Qien Feng

September 23, 2024

UCSB secures $22 million NSF grant to explore unusual microbes

By Qien Feng

The BioFoundry for Extreme & Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria was one of five facilities awarded a $22 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

May 30, 2024

AAPI Faculty Highlight: UCSB professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen’s path to pioneering chemistry

By Nandini Kuppa, Qien Feng

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, an award-winning researcher at UC Santa Barbara and Director of Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, has made significant contributions to modern organic electronic devices as a means of improving g...

April 18, 2024

Methane-measuring satellite takes off from Santa Barbara

By Qien Feng

On March 4, SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base one hour away from UC Santa Barbara. On board the rocket was Vandenberg Space Force Base, a satellite capable of mapping methane emissions ...

December 18, 2023

UC Santa Barbara faculty take part in United Nations Plastics Treaty negotiation

By Qien Feng, Isabelle Kang

UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory recently joined the United Nations in making historic progress toward a plastic-free world. Over 175 countries around the globe convened in Nairobi, Kenya on Nov. 13 ...