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	Assistant Professor, Materials and (by courtesy) Chemical Engineering	1518 Engineering II	(805) 893-5383 cbates@ucsb.edu
Joseph Chada (he/him/his)	Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment Pronounced: Joe Chad-ah	3334 Engineering II	(805) 893-4596 jchada@ucsb.edu
Bradley Chmelka	Professor	3327 Engineering II	(805) 893-3673 bradc@engineering.ucsb.edu
Phillip Christopher (he/him/his)	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 sdey@ucsb.edu
Michael Doherty (he/him/his)	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	Professor Robert G. Rinker Founder's Chair Department Vice Chair	3351 Engineering II	(805) 893-7346 gordon@ucsb.edu
Songi Han	Professor	4614 PSBN	(805) 893-4858 songi@chem.ucsb.edu
Matthew Helgeson (he/him/his)	Associate Professor Pronounced: HEL-guess-un	3337 Engineering II	(805) 893-3372 helgeson@engineering.ucsb.edu
Eric McFarland	Professor	3331 Engineering II	mcfar@ucsb.edu
Arnab Mukherjee	Assistant Professor	3349 Engineering II	(805) 893-5137 arnabm@engineering.ucsb.edu
Michelle O'Malley (she/her/hers)	Professor	3343 Engineering II	(805) 893-4769 momalley@engineering.ucsb.edu
James B. Rawlings	Mellichamp Process Control Chair NAE	3329 Engineering II	(805) 893-3089 jbraw@ucsb.edu
Susannah Scott	Distinguished Professor Duncan and Suzanne 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 Department Chair - NAE Pronounced: RAY-chel SEE-gahl-man	3353 and 3333 Engineering II	(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@engineering.ucsb.edu
Todd Squires	Professor	3347 Engineering II	(805) 893-7383 squires@engineering.ucsb.edu
Sho Takatori (he/him/his)	Assistant Professor	3341 Engineering II	(805) 893-7089 stakatori@ucsb.edu

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
L. Gary Leal	Professor Emeritus Research Professor	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
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 (he/him/his)	Management Services Officer Pronounced: mY-k	3355A Engineering II	(805) 893-4131 mbest@ucsb.edu
Carlo Broderick (he/him/his)	Mellichamp Academic Initiative Program Coordinator Pronounced: Car-Low	Building 489 Room 101	(805) 893-8614 carlobroderick@ucsb.edu
Adrian Cortez (he/him/his)	Undergraduate Lab Manager Pronounced: Ay-Dree-An Kor-tez	1161 & 1165 Engineering II	(805) 893-3251 acortez@chemengr.ucsb.edu
George Crespo	Computer & Network Tech	3328 Engineering II	(805) 893-5911 george@engineering.ucsb.edu
Erica Diaz (she/her/hers)	Student 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
Kristy Odermann (she/her/hers)	Payroll Analyst Pronounced: krIHs-tee	3357B Engineering II	(805) 893-5146 kodermann@ucsb.edu
Ashley Olivo (she/her/hers)	Contracts & Grants Analyst Pronounced: ash-lee	3357B Engineering II	(805) 893-2950 aolivo@ucsb.edu
Andrea Palmerin (she/her/hers)	Purchasing, Travel, and Entertainment Pronounced: an-drEH-ah	3357B Engineering II	(805) 893-7727 andrea_palmerin@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
Dongyan Song (she/her/hers)	Student Affairs Coordinator Pronounced: Song	3357 Engineering II	805-893-3412 dsong1011@ucsb.edu
Cristina Wilson (she/her/hers)	Financial Manager Pronounced: Kris-teen-uh	3361A Engineering II	(805) 893-2950 cbwils@ucsb.edu

Visiting Scholars

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Haiyan Guo	Visiting Scholar, McFarland Lab		haiyan_guo@ucsb.edu
Kai-Chieh (Amy) Yang	Visiting Scholar, Segalman Lab		kai-chieh@ucsb.edu

