Kevin Flores

February 15, 2018

UCSB Selected to Host Its First SASE Conference

By Kevin Flores

The SASE conference and the UCSB SASE chapter provide an unrivaled resource for students looking to embrace the intersectionality of being an Asian American in the S.T.E.M. fields. By providing invaluable networking and ...

October 12, 2017

Survival Mechanisms Identified in Dying Cells

By Kevin Flores

UCSB biologists explore the molecular structure of cells that recover from the brink of death.

June 30, 2017

UCSB Researchers Discover Novel Functions in Drosophila Rhodopsin

By Kevin Flores

Researchers identify Rh7 as a potential equivalent of mammalian, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. ipRGCs. This research can further our understanding of regulation of circadian rhythms in a model orga...

May 11, 2017

Physicist Measures Small-Scale Fluctuations in Cosmic Web

By Kevin Flores

Joseph Hennawi, an associate professor in the physics department at UCSB, has identified a pair or quasars in close proximity to one another. This allowed him and his team to the cosmic web on a much smaller scale than h...

January 26, 2017

UCSB Professor Uses Engineering Tactics for Cancer Research

By Kevin Flores

The National Science Foundation awards mechanical engineering professor Otger Campàs for pioneering new technologies for his study on the process of the mechanics of cellular development.

November 10, 2016

Cultural Background May Influence Environmental Action

By Kevin Flores

Given the recent emergence of climate change and environmentalism as polarizing issues within America’s increasingly hot political climate, it comes as no surprise that the psychology of both sides of the debate has pi...

October 6, 2016

UCSB Professors Receive Grant for Outer Space Research

By Kevin Flores

Coastal communities like Isla Vista and Santa Barbara are faced with an incessant barrage of environmental threats on a daily basis. Dealing with everything from eroding cliffs to excessive oil drilling, researchers are ...

May 18, 2016

Effects of 2015 Oil Spill Persist, Researchers Say

By Kevin Flores

One year later: The Refugio oil spill, which released 80,000 gallons of crude oil onto a shore 15 miles northwest of UCSB, has lasting effects.

May 12, 2016

ECE Professor Interprets WiFi Signals into Vision

By Kevin Flores

Associate Professor Yasamin Mostofi has designed a new technology that uses simple WiFi signals to allow unmanned vehicles to essentially “see” through walls.

April 21, 2016

Faculty Nights Allow Student-Professor Forum

By Kevin Flores

The UCSB Department of Academic Initiatives, a new department within the Division of Student Affairs, is dedicated to connecting students and faculty outside the lecture hall.