Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.27
Liaison Katie Maynard
Submission Date May 9, 2012
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University of California, Santa Barbara
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.79 / 10.00 Katie Maynard
Sustainability Coordinator
Geography & Sustainability
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The number of faculty members engaged in sustainability research:
217

The total number of faculty members engaged in research:
1,114

Names and department affiliations of 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


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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.


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