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Bo Hu, Ph.D. '04
The Circle of Innovation
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Holly Roose, Ph.D. '17
The Promise Keeper
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Erik Lucero Ph.D. '12
Dr. Lucero designed, built, and operates Google’s Quantum AI campus in Santa Barbara
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Nora Kassner MA`17, Ph.D.`23
UCSB alum wins prestigious award from the Organization of American Historians
Liz Decolvenaere, Ph.D. '16
Tailoring More Than Just Force Fields
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Liz Montaño, MA '03
Goals and Gratitude
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Tanya Das, Ph.D. '17
Engineering a Cleaner Future
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Christina Knapp Ph.D. '19
Quantum Leap
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Valerie Jenness, Ph.D. '91
Lifting Others Up
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Luca Foschini, Ph.D. '12
A Great Achievement
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Sarah Kriz Ph.D. '06
In Pursuit of Excellence
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Taylor Heisley-Cook MESM ‘19
David Mun MESM ‘19
The Hurd Co.
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Monica Orozco Ph.D. '99
Preserving Our Community's Cultural Heritage
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Ron A. Dolin Ph.D. '98
Less Particle, More Wave
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Nien-Tsu Shen MA '76
An Equation for Success
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Betty K. Koed '83, MA '91, PhD '99
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Dawn Wright Ph.D. '94
A Double Honor
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Toni Schmader Ph.D. '99
Beyond the Numbers
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Bob Lansdorp Ph.D. '15
Startup Success
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Nicholas Burger Ph.D. '08
A Great Mind
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James Robson BA’87, MA ‘92
Asia Major
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Katherine Emery MS '05, Ph.D. '13
For the Birds
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Leah Foltz Ph.D. '18
A Champion for Medical Research
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Jim McNamara MA '76 Ph.D. '85
From Santa Barbara to South Africa
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Justin Bengry Ph.D. '09
Establishing the World's First M.A. in Queer History
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Jacob Adams, MA '13, PhD '14
The Joy of Making Music
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Lorena Garcia Ph.D. '06
R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find Out What It Means
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Carly Thomsen Ph.D. ’14
For the Love of the Game
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Stephanie Couch, Ph.D. ‘12
The Mother of All Invention
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Sharon Tettegah Ph.D. '00
Planting SEEDS for a New Generation of Diverse Scholars
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Lou Balmer-Millar Ph.D. '93
Ideas into Iron