Affiliated Faculty

• Professor
• Director, Materials Science & Engineering Initiative

• Physics Department

• dlederma@ucsc.edu
• dlederman@ucsc.edu

• Lab Web Site

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 212 ISB

1. Magnetic nanostructures and interfaces
2. Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials and interfaces
3. Topological insulators
4. Bioelectronics

• Associate Professor

• Electrical and Computer Engineering

• sabbasza@ucsc.edu

• RADIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY

• Engineering Building 2, 243A

Shiva Abbaszadeh’s research focuses on developing new instrumentation, computational approaches, and measurement techniques for radiation detection and biomedical imaging. Her overall goal Read more ...

• Assistant Professor

• Physics Department

• aalexan6@ucsc.edu

• Personal webpage

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 245

Aris is a condensed matter theorist who is fascinated by unlikely connections between abstract algebraic topology and photovoltaic technology.

• Associate Professor

• Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

• aayzner@ucsc.edu

• Ayzner Group

• Physical Sciences Building, 146

Physical chemistry of organic semiconductors; energy and electron transfer dynamics; conjugated polymer physics; supramolecular assembly; charge transport in organic thin films Read more ...

• Professor

• Physics Department

• daveph@ucsc.edu

• Web Page

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 245 ISB

• Distinguished Professor

• Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

• ilan@ucsc.edu

• Publications

• Physical Sciences Building, 338

Theoretical chemistry, molecular dynamics of chemical reactions in liquids and at interfaces Read more ...

• Research Professor

• Physics Department

• bridges@ucsc.edu
• bridges@physics.ucsc.edu

• Website

• Nat Sci 2 Main Building, 217 & 213

• Professor

• Graduate Studies Division
• Physics Department

• sacarter@ucsc.edu

• Web Page

• Nat Sci 2 Main Building, 349 Nat Sci II

Renewable Energy, Sustainable Systems, Optoelectronics

• Professor

• Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

• shaowei@ucsc.edu

• Chen Research Group

• Physical Sciences Building, Physical Sciences Bldg 148

Synthesis, characterization, and manipulation of novel functional nanomaterials (metals and semiconductors); their long-range ordered assemblies and related nanoscale electron transfer; Read more ...

• Professor

• Physics Department

• josh@ucsc.edu

• Web Page

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 219 ISB

• Adjunct Professor

• Physics Department

• pjfische@ucsc.edu
• pjfischer@lbl.gov

• Peter Fischer

• Remote work location, 256 ISB

My scientific expertise is in characterizing magnetic materials with polarized x-rays. I am primarily using x-ray spectromicroscopies, which allow me in a unique way to image with almost nanometer Read more ...

• Adjunct Professor

• Physics Department

• hohldag@ucsc.edu
• hohldag@stanford.edu

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 256 ISB

• Professor

• Electrical and Computer Engineering

• nkobayas@ucsc.edu
• nobby@soe.ucsc.edu

• Nanostructured Energy Conversion Technology and Research (NECTAR)
• Baskin School of Engineering

• UC Santa Cruz Westside Research Park, A156

• Professor

• Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

• yatli@ucsc.edu

• Li Lab

• Physical Sciences Building, 160

Nanomaterials synthesis; 3D printing; Electro- and photoelectrochemical catalysis; Supercapacitors and batteries; Microbial fuel cells

• Professor

• Physics Department

• onarayan@ucsc.edu

• Web Page

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 241 ISB

• Professor

• Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

• soliver@ucsc.edu

• Oliver Research Group

• Physical Sciences Building, 258

Cationic inorganic materials for environmental cleanup; biomaterials; powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction

• Associate Adjunct Professor

• Electrical and Computer Engineering

• moye@ucsc.edu

• Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering; San Jose State University
• Jack Baskin School of Engineering

• Jack Baskin Engineering Building, N/A

• Adjunct Associate Professor

• Physics Department

• yuanping@ucsc.edu

• group website
• CV

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, NA

Theoretical chemistry, materials chemistry, electronic structure, optical excitations, spin dynamics,  two-dimensional materials, electronic transport and catalytic properties of Read more ...

• Professor

• Physics Department

• apr@ucsc.edu

• Research Group Website

• UC Santa Cruz Westside Research Park, A158

• Professor

• Electrical and Computer Engineering

• mrolandi@ucsc.edu

• Rolandi Group
• Google Scolar
• LinkedIn

• Jack Baskin Engineering Building, N/A

• Dr.

• Physics Department

• sroy11@ucsc.edu

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 256

• Distinguished Professor, Narinder Kapany Chair of Optoelectronics
• Narinder Kapany Chair of Optoelectronics

• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Baskin School of Engineering

• hschmidt@ucsc.edu
• hschmidt@soe.ucsc.edu

• Applied Optics group website
• W.M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics

• Jack Baskin Engineering Building, 245

Optofluidics, integrated biophotonics, single molecule analysis on a chip; nanoscale devices Read more ...

• Assistant Professor

• Biomolecular Engineering

• tsharf@ucsc.edu

• Sharf lab

• UC Santa Cruz Westside Research Park, Genomics Institute

Applied Physics

Neuroscience

Bioengineering

Neuro-electronics

Neurophysiology

• Distinguished Professor of Physics

• Physics Department

• sriram@ucsc.edu
• sriram@physics.ucsc.edu

• Web Page

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 214 ISB

• Assistant Professor

• Physics Department

• syzranov@ucsc.edu

• Website

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 218 ISB

• Assistant Professor

• Earth & Planetary Sciences Department

• mtelus@ucsc.edu

• UCSC Planetary webpage
• Dr. Telus personal webpage

• Earth & Marine Sciences, A232

• Associate Professor

• Physics Department

• jvelasc5@ucsc.edu

• Group website

• Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 249 ISB

• Assistant Professor

• Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

• xwang431@ucsc.edu

• The Wang Group Website

• Physical Sciences Building, PSB 350

Quantum Chemistry, Computational Materials Chemistry, Electronic Structure Theory

• Distinguished Professor

• Earth & Planetary Sciences Department

• qwilliam@ucsc.edu

• Website

• Earth & Marine Sciences, A212

Mineral Physics, Experimental Geochemistry

• Assistant Professor

• Physics Department

• aiyan@ucsc.edu

• Group website

• UC Santa Cruz Westside Research Park, A170

• Associate Professor

• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Crown College

• yanik@ucsc.edu

• Group
• Google Scholar
• LinkedIn
• SPIE

• Jack Baskin Engineering Building, E-mail (yanik@ucsc.edu)

• Distinguished Professor

• Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

• zhang@ucsc.edu

• Zhang Research Group
• Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
• ACS Physical Chemistry Au

• Physical Sciences Building, 152

Design, synthesis, characterization, and application of nanomaterials, including semiconductor and metal nanoparticles; femtosecond laser spectroscopy; ultrafast dynamics of nanomaterials; cancer Read more ...