Postdocs

Name	Title	Office	Phone and Email
Joseph Barakat	Postdoctoral Scholar, Squires Lab	3338 Engineering II	josephbarakat@ucsb.edu
Federica Boscaro	Postdoctoral Scholar, Chmelka Lab		fboscaro@ucsb.edu
Amy R. Eisenberg (she/her/hers)	Postdoctoral Scholar, O'Malley Lab Pronounced: AY-mee		aeisenberg@ucsb.edu
Lijun Gao	Postdoctoral Scholar, Scott Lab		lijungao@ucsb.edu
Michael Haggmark	Postdoctoral Scholar, Gordon Lab	3165 Engineering II	(209) 914-0825 haggmark@ucsb.edu
Sheetal Jain	Postdoctoral Scholar, Han Lab		jsheetal@chem.ucsb.edu
Jaeha Lee	Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab		(805) 284-8768 jaeha0913@ucsb.edu
Joshua Moon	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman and Hawker Labs		jdmoon@ucsb.edu
Hyunjin Moon	Postdoctoral Scholar, Scott Lab		hmoon@umail.ucsb.edu
Tejas Navaratna (he/him/his)	Postdoctoral Scholar, O'Malley Lab Pronounced: TAY-juhs		(408) 318-5227 tejasn@ucsb.edu
Oscar Nordness	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		nordness@ucsb.edu
Harun F. Ozbakir	Postdoctoral Scholar, Mukherjee Lab	3334 Engineering II	hfozbakir@engineering.ucsb.edu
Oleksandr Polonskyi	Postdoctoral Scholar, Gordon Lab	3324 Engineering 2	polonskyi@ucsb.edu
Ji Qi (he/him/his)	Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab Pronounced: Gee		qi01@umail.ucsb.edu
Sujith Ramakrishnan	Postdoctoral Scholar, Christopher Lab		chem_sujith@ucsb.edu
Neha Saxena	Postdoctoral Scholar, Dey Lab		nsaxena@ucsb.edu
Philipp Selter	Postdoctoral Scholar, Chmelka Lab		pselter@ucsb.edu
Kevin Shen	Postdoctoral Scholar, Shell and Fredrickson Labs		kevinshen@ucsb.edu
Allison Wesley (she/her/hers)	Postdoctoral Scholar, Scott Lab Pronounced: Al-LEE (Ally) Wes-Lee		allisonwesley@ucsb.edu
Xiangxi Meng	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		xiangximeng@ucsb.edu
Shuyi Xie	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		shuyixie@ucsb.edu
Dafei Yuan	Postdoctoral Scholar, Segalman Lab		yuandafei14@ucsb.edu
Yongsheng Zhao	Postdoctoral Scholar, Doherty Lab	Department of Chemical Engineering	yzhao01@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
Nolan Anderson (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Mukherjee Lab	nolananderson@umail.ucsb.edu
Bekah Anderson	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	bekahanderson@umail.ucsb.edu
Daniel Arnold (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Takatori Lab Pronounced: dan-YUHL	danielarnold@umail.ucsb.edu
Chithra Asokan	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	casokan@umail.ucsb.edu
Samantha Ausman	Graduate Student, Scott and Han Lab	sausman@umail.ucsb.edu
Michelle Baldini (She/They)	Graduate Student, Mukherjee Lab Pronounced: Meh-shell	mbaldini@umail.ucsb.edu
Tsatsral Battsengel	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	tsatsral@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
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
Jennifer Brown	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	jenniferbrown@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael Burroughs	Graduate Student, Helgeson and Leal Labs	mcburroughs@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
Alex Chialastri	Graduate Student, Dey Lab	alexchialastri@umail.ucsb.edu
Kyu Hwan Choi (He/him/his)	Graduate Student, Takatori Lab Pronounced:Kyoo Hahn	kyuhwan@umail.ucsb.edu
Cheng-Hsun Chuang	Graduate Student, Scott and Han Lab	cchuang@umail.ucsb.edu
Anukta Datta (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab Pronounced: Aa-nook-ta	anukta@umail.ucsb.edu
George Degen	Graduate Student, Israelachvili and Shea Labs	gdegen@umail.ucsb.edu
Audra Destefano (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Han and Segalman Labs	adestefano@umail.ucsb.edu
Jerrick Edmund	Graduate Student, Segalman and Hawker Lab	jedmund@umail.ucsb.edu
Chelsea Edwards	Graduate Student, Helgeson Lab	chelsea_edwards@umail.ucsb.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, Christopher Lab	jordanfinzel@umail.ucsb.edu
Julia Fisher	Graduate Student, Squires Labs	juliafisher@umail.ucsb.edu
Colby Fronk	Graduate Student, Squires Lab	colbyfronk@umail.ucsb.edu
Nicholas Gadinas	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	gadinas@umail.ucsb.edu
Hosu Gwak	Graduate Student, Chmelka and Han Lab	gwak@umail.ucsb.edu
Dakota Hanemann-Rawlings	Graduate Student, Segalman and Chabinyc Labs	dakota00@umail.ucsb.edu
Varun Hegde	Graduate Student, Doherty and Squires Labs	varunhegde@umail.ucsb.edu
Kellie Heom	Graduate Student, Dey and O’Malley Labs	kheom@umail.ucsb.edu
Tse-Chiang Huang	Graduate Student, Helgeson and Shell Lab	tse-chiang@umail.ucsb.edu
Anika Jalil	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	anikajalil@umail.ucsb.edu
Jun Hee Jang	Graduate Student, Abu-Omar Lab	jjang@umail.ucsb.edu
