Stephanie Pernett

Stephanie has been a part of the Nexus since her freshman year and became the science editor her sophomore year. She is pretty much a kid at heart since she’s always playing games of any kind and still collects Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

November 16, 2017

The Supernova That Lived for 50 Years

By Stephanie Pernett

UCSB astronomers discover supernova that has exploded multiple times throughout 50 years.

November 9, 2017

Uqora Wins InnovateHER Competition

By Stephanie Pernett

Uqora is specifically used to prevent UTIs that may be caused by the bacterium E. coli that had been transferred to the urinary tract from the bowel.

November 2, 2017

Researchers Explore Decline in Right Whale Population

By Stephanie Pernett

Demographic projections can be used as a tool to explore the interactions of various drivers of growth and decline.

October 30, 2017

The Relationship Between Pesticides and Infants

By Stephanie Pernett

Depending on the amount of pesticides present, the relationship between infants and pesticides changes

October 19, 2017

The Midas Touch on Medical Screening

By Stephanie Pernett

Chuong and her colleagues designed a sandwich-style protein detection assay that uses two Raman reporters, each conjugated with a distinct affinity reagent.

October 19, 2017

Rain, Rain Please Don’t Go Away

By Stephanie Pernett

S.T.O.R.M.’s output can be subsequently used in other quantitative and modeling frameworks to explore the partitioning of rainfall between the surface and subsurface, ecohydrology, runoff and erosion and landscape evol...

October 5, 2017

Past Tsunamis May Predict Future Ones

By Stephanie Pernett

UCSB geologists and colleagues were able to determine that a tsunami hit the California coast near Cresent City 900 years ago.

October 5, 2017

Researchers Analyze Corrosion Mechanisms

By Stephanie Pernett

UCSB researchers take a look at corrosion in small gaps. Until recently, it was difficult to analyze in real time due.

September 28, 2017

Tick Populations Affected by Wildlife Loss and Climate Change

By Stephanie Pernett

With the decline of wildlife and dramatic change in climate, UCSB researchers are finding that tick populations increase when large animals are gone.

September 28, 2017

Larvae Survival: Dig, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dig

By Stephanie Pernett

UCSB researchers find that fruit fly larvae must make a life-threatening decision when searching for food or avoiding enemies.

June 8, 2017

An Alternate Route After Graduation

By Stephanie Pernett

Graduating seniors find that more time between grad school and industry benefit career choices.

June 8, 2017

Graduating Master’s Students Share UCSB Perspective

By Stephanie Pernett

Two graduating master's students share their grad school experience and what they gained from UCSB

May 25, 2017

Blue Lights Unite Isla Vista Community

By Stephanie Pernett

Blunite, a student led organization, makes sure to honor the victims of the tragedy with a memorial event held to help heal the community and move it forward in a positive direction.

May 4, 2017

Engineering a Solution for Diabetes

By Stephanie Pernett

Sumita Pennathur, an associate professor in the mechanical engineering department has been awarded $1.625 million to continue her research in diabetic monitoring.

April 13, 2017

Drought in East Africa Predicted by Dataset

By Stephanie Pernett

A dataset compiled with the help of UCSB researchers has been able to predict droughts that have have been affecting East Africa

April 13, 2017

A Better Diet May Save Money and the Environment

By Stephanie Pernett

UCSB researcher David Cleveland and his colleagues have found that by making improvements in the standard American diet could reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions.