The UC Santa Barbara Materials Department has consistently been ranked the best materials graduate program in the U.S. for several years standing. Notable faculty distinctions and a successful, interdisciplinary research environment help make UCSB Materials the top program in the nation, and an innovation engine for materials science and engineering.

Notable faculty distinctions and a successful, interdisciplinary research environment help make UCSB Materials the top program in the nation, and an innovation engine for materials science and engineering. Our prestigious faculty have received the following honors and recognition.

Millennium Prize Winner
Shuji Nakamura

Members of the National Academy of Sciences
Arthur Gossard, John Hutchinson, Galen Stucky

Members of the National Academy of Engineering
John Bowers, Larry Coldren, Steve DenBaars, Glenn Fredrickson, Arthur Gossard, Peter Gumbsch, John Hutchinson, Robert McMeeking, Shuji Nakamura, Tresa Pollock, Chris Van de Walle

Members of the National Academy of Inventors
John Bowers, Michael Chabinyc, Larry Coldren, Steve DenBaars, Craig Hawker, James Speck, Galen Stucky

Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Anthony Cheetham, Glenn Fredrickson, Craig Hawker, John Hutchinson, Bert Meijer, Rachel Segalman, Galen Stucky, Fred Wudl

Fellow of the Royal Society of London
Anthony Cheetham, Craig Hawker

Alexander von Humboldt Senior Awardees
Carlos Levi, Robert McMeeking, Chris Van de Walle

Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Tresa Pollock, Peter Gumbsch

Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers, 2019
Chris Van de Walle