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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to Brooke Gardner, Gen Li and Grace Wu, three of UCSB’s six 2026 NSF CAREER award recipients! Meet all six: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022797/... Portraits: Courtesy images via The Current #NSFCAREER

A promotional graphic from UC Santa Barbara Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences for the 2026 NSF CAREER awards. The text reads: "Three UCSB Science faculty honored." Below are portrait photos of the three recipients with their departments: Brooke Gardner (MCDB), Gen Li (Earth Science), and Grace Wu (Environmental Studies). The bottom text reads: "Read about all six UCSB recipients In The Current. Portraits: Courtesy images via The Current."

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have an idea connecting Indigenous studies and environmental action? Apply to UCSB’s ELI program. Admitted students can apply for up to $1,000 in Lincoln Fund project support. Apply: forms.gle/tVKHP6rGQHGQ... Photo: Courtesy of Emily Hernandez

UC Santa Barbara Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences flyer featuring a photo of two smiling students sitting outdoors on a wooden planter box. Text reads: "Indigenous studies. Environmental action. Your next project. Project grants of up to $1,000. For eligible ELI students. Apply to ELI first. Photo: Courtesy of Emily Hernandez."

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How does turn-by-turn navigation affect how we learn our surroundings? UCSB psychologist Mary Hegarty explains cognitive mapping, spatial memory and the limits of what researchers can conclude about GPS use. Reporting by @shaylalove.bsky.social.

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A childhood dream of capturing sunlight became a career in organic electronics. Meet Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social's next Faculty Research Lecturer, whose research and mentorship are shaping new materials and scientists. science.ucsb.edu/news/pursuit...

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen smiles while holding a large flexible sheet of organic solar-cell material.

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

UCSB research is in the national spotlight. Good Morning America featured Dr. Emily Jacobs and the Longitudinal Menopause Project, studying how the brain changes across menopause. Watch: www.goodmorningamerica.com/video/134237... @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

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How to know if brain fog is menopause-related

ABC News’ Dr. Tara Narula shares how to know whether brain fog is menopause-related or memory loss.

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Congratulations to physics professor David Weld on being named a 2026 National Brown Investigator. A major honor for curiosity-driven quantum science at UCSB, with up to $2M over five years to support new work with ultracold atoms and quantum optical systems. #QuantumScience

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

National recognition continues for Laura Simone Lewis. The @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social assistant professor has earned the @ampsychfdn.bsky.social Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award for Young Psychologists. Congratulations, Laura! #UCSBScienceOfMind psych.ucsb.edu/news-events/...

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What can chimpanzees and bonobos teach us about memory, friendship, and the evolution of human social cognition? UCSB assistant professor Laura Simone Lewis joins APA’s Speaking of Psychology to discuss the social minds of great apes. www.apa.org/news/podcast...

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

At @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social, climate policy meets regional action. California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot joined students, researchers and local partners for conversations on wildfire resilience and community preparedness. Read the full story: science.ucsb.edu/news/uc-sant...

A large audience is seated in rows in a lecture hall, listening to Wade Crowfoot present on stage next to a large projector screen.

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Congrats to Karen Szumlinski on the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award from @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social 🏆 From neuro research to K-6 outreach as "The Brain Lady," she's a force for science. 🧠 Full award announcement: tinyurl.com/Szumlinski-A... #Neuroscience #UCSB

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

BREAKING: Is "clean" beauty actually safe? 🚨 New @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social research shows >90% of analyzed "clean" hair products carry health hazards, exposing an "environmental injustice of beauty" for women of color. Data in The Current: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022517/...

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Huge news! @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social ecologists Deron Burkepile and Yong Zhou have been named 2026 @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Fellows. Congratulations to both on this incredible recognition! Read more: news.ucsb.edu/in-focus/ucs...

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UCSB professors honored by Ecological Society of America

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Congratulations to UCSB Physics researcher Skyler Palatnick, newly named a 2026 51 Pegasi b Fellow! 🔭✨ Supported by @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social, he is developing metasurface optics to block starlight and reveal hidden exoplanets. Read more: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022493/... #51PegasibFellows

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The first step to modern AI? #Statistics. Huge congratulations to @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Statistics Pioneer Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka, who has just been awarded the prestigious IISA Lifetime Achievement Award! Read more about his 50-year career: science.ucsb.edu/news/statist...

Distinguished Professor Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka looking forward with a gentle smile, wearing a maroon and white striped shirt.

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"It's not all doom and gloom. I'm actually cautiously optimistic." 💧 For #EarthMonth, listen to @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Prof. Debra Perrone on @npr.org’s Short Wave podcast discussing the global groundwater crisis and how we can solve it. Listen (jump to 6:11): www.npr.org/2026/03/24/n...

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The world has a groundwater problem. Can we solve it? : Short Wave

Groundwater is responsible for about half of the water people use globally. It’s drying up. Hayes Kelman started noticing the family farm in western Kansas was slowly getting less water around the tim...

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A proud day for #UCSBScience. Congratulations to our four newest AAAS Fellows!

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Congrats to 4 @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social researchers named 2025 @aaas.org Fellows! 🔬 • Shelly Gable (Psychology) • Javier Read de Alaniz (Chemistry) • David Morrison (Math/Physics) • Kelly Caylor (Geography/Bren) See our legacy of Fellows since 1982: science.ucsb.edu/aaas-fellows 📸 Perko & Liang

A collage of four UC Santa Barbara professors smiling: Shelly Gable, David Morrison, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Kelly Caylor.

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A proud day for the UCSB Sciences. Congratulations to our four newest AAAS Fellows!

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

A huge congratulations again to Prof. Weber from all of us across the UCSB Sciences! We are incredibly proud to see his pioneering work recognized with this well-deserved honor. 👏🧠

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social ranked 14th in North America at the 86th Putnam Math Competition! Congrats to top scorers Xiaohan Zhang, Victor Bernal Ramirez, and David Qiao! 👏 Full story: science.ucsb.edu/news/mathema...

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

UCSB Science researchers developed a liquid battery that captures sunlight and releases it as heat on demand. Published yesterday in @science.org, the new material boasts an energy density roughly double that of a standard lithium-ion battery. science.ucsb.edu/news/bottlin...

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"Breakthroughs don’t happen in silos; they happen at the boundaries." — Dean Shelly Gable Kicking off the 90th Birthday Symposium for Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger. Honoring the pioneer who cemented @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social's reputation as a global titan in materials research. 🧪

Shelly Gable stands at a podium labeled “UC Santa Barbara” in a lecture hall, presenting in front of a large projected slide that reads “Celebrating Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger’s 90th Birthday,” with a graphic background showing an aerial view of the UC Santa Barbara campus and coastline.

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New year, new discoveries. We are proud to welcome our newest faculty to the Division of Mathematical, Life, & Physical Sciences at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. 🧵 Meet the researchers joining us this year:

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UCSB Science | UC Santa Barbara @ucsbscience.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hello, Bluesky! 🦋 We are the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences at UC Santa Barbara. Follow along to see how we're changing the world from the edge of the Pacific. 🌊 🔭

Scenic view of the rocky coastline at UC Santa Barbara during golden hour with blue ocean waves crashing. Text overlay reads: Welcome to @UCSBSCIENCE.

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