This article lists notable faculty (past and present) of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Nobel laureates

Current faculty Michel Devoret, Nobel Prize recipient, Physics, 2025 David Gross, Nobel Prize recipient, Physics, 2004 Alan Heeger, Nobel Prize recipient, Chemistry, 2000 Finn Kydland, Nobel Prize recipient, Economics, 2004 John M. Martinis, Nobel Prize recipient, Physics, 2025 Shuji Nakamura, Nobel Prize recipient, Physics, 2014

Former faculty Edward C. Prescott, Nobel Prize recipient, Economics, 2004 Walter Kohn, Nobel Prize recipient, Chemistry, 1998Clary, David C. (2024). Walter Kohn: From Kindertransport and Internment to DFT and the Nobel Prize, World Scientific Publishing. Herbert Kroemer, Nobel Prize recipient, Physics, 2000 John Robert Schrieffer, Nobel Prize recipient, Physics, 1972 Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize recipient, Physics, 2004

Pulitzer Prize Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize for History recipient, 2013 N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction recipient, 1969 Jeffrey C. Stewart, Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction recipient, 2019

Anthropology James F. Brooks, historian, Native Americans Napoleon Chagnon, pioneer of biologically based interpretation of human reproductive and aggressive behavior Brian Fagan Garrett Hardin, Professor of Human Ecology from 1963 until his (nominal) retirement in 1978; most known for his papers "The Tragedy of the Commons" and "Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor" Stuart Tyson Smith, best known for his reconstruction of the ancient Egyptian language for the films Stargate and The Mummy John Tooby, pioneer of evolutionary psychology

Art Ann Bermingham, art historian Henri Dorra, art historian Kip Fulbeck Gary Hugh Brown, Professor Emeritus of Art at UCSB (1966–2006)

Botany Katherine Esau

Chemical engineering Jacob Israelachvili

Chemistry and biochemistry Thomas C. Bruice, coined the term "bio-organic chemistry", member of National Academy of Science Craig Hawker Bernard Kirtman, professor Bruce H. Lipshutz, professor, made significant contributions to copper catalyzed organic reactions Ralph G. Pearson, Emeritus, coined the concepts of "hard" and "soft" for acids and bases Galen D. Stucky, early researcher in the field of materials chemistry Thomas Weimbs, professor, molecular biologist known for discoveries relating to polycystic kidney disease and ketogenic metabolic therapy

Chicano studies Luis Leal Horacio Roque Ramírez

Computer science Tao Yang William Yang Wang, Mellichamp Professor of Mind and Machine Intelligence

Counseling, clinical, and school psychology Shane R. Jimerson, 2003 co-recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from the American Psychological Association; noted for his work in school psychology and traumatic stress Tania Israel expert in LGBTQ intervention research and dialogue across political disagreement

East Asian languages and cultural studies John Nathan

Ecology, evolution, and marine biology Benjamin Halpern – marine biologist, ecologist, and 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences winner William W. Murdoch, population ecologist known for his research in population regulation and predator-prey relationships

Electrical and computer engineering Lawrence Rabiner Petar V. Kokotovic

English Hugh Kenner, literary critic Shirley Geok-lin Lim, poet and literary scholar Marvin Mudrick, literary scholar

Feminist studies Leila Rupp Jacqueline Bobo Tania Israel expert in LGBTQ intervention research and dialogue across political disagreement

Film and media studies Dick Hebdige

Geography Reginald Golledge, pioneer in behavioral geography Michael Frank Goodchild, most known for work on GIS, or computer mapping David Lopez-Carr Waldo R. Tobler, known for his first law of geography

Geology Tanya Atwater, instrumental in the development of the theory of plate tectonics Stanley Awramik Richard Virgil Fisher, volcanologist George R Tilton, pioneer in the measurement and application of isotopes to geology

Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic studies Laurence Rickels

Global and international studies Alison Brysk, Mellichamp Chair in Global Governance Mark Juergensmeyer Paul Orfalea, founder of the copy-chain Kinko's

History James F. Brooks, Professor of History and Anthropology, Native American history Alexander DeConde, professor emeritus of History, US diplomatic history Dimitrije Đorđević, late Professor of History, Modern Balkan History Mary O. Furner, Professor of History, 20th century US Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Professor of History, Russian and Soviet history C. Warren Hollister, late Professor of History, Medieval Europe Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, late Professor of Chinese history Wilbur Jacobs, late Professor of History, Native American and Frontier History Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, US Labor Albert Lindemann, professor emeritus of History, Modern European history Harold Marcuse, Associate Professor, Modern European history Joachim Remak, late Professor of History, Modern European History W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, History of Science David Rock, professor emeritus of History, Latin American history Jeffrey Burton Russell, professor emeritus of History, Medieval European history Paul Spickard, Professor of History, 20th-century US, world, and ethnic history Jeffrey C. Stewart an American Professor of Black Studies

Linguistics Mary Bucholtz Wallace Chafe Bernard Comrie Stefan Th. Gries Marianne Mithun Sandra A. Thompson

Materials Arthur Gossard Shuji Nakamura

Mathematics Michael G. Crandall, winner of the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research Glen Culler, early innovator in the development of the interactive computing and ARPAnet Yitang Zhang

Mechanical engineering Henry T. Yang, Chancellor

Media arts and technology Curtis Roads

Molecular and cellular biology Jamey Marth, molecular and cellular biologist, Director of the Center for Nanomedicine, professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Music Annie Mottram Craig Batten (1883–1964), singer, vocal instructor, and composer. Taught in the State Teachers' College, Santa Barbara (today, UCSB) during summer session, 1921; head of the Music Department, 1922. John Dearman, Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist, member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ), Director of Guitar Studies Alejandro Planchart, Emeritus, professor of musicology, expert on Guillaume Dufay

Philosophy C. Anthony Anderson Nathan Salmon

Physics David Awschalom, best known for his work in spintronics in semiconductors James Hartle, together with Stephen Hawking, proposed the Hartle-Hawking wavefunction of the universe, a specific solution to the Wheeler-deWitt equation meant to explain the initial conditions of the Big Bang cosmology James S. Langer Joseph Polchinski

Political science M. Kent Jennings, one of the founding fathers of political socialization research and theory. Benjamin Cohen, leading scholar in the field of international political economy Leah Stokes, political scientist specializing in environmental policy

Psychological and brain sciences Daphne Bugental, psychologist known for her research on parent-child relationships, infant and child maltreatment, and family violence Leda Cosmides, helped pioneer the field of evolutionary psychology Michael Gazzaniga, pioneer of cognitive neuroscience

Religious studies Walter Capps J. Gordon Melton Birger A. Pearson Ann Taves

Sociology Donald Cressey John Foran Ralph Larkin William I. Robinson France Winddance Twine Howard Winant

See also List of University of California, Santa Barbara alumni

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