The foundation of the UC Santa Cruz Division of Physical & Biological Sciences is built by 180 distinguished faculty and more than 300 high-impact researchers. Here are just a few of our accolades and honors.
The foundation of the UC Santa Cruz Division of Physical & Biological Sciences is built by 180 distinguished faculty and more than 300 high-impact researchers. Here are just a few of our accolades and honors.
1
National Medal of Science
1
Nobel Laureate
1
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
12
National Academy of Sciences members
20
American Academy of Arts & Sciences members
2
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professors
1
Bower Award & Prize for Achievement in Science
1
MacArthur Foundation Fellow
8
Packard Foundation Fellows
Faculty & researcher award list
Robert Coe
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2008
James Zachos
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2008
Alexie Leauthaud
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018
Yuan Ping
Chemistry, 2021
Thomas Banks
Physics, 2011
James Zachos
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2011
Natalie Batalha
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019
James Estes (emeritus)
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2021
Phil Crews
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2008
Andrew Fisher
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2019
Pradip Mascharak
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2008
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020
Terry Schalk
Physics (Adjunct Emeritus), 2017
Jonathan Zehr
Ocean Sciences, 2018
Suzanne Alonzo
EEB, 2021
James Zachos
EPS, 2021
Ryan Foley
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017
Natalie Batalha
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Legacy Fellow 2020
Sandra Faber
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Legacy Fellow 2020
Douglas Lin
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Legacy Fellow 2020
Claire Max
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Legacy Fellow 2020
Stan Woosley
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Legacy Fellow 2020
Douglas Lin
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2014
Stan Woosley
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019
Garth Illingworth
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016
Laura Sanchez
Chemistry, 2022
Andrew Fisher
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2018
Adina Paytan
Institute of Marine Sciences, 2018
Eli Silver
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2018
Susan Schwartz
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2016
Emily Brodsky
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2008
Robert Coe
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2010
Christina Ravelo
Ocean Sciences, 2022
Robert Coe
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2007
Adina Paytan
Institute of Marine Sciences, 2015
Carol Greider
MCDB, 2022
Viktor Ginzburg
Mathematics, 2019
Bruce Lyon
Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2022
Harlod Widom
Mathematics, 2020
Jevgenij Raskatov
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2019
Sandra Faber
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018
David Williams (adjunct)
Physics
Peter Young
Physics, 2009
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016
Joel Primack
Physics, 2019
Michael Dine
Physics, 2017
Howard Haber
Physics, 2016
Sriram Shastry
Physics, 2009
Laura Sanchez
Chemistry, 2021
Phil Crews
Physics, 2008
Adina Paytan
Institute of Marine Sciences, 2016
Douglas Lin
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015
Harry Noller
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2019
Carrie Partch
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2018
Jevgenij Raskatov
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2018
Harry Noller
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2016
Donald Croll
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Frank Drake
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011
James Zachos
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2011
Erika Zavaleta
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2016
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022
Sandra Faber
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016
John Pearse
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Phil Crews
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2016
Suzanne Alonzo
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2018, 2019
Stephanie Bailey
Physics, 2018
Nandini Bhattacharya
Mathematics, 2018, 2019
Caitlin Binder
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2019, Senior Faculty Fellow 2020
Matthew Chapham
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2019
Robin Dunkin
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2018, 2019, 2020
Ryan Foley
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020
Timothy Johnstone
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2019
Ruth Murray-Clay
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019, Senior Faculty Fellow 2020
Susan Strome
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives Faculty Fellow 2019
John Tamkun
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2020
Jordan Ward
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2020
Colin West
Physics (Postdoc), 2018
Margaret Zimmer
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2019
Erika Zavaleta
Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2021
Alexie Leauthaud
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018
Robert Coe
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2010
Phil Crews
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2009
Michael Dine
Physics, 2011
Doug Kellogg
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2019
Douglas Lin
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2008
Glenn Millhauser
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2018
J. Xavier Prochaska
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017
Erika Zavaleta
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2021
Erika Zavaleta
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2018
Sandra Faber
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011
Kerstin Wasson
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2018
James Zachos
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2008
James Zachos
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2016
Adina Paytan
Institute of Marin Sciences (IMS), 2021
Francis Nimmo
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2018
Emily Brodsky
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2019
Emily Brodsky
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2019
Andrew Fisher
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2016
Sandra Faber
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017
Martin Weissman
Mathematics, 2020
Terrence Blackman
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2017
Aiming Yan
Physics, 2021
Shaheen Sikandar
MCDB, 2021
Beth Shapiro
Ecology & Evolution, 2018
Beth Shapiro
Ecology & Evolution, 2017
Erika Zavaleta
Ecology & Evolution, 2017
Paul Koch
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2017
Dan Cristofaro‑Gardiner
Mathematics, 2019
Sriram Shastry
Physics, 1988
Sriram Shastry
Physics, 1999
Beth Shapiro
Ecology & Evolution, 2009
Michael Dine
Physics, 2019
Francis Nimmo
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2020
Susan Strome
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2019
James Zachos
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2017
Myriam Telus
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2020
Sandra Faber
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013
Alexander Ayzner
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2019
Nicole Feldl
Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2018
Francois Monard
Mathematics, 2020
Jordan Ward
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2020
Emily Brodsky
EPS, 2022
Upasana Sharma
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2019
Carol W. Greider
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2009
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021
Ryan Foley
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016
Alexie Leauthaud
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017
Robin Dunkin
Ecology & Evolution, 2019
Bakthan Singaram
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2019
Nandini Bhattacharya
Math, 2021
Peter Weiss
Chemistry, 2021
Adina Paytan
Institute of Marine Sciences, 2019
Pradip Mascharak
Chemistry, 2021
Sandra Faber
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020
Joshua Arribere
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2019
Upasna Sharma
Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, 2020
Xavier Prochaska
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022
Dan Costa
Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), 2021
Carrie Partch
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2018
Carrie Partch
Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2016
Natalie Batalha
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018
Sriram Shastry
Physics, 2000