Faculty
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Associate Professor, ECE
Ahmadi joined UCSB as an Associate Professor in 2025. Prior to that, she was an Associate Professor at UCLA (2023-2025), and an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan (2018-2023). She has received several awards, including the Young Investigator Award in 2020 from both the Office of Naval Research and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. In 2021, she received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and DARPA Young Faculty… Read More
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Graduate Student Researcher
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Visiting Researcher
Engineering II, Room 3510
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Graduate Student Researcher, Materials
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Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Daniel Blumenthal is a Distinguished Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at UCSB, Director of the Terabit Optical Ethernet Center (TOEC) and heads the Optical Communications and Photonics Integration (OCPI). His research is in silicon nitride photonics and optical packet switching.
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor John Bowers is a world-leading researcher in the areas of silicon photonics, optoelectronics, energy efficiency and the development of novel low power optoelectronic devices for the next generation of optical networks. His research interests include silicon photonics and integrated circuits, fiber optic networks, thermoelectrics, high efficiency solar cells, and optical switching. Optical switches have the potential to reduce the… Read More
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Development Engineer
Development Engineer with over 30 years experience in Semiconductor Industry and Research (including experience in SEM, FIB, MBE, HVPE, and MOCVD). Responsible for lab equipment management, working with Facilities to design new laboratories and upgrade lab spaces, and working with UCSB Environmental Health and Safety and the County Fire Marshal to comply with all safety regulations for research facilities.
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Graduate Student Researcher, Materials
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Graduate Student Researcher, ECE
Engineering II, Room 3508
Roark works with Jon Schuller and Steve DenBaars
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Visiting Researcher, Materials
Engineering II, Room 3506
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Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), Stanford University
Srabanti Chowdhury is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering (EE) and a Senior Fellow of Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford. She leads the Widebandgap Lab at Stanford where her research focuses on the wideband gap (WBG) and ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) materials and device engineering for energy-efficient and compact system architecture for electronics including power RF and computation applications.
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Chemical Engineering Vice Chair and Professor
Phillip Christopher, Chemical Engineering Vice Chair and Professor; Rinker Founder's Chair and Mellichamp Cluster Chair in Sustainable Manufacturing, focuses his research on heterogeneous catalysis, photochemistry, Energy Efficiency & Sustainability.
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Professor Emeritus, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Materials
Professor of Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering Departments. His research focuses on components and fabrication techniques for III-V optoelectronic integrated circuits, including vertical-cavity lasers and widely tunable lasers.
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Co-Director, Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center
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Engineering II, Room 3514; Henley Hall, Room 3007
Co-Director, Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center; Director, Institute of Energy Efficiency; Professor of Materials and Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mitsubishi Chemical Chair in Solid State Lighting and Displays
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Undergraduate Intern
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Graduate Student Researcher
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Senior Licensing Officer, Office of Technology & Industry Alliances (TIA)
Pasquale Ferrari is a Senior Licensing Officer for the Office of Technology & Industry Alliances (“TIA”) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he manages the university's intellectual property portfolio in materials, electronics, and other physical sciences. As Sr. Licensing Officer, Mr. Ferrari is directly responsible for negotiating license agreements for UCSB's patents and copyrights. Mr. Ferrari joined UCSB in 2023.
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Graduate Student Researcher, Materials
Organizer of LED/Laser Meeting; UC Santa Barbara Volunteer for the Southern California Science Olympiad.