.ucsb.edu
Toby Mazal	Graduate Student	tmazal@umail.ucsb.edu
Koty McAllister	Graduate Student	rdmcallister@umail.ucsb.edu
Samantha McCuskey	Graduate Student, Segalman and Bazan Labs	smccuskey@umail.ucsb.edu
Jacob Monroe	Graduate Student, Shell Lab	jimonroe@umail.ucsb.edu
Hyunjin Moon	Graduate Student, Scott Lab	hmoon@umail.ucsb.edu
Tuan Nguyen	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	tuan_nguyen@umail.ucsb.edu
My Nguyen	Graduate Student	my@umail.ucsb.edu
Clarke Palmer	Graduate Student, McFarland Lab	clarke_palmer@umail.ucsb.edu
Joseph Peterson	Graduate Student, Leal and Fredrickson Labs	jdp@umail.ucsb.edu
Igor Podolsky	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	igorpodolsky@umail.ucsb.edu
David Podorefsky	Graduate Student	dpodorefsky@umail.ucsb.edu
Geoffrey Poon	Graduate Student, Peters Lab	geoffreygpoon@umail.ucsb.edu
Abe Pressman	Graduate Student	abe_pressman@umail.ucsb.edu
Nathan Prisco	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	nprisco@umail.ucsb.edu
Ji Qi	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	qi01@umail.ucsb.edu
Dennis Robinson Brown	Graduate Student	d_robinsonbrown@umail.ucsb.edu
Muna Saber	Graduate Student	munasaber@umail.ucsb.edu
Tanmoy Sanyal	Graduate Student, Shell Lab	tanmoy@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael Schmithorst	Graduate Student	mschmithorst@umail.ucsb.edu
Parth Shah	Graduate Student	parthshah@umail.ucsb.edu
Pavel Shapturenka	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	pavel@umail.ucsb.edu
Nicholas Sherck	Graduate Student, Shell and Fredrickson Labs	nsherck@umail.ucsb.edu
Tanvi Sheth	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	tsheth@umail.ucsb.edu
David Smith	Graduate Student, Mitragotri, Leal and Shell Labs	djs01@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael Spears	Graduate Student	mspears@umail.ucsb.edu
Emily Sun	Graduate Student	emilysun@umail.ucsb.edu
Candice Swift	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	cswift@umail.ucsb.edu
Craig Vandervelden	Graduate Student, Peters Lab	craigvandervelden@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael Vigers	Graduate Student, Han and O'Malley Labs	mvigers@umail.ucsb.edu
Daniel Vigil	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab	dvigil@umail.ucsb.edu
Chatarin Wangsanuwat	Graduate Student, Dey Lab	cwangsanuwat@umail.ucsb.edu
Thomas Webber	Graduate Student	thomaswebber@umail.ucsb.edu
St. Elmo Wilken	Graduate Student, O'Malley and Petzold Labs	stelmo@umail.ucsb.edu
Ryan Yappert	Graduate Student, Peters Lab	yappert@umail.ucsb.edu
(George) Guangzhao, Yin	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	gyin@umail.ucsb.edu
Justin Yoo	Graduate Student, O'Malley and Daugherty Labs	justin_yoo@umail.ucsb.edu
Beihang Yu	Graduate Students, Segalman Lab	beihang@umail.ucsb.edu
Gregory Zakem	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab
Yuanyi (Alex) Zhang	Graduate Student, Segalman Lab	zhang00@umail.ucsb.edu
Jiamin Zhang	Graduate Student, Leal and Helgeson Labs	jiamin@umail.ucsb.edu

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