University of California, San Diego
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

We are finalizing our 2018 UC San Diego Sustainability Research Inventory by March 30, 2018.

Data were collated by staff and student interns at the UC San Diego Sustainability Programs Office (SPO) via UC San Diego research websites and annual Sponsored Research reports. The inventory was then reviewed by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. An email was sent to all faculty with a link to the inventory for their review so they could send edits and additions to the SPO. The SPO maintains the inventory in real time, updating as new information comes in.

http://research.ucsd.edu/ As a key part of the Strategic Plan developed by faculty, administrators, postdoctoral scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, staff, alumni and other members of the UC San Diego community, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and Vice Chancellor for Research Sandra A. Brown are committed to significant investments in scholarship and science that will keep the university at the forefront of socially beneficial research. UC San Diego’s research enterprise is focused on four strategic avenues of inquiry: understanding and protecting the planet; enriching human life and society; exploring the basis of human knowledge, learning, and creativity; and understanding cultures and addressing disparities in society. (See http://plan.ucsd.edu/report/goal-3.) Examples of sustainability research include but are not limited to: - Climate science: - Sustainable Power and Energy Center - Sustainable Science Design Laboratory. http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/frontiers_of_innovation_program_seeds_seven_multidisciplinary_projects?utm_campaign=thisweek&utm_medium=web&utm_source=tw--web A sampling of UC San Diego departments and faculty engaged in sustainability research include: Arts and Humanities http://literature.ucsd.edu/affiliated-programs/tws/index.html http://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/hunefeldt-christine.html Biological Sciences http://biology.ucsd.edu/biosections/ebe/research-topics/global-env-change.html http://biology.ucsd.edu/biosections/ebe/index.html http://labs.biology.ucsd.edu/schroeder/index.html California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) http://www.calit2.net/research/academic_partners_energy.php http://cisa3.calit2.net/ Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution http://biology.ucsd.edu/bioresearch/fac-sections.html#ebe-tab Environmental Engineering http://maeresearch.ucsd.edu/kleissl/ Environmental Systems http://physicalsciences.ucsd.edu/programs/esys/contact.html http://physicalsciences.ucsd.edu/programs/esys/ Ethnic Studies http://www.ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu/faculty/index.html Jacobs School of Engineering http://maeweb.ucsd.edu/enviroeng Sample of Organized Research Units http://ff21.ucsd.edu/ https://iem.ucsd.edu/ http://www.calit2.net/ http://biocircuits.ucsd.edu/ http://www-ferp.ucsd.edu/ http://globaljustice.ucsd.edu/ Physical Sciences http://www-chem.ucsd.edu/faculty/profiles/prather_kimberly_a.html http://www-chem.ucsd.edu/faculty/profiles/pomeroy_robert_s.html http://physics.ucsd.edu/research/plasma/index.php Rady School of Management http://rady.ucsd.edu/news/newsletter/2012/fall/us-israel/ San Diego Supercomputer Center http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/07-08GreenLightProj.asp School of International Relations/Pacific Studies http://igcc.ucsd.edu/research/environment-and-health/ http://empac.ucsd.edu/about/index.html http://usmex4.ucsd.edu/research/public-goods-survey/ School of Medicine http://gph.ucsd.edu/research/active-projects/Pages/default.aspx http://globalhealth.ucsd.edu/Pages/default.aspx http://pathology.ucsd.edu/immunology_and_infectious_disease.htm http://famprevmed.ucsd.edu/research.html Scripps Institution of Oceanography http://sio.ucsd.edu/ https://scripps.ucsd.edu/research/ https://scripps.ucsd.edu/undergrad Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences http://drugdiscovery.ucsd.edu/technology/Pages/marine-natural-products.aspx#research http://gerwick.ucsd.edu/research.html Social Sciences http://usp.ucsd.edu/about/index.html http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/faculty-staff/profiles/parish.shtml http://econ.ucsd.edu/CEE/ http://globaljustice.ucsd.edu/working-groups/ Urban Studies and Planning http://usp.ucsd.edu/faculty/index.html UC San Diego boasts over 3,357 faculty who are involved in research. Of our faculty, over 1,700, are lead principal investigators with active funded grant awards that combined is more than $1 billion.