WELCOME to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC Santa Barbara!
Our department consists of 35 faculty, 165 graduate students, 30 postdoctoral researchers, and 28 staff members, all dedicated to exploring the frontiers of chemical science. All branches of chemistry are well represented, including materials, inorganic, organic, physical, theoretical, analytical, and biochemical. We also feature a strong collaborative research environment, an ethos which is fostered by the creation of many interdisciplinary research units. Our department is one of the top programs in the country. Over the period 1997-2007 UCSB ranked 8th in the world in its citation impact in chemistry and the department ranked 22nd in the National Research Council rankings. The faculty includes two Nobel Chemistry prize winners (Walter Kohn, 1998, and Alan Heeger, 2000). In addition, UCSB was ranked 2nd in the world in 2013 by the Centre for Science and Technologies Studies at Leiden University and 11th in the US in 2010 by Washington Monthly.
News
Welcome New Chem Grads!
Updated: May 3, 2013 - 2:05pm
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomes the incoming graduate students for Fall 2013
UCSB Chemistry Professor Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Updated: May 2, 2013 - 10:28am
Professor Galen Stucky Elected to National Academy of Sciences
UCSB Chemistry Professor awarded Amgen Young Investigator Award
Updated: May 2, 2013 - 11:43am
Javier Read de Alaniz awarded a Amgen Young Investigator Award
Welcome Incoming Fall 2013 Graduate Students!
Updated: April 30, 2013 - 11:15am
The faculty, staff, and current graduate students of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCSB are excited to welcome the incoming class to our community of scholars!
UCSB Ranked No. 2 in Leiden Ranking
Updated: April 19, 2013 - 12:13pm
UCSB ranked second in the world by impact in the sciences
2nd Annual UCSB Chemistry Grad Student Symposium & Alumni Social
Updated: May 2, 2013 - 10:28am
Please join us for two grad student presentations, one special alumni speaker, and a poster session complete with wine and cheese!
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