Shuji Nakamura Receives Most-Prestigious Prize for Engineering

Queen Elizabeth Prize recognizes Nakamura and others for their roles in inventing and developing LED lights.

On the Radar

Matt Beane has been named a researcher whose work will make an impact in the year ahead by Thinkers50.

Nikil Jayant’s contributions — including 36 patents — have enabled highly impactful technological advances.

Yufei Ding has received a prestigious NSF Early CAREER Award to improve the efficiency and accuracy of quantum devices.

Yangying Zhu receives a National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award to pursue phase-change research.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognized him for distinguished contributions to the field of polymer science.

Enoch Yeung receives Young Investigator Award to study biological networks that can lead to more robust and adaptive artificial intelligence.

The 2020 Highly Cited Researchers List identified scientists who are in the top one percent of their field by citations.

His innovative approach earns him a presitgious 2020 Packard Fellowship.

Three UC Santa Barbara researchers have been invited to a prestigious workshop intended to increase the number of women in academia.