University of California, Santa Barbara
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

Agrawal, Divyakant: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Alagona, Peter: History Almeroth, Kevin: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Anderson, Sarah: Bren School Applebaum, Richard: Global Studies Armbruster-Sandoval, Ralph: Chicano Studies Aswani, Shankar: Anthropology Bamieh, Bassam: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Banerjee, Kaustav: Electrical and Computer Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Banks, Ingrid: Black Studies Bazan, Guillermo: Chemistry Bazerman, Charles: Education / Carsey-Wolf Center Belding, Elizabeth: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Bergstrom, Ted: Economics / Institute for Energy Efficiency Bhavnani, Kum Kum: Sociology Bloom, Peter: Film and Media Studies / Carsey-Wolf Center Blumenthal, Daniel: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Boles, Jim: Earth Science Bookhagen, Bodo: Geography Bowers, John: Engineering Brewer, Forrest: Electrical and Computer Engineering Brzezinski, Mark: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Buratto, Steven: Chemistry and Biochemistry / Institute for Energy Efficiency Burbank, Doug: Earth Science Busby, Cathy: Earth Science Cardinale, Bradley: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Carlson, Craig: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Carlson, Jean: Physics Carvalho, Leila Assistant: Geography Chabinyc, Michael: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Chadwick, Oliver: Geography Cheng, Tim: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Childress, James, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Chmelka, Bradley: Engineering/ Institute for Energy Efficiency Chong, Fred: Engineering Church, Richard: Geography/ Institute for Energy Efficiency Clark, Jordan: Earth Science/ Environmental Studies Clarke, David R.: Materials Clarke, Keith: Geography Clemencon, Raymond: Global Studies Cleveland, David: Environmental Studies Coldren, Larry: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Cook, Elizabeth: English Cooper, James: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Cooper, Scott: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Costello, Christopher: Bren School Cottle, John: Earth Science Couclelis, Helen: Geography D'Antonio, Carla: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology Davis, Frank: Bren School Deacon, Robert: Economics Den Baars, Steven: Materials / Institute for Energy Efficiency Deschênes, Olivier: Economics Dickey, Tommy: Geography Dozier, Jeff: Bren School Dudley, Tom: Marine Sciences Institute Dunne, Thomas: Bren School Eakin, Hallie: School of Sustainability (ASU) Adjunct Assistant Professor El Abbadi, Amr: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Everett, Anna: Film and Media Studies / Carsey-Wolf Center Finkelstein, Ruth: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Ford, Anabel: Anthropology Ford, Peter: Chemistry Fredrickson, Glenn: Chemical Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Frew, James: Bren School Fygenson, Deborah: Physics Gaines, Steve: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology / Bren Gautier, Catherine: Geography Geyer, Roland: Bren School Ghosh, Bishnupriya: English / Carsey-Wolf Center Gibou, Frederic: Mechanical Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Gilbert, John: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Glasgow, Garrett, Political Science Goodchild, Michael: Geography Gossand, Arthur: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Goulias, Kostas: Geography Graves, Greg: Environmental Studies / History/ Carsey-Wolf Center Gurven, Michael: Anthropology Hacker, Bradley: Earth Science Hardwood, Kenneth: Communication / Carsey-Wolf Center Harthorn, Barbara: Feminist Studies Hawker, Craig: Chemistry & Biochemistry/ Institute for Energy Efficiency Hayton, Trveor: Chemistry Heeger, Alan: Physics Hesphanam Joao: Electric and Computer Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Hiltner, Ken: English Hofmann, Gtretchen: Marine Sciences Institute Holbrook, Sally: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Holden, Patricia: Bren School Homsey, George: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Hutton, Richard: Film and Media Studies / Carsey-Wolf Center Israelachvili, Jacob: Chemical Engineering Jevbratt, Lisa: Art / Carsey-Wolf Center Kaska, William: Chemistry Keller, Arturo: Bren School Keller, Edward: Earth Science Kendall, Bruce: Bren School Khammash, Mustafa: Chemical Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency King, Jennifer: Geography Kolstad, Charles: Economics / Bren Kramer, Edward J.: Materials/Chemical Engineering Krintz, Chandra: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Kyriakidis, Phaedon: Geography Langer, James: Physics Lea, David: Earth Science Leal, Gary: Chemical Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Legrady, George:Media Arts and Technology / Carsey-Wolf Center LeMenager, Stephanie: English Lenihan, Hunter: Bren School Levi, Carlos: Materials and Mechanical Engineering Levine, Jonathan: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Lipshutz, Bruce: Chemistry Lisiecki, Lorraine: Earth Science Loaiciga, Hugo: Geography Lopez-Carr, David: Geography Love, Milton: Marine Sciences Institute Luyendyk, Bruce: Earth Research Institute Macdonald, Noel: Engineering MacIntyre, Sally: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Madhow, Upamanyu: Electrical and Computer Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Manalis, Melvyn: Environmental Studies Marek-Sadowska, Malgorzata: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Matthys, Eric: Engineering Mazer, Susan: EEMB McCray, Patrick: History / Carsey-Wolf Center McFadden, Joe: Geography McFarland, Eric: Engineering McLean, Stephen: Engineering McMeeking, Robert: Engineering Meiburg, Eckart: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Melack, John: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology / Bren Metha, Aashish: Global & International Studies Metiu, Horia: Chemistry / Institute for Energy Efficiency Mezic, Igor: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Michaelsen, Joel: Geography Mishra, Umesh: Electrical and Computing Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Moehlis, Jeffrey: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Mohr, Greg: Environmental Studies Moosebrugger, Lorelei: Political Science Morse, Daniel: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology / Institute of Energy Efficiency Murdoch, William: EEMB Nakamura, Shuji: Materials / Institute for Energy Efficiency Nguyen, Thuc-Quyen: Chemistry Nisbet, Roger: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Novak, Marcos: Art / Carsey-Wolf Center Odette, George: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Olivia, Paulina: Economics Orias, Eduardo: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Osborne, Michael: History/ Carsey-Wolf Center Paden, Brad: Engineering/ Institute for Energy Efficiency Parks, Lisa: Film and Media Studies/ Carsey-Wolf Center Peljhan, Marko: Art / Carsey-Wolf Center Penley, Constance: English / Carsey-Wolf Center Pennathur, Sumita: Engineering/ Institute for Energy Efficiency Perona, John: Chemistry & Biochemistry Petroff, Pierre: Institute for Energy Efficiency Petzoid, Linda: Computer Science and Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Pollock, Tresa: Materials Prezelin, Barbara: Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Pulver, Simone: Environmental Studies Pye, Lori: Environmental Studies Ramus, Catherine: Bren School Rice, Ronald: Communication/ Statistics Roberts, Dar: Geography Rodoplu, Volkan: Electrical and Computer Engineering/ Institute for Energy Efficiency Rodwell, Mark: Electrical and Computer Engineering/ Institute for Energy Efficiency Schimel, Josh: Environmental Studies / Ecology Evolution & Marine Biology Schmitt, Russell: Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology Scott, Susannah L.: Chemical Engineering; Chemistry and Biochemistry Seibold, Dave: Communication/ Carsey-Wolf Center Seshadri, Ram: Chemistry & Biochemistry / Institute for Energy Efficiency Sherwood, Timothy: Institute for Energy Efficiency Shewry, Teresa: English/ Carsey-Wolf Center Siegel, David: Geography /Carsey-Wolf Center Siegel, Greg: Film and Media Studies / Carsey-Wolf Center Simms, Alex: Earth Science Smith, Eric: Political Science / Carsey-Wolf Institute Smith, Ray: Earth Research Institute Speck, James: Materials / Institute for Energy Efficiency Spera, Frank: Earth Science Steigerwald, Douglas: Economics Stewart, Jeffery: Black Studies/ Carsey-Wolf Center Still, Chris: Geography / Earth Research Institute Stohl, Michael: Communication / Statistics/ Carsey-Wolf Institute Stonich, Susan: Anthropology Stucky, Galen: Chemistry / Biochemistry Suh, Sangwon: Bren School Suri, Subhash: Computer Science / Institute for Energy Efficiency Sweeney, Stuart: Geography Sweet, Samuel: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology Tague, Christina: Bren School Theofanous, Theofanis: Engineering Theogarajan, Luke: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Valentine, David: Earth Science Van De Walle, Chris: Materials / Institute for Energy Efficiency VanDerwarker, Amber: Anthropology Wack, Paul: Environmental Studies Walker, Janet: Film and Media Studies / Carsey-Wolf Center Walsh Casey: Anthropology Warner, Robert: Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology Washburn, Libe: Geography Watts, Richard: Chemistry Weisbuch, Claude: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Weldeab, Syee: Earth Science Welter, Volker: History of Art & Architecture Wilkinson, Robert: Environmental Studies / Bren School Wolfski, Richard: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Wudl, Frank: Chemistry / Institute for Energy Efficiency Wudl, Fred: Chemistry Yang, Henry: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Yasuda, Kim: Art Young, Oran: Bren / Carsey-Wolf Center Yue, Patrick: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Yuen, Walter:Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Zheng, Haito: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency Zok, Francis: Engineering / Institute for Energy Efficiency

UCSB Faculty and Sustainability Alan Jay Heeger is an American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry who began his present appointment as a professor in the UCSB Physics Department and the Materials Department in 1982. He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 (along with Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa) for his pioneering research in and the co-founding of the field of semiconducting and metallic polymers. Among the uses of these polymers are flexible “plastic” transistors and electrodes, plastic batteries, electromagnetic interference shielding, static elimination, corrosion inhibition, and electroluminescent-polymer displays. Nature often serves as a source of inspiration for the development of new technologies. In the field of medical diagnostics, for example, scientists have long taken advantage of the high affinity and specificity of biomolecules such as antibodies and DNA to detect molecular markers in the blood. Kevin W. Plaxo is a Professor of Chemistry at UCSB whose research into biomimicry has led to strategies to improve the performance of DNA detectors, and whose findings may aid efforts to build better medical diagnostics such as improved HIV or cancer tests. David Valentine, a geochemist and Professor of Earth Science at UCSB, specializes in studying the interactions among microbes and those between microbes and the Earth system, and he was a member of the team of scientists which independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The team utilized unique surface and subsurface chemical measurements and analysis to obtain their results: "Not only does this chemical approach yield an independent estimate of flow rate for the ruptured well, but it also helps to define the pathways traveled by the oil and gas after release to the ocean. These results represent another step in our quest to understand what went where, and what happened to it all." Dr. Steven P. DenBaars is a Professor of Materials and Co-Director of the Solid-State Lighting and Energy Center at UCSB. His specific research interests include growth of wide-bandgap semiconductors (GaN based) and their application to Blue LEDs, lasers, and high power electronic devices. This research has led to the first U.S. university demonstration of a Blue GaN laser diode. Amongst his other prestigious awards, DenBaars was the recipient of the NSF Young Investigator award in 1994 and the IEEE Fellow award in 2005. Kum-Kum Bhavnani is a Professor of Sociology at UCSB whose research interests include development, feminist, and cultural studies. Her first film, The Shape of Water, is a feature documentary that tells the stories of poor but determined women confronting the destructive development in their countries and offers a new angle on globalization, human rights, and social justice. Her film Nothing like Chocolate tells the moving story of an anarchist chocolatier whose tiny and unorthodox chocolate company challenges the global model of large-scale chocolate production and its exploitation of child labor. Stephanie LeMenager is an Associate Professor in the English Department at UCSB, where she has taught since 2000 after receiving her PhD from Harvard in 1999. Her central interests include 19th and 20th century U.S. literature and cultures, literatures of the North American West, environmental theories and representations, and rhetorics of slavery and freedom. She is the author of several articles and the book Manifest and Other Destinies: Territorial Fictions of the Nineteenth Century United States which won the 2005 Thomas J. Lyon Award for Best Book in Western American Literary Studies. Professor LeMenager is currently at work on her second book project, This Is Not a Tree: Cultures of US Environmentalism in the Twilight of Oil.