Left to right, top row: Maria Charles, Robert Odette, Yuan Xie.
Middle row: Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Elizabeth Belding, Cheryl Briggs.
Bottom row: David Valentine, Alan Murray, Hugo Loaiciga.
Photo credit: UC Santa Barbara
Nine UC Santa Barbara researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2019.
“It is with great pride and joy that we congratulate our nine faculty colleagues on their election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science,” said UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang. “This is a strong testament to their leadership and accomplishments, as recognized by their peers, in advancing scientific research in the interest of humanity. It also is a reflection of the breakthrough research being conducted within their fields as well as across the disciplines at UC Santa Barbara.”
The following UC Santa Barbara faculty members join 443 of their peers across the country as newly elected AAAS Fellows:
Elizabeth Belding — “For distinguished contributions to the field of networking, particularly network architectures, protocols, and measurement of mobile networks.”
Elizabeth Belding is a professor in the Department of Computer Science.
Cheryl Briggs — “For distinguished contributions to the field of disease ecology, particularly the effects of host-pathogen interactions on animal population dynamics.”
Briggs joined the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology faculty in 2007.
Maria Charles — “For distinguished contributions to the scientific study of gender differences and gender role segregation in work and occupations worldwide, including in STEM fields.”
Charles is a professor in the Department of Sociology.
Hugo Loaiciga — “For eminent contributions to the understanding of the effects of climate processes on the safe yield of aquifers and sustainable groundwater management.”
Loaiciga served as the water commissioner for the city of Santa Barbara before joining the university’s Department of Geography in 1988.
Alan Murray — “For many important contributions to location modeling, spatial optimization and decision support, and for teaching and service to the academy and professional societies.”
Murray joined UC Santa Barbara as a professor in the Department of Geography in 2016.
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen — “For distinguish contributions to the field of organic electronics, particularly for structure-function-property relationships and device physics of organic solar cells.”
Nguyen joined the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in 2004.
G. Robert Odette — “For outstanding contributions to understanding and predicting the microstructural evolution and mechanical property changes of structural materials in challenging nuclear, chemical, and thermal environments.”
Odette is a professor emeritus in UC Santa Barbara’s materials department.
David Valentine — “For outstanding contributions to understanding the interplay of microbes and hydrocarbons in the ocean, and for relaying that understanding to diverse audiences.”
Valentine, of the Department of Earth Sciences, studies biogeochemistry, a field at the interface between the biotic and abiotic worlds.
Yuan Xie — “For distinguished contributions to the field of computer architecture and electronic design automation, particularly three-dimensional integrated circuits and memory architectures.”
Xie researches computer architecture, electronics design automation and embedded systems design in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.