Sally Jiao (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Shell Lab Pronounced: SA-lee	sjiao@umail.ucsb.edu
Shirley Jin	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	jin18@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
Mizuki Kamata	Graduate Student	mkamata@ucsb.edu
Kimberlee Keithley (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab Pronounced: KEE-th-LEE	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, Rawlings Lab	pratyushkumar@umail.ucsb.edu
Steven Kuntz	Graduate Student, Rawlings Lab	skuntz@umail.ucsb.edu
Christopher Kuo-Leblanc	Graduate Student, Rawlings Lab	ckuo-leblanc@umail.ucsb.edu
Patrick Leggieri	Graduate Student, O’Malley Lab	leggieri@umail.ucsb.edu
Matt Lertola (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	mjlertola@umail.ucsb.edu
Ryan Ley	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	ryanley@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
Stephen Lillington (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, O’Malley and Shell Labs	stephenlillington@umail.ucsb.edu
Norleakvisoth Lim	Graduate Student, Gordon and Nakamura Labs	norleakvisoth@umail.ucsb.edu
Yin-Chen Lin	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	yin-chenlin@umail.ucsb.edu
Samuel Lobo	Graduate Student, Shell and Shea Labs	lobo@umail.ucsb.edu
Daniel Mamerow	Graduate Student, Soh Lab	dmamerow@umail.ucsb.edu
Justin Marlowe (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Christopher and Abu-Omar Lab	jmarlowe@umail.ucsb.edu
Toby Mazal	Graduate Student, Doherty Lab	tmazal@umail.ucsb.edu
Koty McAllister	Graduate Student, Rawlings Lab	rdmcallister@umail.ucsb.edu
Ethan McGarrigle (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab Pronounced: eeth-in	emcgarrigle@umail.ucsb.edu
Shawn Mengel (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Segalman Lab Pronounced: Shawn	mengel@umail.ucsb.edu
Kevin Modica	Graduate Student, Takatori Lab	kmodica@umail.ucsb.edu
Sachit Nagella	Graduate Student	sgnagella@umail.ucsb.edu
Phong Nguyen	Graduate Student, Chabinyc and Segalman Lab	php@umail.ucsb.edu
My Nguyen (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Fredrickson and Shell Labs Pronounced: MEE WIN	my@umail.ucsb.edu
Gordon Pace	Graduate Student, Segalman Lab	pace@umail.ucsb.edu
Neha Padwal	Graduate Student, Doherty Lab	nehapadwal@umail.ucsb.edu
Clarke Palmer	Graduate Student, McFarland Lab	clarke_palmer@umail.ucsb.edu
Anna Pischer (She/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab Pronounced:AN-na	annapischer@umail.ucsb.edu
Igor Podolsky	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab	igorpodolsky@umail.ucsb.edu
David Podorefsky	Graduate Student, Dey Lab	dpodorefsky@umail.ucsb.edu
Evan Pretti	Graduate Student, Shell Lab	pretti@umail.ucsb.edu
Timothy Quah	Graduate Student, Fredrickson Lab	timothy_quah@umail.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
Dennis Robinson Brown	Graduate Student, Shell Lab	d_robinsonbrown@umail.ucsb.edu
Muna Saber	Graduate Student, Van der Ven and Shell Labs	munasaber@umail.ucsb.edu
Sara Sandlass (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, Gordon Lab	ssandlass@umail.ucsb.edu
Elizabeth Schauer (she/her/hers)	Graduate Student, O'Malley Lab Pronounced: Elizabeth Shower	elizabethschauer@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael Schmithorst (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Chmelka Lab	mschmithorst@umail.ucsb.edu
Emily Schroeder	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	ekschroeder@umail.ucsb.edu
Parth Shah	Graduate Student, Squires Lab	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
Michael Spears	Graduate Student, Scott Lab	mspears@umail.ucsb.edu
Garrett Strong	Graduate Student, Scott Lab	strong@umail.ucsb.edu
Cassidy Tobin	Graduate Student, Read de Alaniz and Bates Labs	cassidytobin@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
Chieh Wang	Graduate Student, Dey Lab	chieh_wang@umail.ucsb.edu
Chatarin Wangsanuwat (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Dey Lab Pronounced: Chad	cwangsanuwat@umail.ucsb.edu
Thomas Webber (he/him/his)	Graduate Student, Han and Segalman Labs	thomaswebber@umail.ucsb.edu
Zachary Westman	Graduate Student, Christopher and Abu-Omar Lab	zwestman@umail.ucsb.edu
Rembert White (He/him/his)	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab Pronounced:REM-bert (or perhaps REM-burt)	rembertwhite@umail.ucsb.edu
Yaxin Xu	Graduate Student, Takatori Lab	yaxinxu@umail.ucsb.edu
Beihang Yu	Graduate Students, Segalman Lab	beihang@umail.ucsb.edu
Gregory Zakem	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab
Rosadriana Zelaya	Graduate Student, Christopher Lab	rzelaya@umail.ucsb.edu
David Zhao	Graduate Student, Fredrickson and Shell Lab	djzhao@umail.ucsb.edu

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