Debra Herrick, PhD

Debra Herrick is the Associate Director for Corporate & Public Affairs at UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency and Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center. She leads corporate partnerships, oversees editorial direction and communications, and supports initiatives that connect science and innovation with industry, real-world applications and broader public visibility. She brings more than a decade of experience at UCSB in research and strategic communications and holds a PhD in literature.