News & Events

Professor Butler is named Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel at UCSB

Award Date: August 03, 2015

Chancellor Henry Yang announced today that Professor Alison Butler has been named the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel at UCSB, responsible for academic personnel matters. Dr. Butler is internationally recognized for her research in bio-inorganic chemistry and is also the Vice Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. See below for the Chancellor's full announcement. Congratulations, Alison!

Professor Dan Little Wins Electrochemistry Award

Award Recipient: Dan Little

Award Date: September 09, 2015

Song-I Han awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize

Award Recipient: Song-I Han

Award Date: June 10, 2015

Javier Read de Alaniz Named 2015-16 Plous Award Winner

Award Recipient: Javier Read de Alaniz

Award Date: June 08, 2015

Professor Javier Read de Alaniz was named the 2015-16 Plous Award Winner, one of UCSB's highest honors

Student Researcher under Irene Chen Receives University's Highest Honor

Award Recipient: Daniel Chu

Award Date: June 04, 2015

Nate Kirchhofer and Dayton Horvath Tie for 2nd in the Annual Technology Management Program's New Venture Competition

Award Recipient: Nate Kirchhofer & Dayton Horvath

Award Date: May 22, 2015

Chemistry Professor Wins Royal Society of Chemistry Award

Award Recipient: Peter Ford

Award Date: May 07, 2015

Chemistry professor Peter Ford was awarded the 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Inorganic Mechanisms Award for his fundamental contributions to inorganic photochemistry, homogeneous catalysis, and the chemistry of nitric oxide.  Congratulations, Peter!  Read more at: http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2015/015401/ford-wins-royal-society-chemistry-award

Julia Ortony, former UCSB Chemistry PhD student, joins MIT as an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Award Date: May 05, 2015

Julia Ortony, alumna of the UCSB Chemistry PhD program (Han Group), has joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faculty as an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.