Kirstie Allen

July 30, 2018

UCSB Researchers Work on NASA’s EXPORTS Campaign

By Kirstie Allen

EXPORTS is designed to assess all the main pathways in which organic carbon is transported from the upper ocean into the ocean interior in the biological pump at the same time under varying environmental conditions.

July 6, 2018

Pacific O.R.C.A. Expedition

By Kirstie Allen

The OBSs will sit about 4,500 meters — a little under three miles beneath the ocean’s surface — for 15 months, recording earthquakes across the globe.

February 22, 2018

UCSB Researchers Survey Debris Flows After Montecito Mudslides

By Kirstie Allen

Until the trees and plants grow back on the hillside, the soil will remain variable to its environment.

April 20, 2017

Newly Discovered Microorganisms Possess Self-mutating Gene

By Kirstie Allen

Paul Blair and David Valentine of UCSB's Marne Science Institute teamed up with UCs and found microorganisms that can self mutant.

February 2, 2017

UCSB Professor Wins Academy Awards of the Oceans

By Kirstie Allen

UCSB marine ecology professor Ben Halpern receives award that honors Jaws author Peter Benchley

December 26, 2016

Could This be the Brightest Supernova Ever Observed?

By Kirstie Allen

Originally thought to be the brightest supernova discovered, UCSB and Las Cumbres researchers now believe that ASASSN-15lh may have been a different galactic event.

November 17, 2016

A Tiny Future: UCSB Researchers Explore Quantum Processing

By Kirstie Allen

Quantum computers aren’t for checking Facebook or logging into GauchoSpace. They rely on a branch of physics: quantum mechanics. For the average person to say this computer is “magic,” might not be too far off. The...

October 20, 2016

Mathematical Model To Predict Vein Growth

By Kirstie Allen

Imagine being able to predict the growth of the tumor. How about the vein growth of premature babies’ eyes? All of these applications and more can be determined with the use of a certain mathematical model. The model f...

September 29, 2016

UCSB Professor Receives $10 Million To Establish Benioff Ocean Initiative

By Kirstie Allen

The Benioff Ocean Initiative (BOI) is a foundation focused on helping universities understand the pressing problems the world’s oceans face. The BOI aims to find solutions resulting in cleaner and healthier oceans.