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

Payroll Analyst

3357B Engineering II (805) 893-5146
payroll@chemengr.ucsb.edu
Vacant

Mellichamp Academic Initiative Program Coordinator

Building 489 Room 101 (805) 893-8614
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
Yu-Jin Choi

Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab

3328 6175995163
yujinc@ucsb.edu
Kenneth Cerdan Gomez

Postdoctoral Scholar, Helgeson Group

kennethcg@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 Office 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, ChmelkaO'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