University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA
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    240 faculty · 0 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Mathematics40 faculty avg h-index 22.7 #9 of 23 in Mathematics
    Linda Petzold, Affiliated Faculty h-index 68
    Notable: “Automatic Selection of Methods for Solving Stiff and Nonstiff Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations” (1983) · 1,006 citations
    Zheng Liu, Faculty h-index 64
    Notable: “Feedback Network for Image Super-Resolution” (2019) · 864 citations
    David Morrison, Faculty h-index 55
    Algebraic Geometry, String Theory Department of Mathematics South Hall
    Notable: “String theory” (1998) · 2,036 citations
    Igor Mezic, Affiliated Faculty h-index 51
    Notable: “Chaotic Mixer for Microchannels” (2002) · 3,387 citations
    Psychology40 faculty avg h-index 34.6 #9 of 89 in Psychology
    Richard Mayer, Distinguished Professor h-index 153
    Notable: “Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning” (2003) · 4,079 citations
    Jonathan Schooler, Distinguished Professor h-index 83
    Notable: “The restless mind.” (2006) · 2,076 citations
    Leda Cosmides, Distinguished Professor h-index 78
    Notable: “The logic of social exchange: Has natural selection shaped how humans reason? Studies with the Wason selection task” (1989) · 2,486 citations
    Mary Hegarty, Distinguished Professor & Chair h-index 76
    Notable: “Development of a self-report measure of environmental spatial ability” (2002) · 1,018 citations
    Economics37 faculty avg h-index 20.9 #20 of 104 in Economics
    Christopher Costello, Professor of Resource Economics h-index 58
    Notable: “Rebuilding Global Fisheries” (2009) · 2,199 citations
    Andrew Plantinga, Professor of Natural Resource Economics and Policy h-index 52
    Es on the Economics of Land Use, Climate Change, and Forests. Particular emphasis is given to the development of methods for econometrically modeling land-use decisions, the analysis of environmental policies that affect private land-use de
    Notable: “The future of food from the sea” (2020) · 873 citations
    Kathy Baylis, Professor of Agricultural/Resource Economics h-index 42
    Notable: “The Effectiveness of Payments for Environmental Services” (2017) · 508 citations
    Finn Kydland, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Nobel Laureate (2004) h-index 37
    Notable: “Rules Rather than Discretion: The Inconsistency of Optimal Plans” (1977) · 7,862 citations
    Biology36 faculty avg h-index 36.5 #14 of 68 in Biology
    Joshua Schimel, Professor h-index 100
    Notable: “The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage” (2017) · 3,073 citations
    Sally MacIntyre, Professor h-index 88
    Notable: “Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance” (2008) · 11,369 citations
    Carla D'Antonio, Professor h-index 72
    Notable: “Forecasting Agriculturally Driven Global Environmental Change” (2001) · 3,954 citations
    Armand Kuris, Professor h-index 64
    Notable: “The Use of Ecological Terms in Parasitology (Report of an Ad Hoc Committee of the American Society of Parasitologists)” (1982) · 1,988 citations
    Statistics34 faculty avg h-index 15.3 #13 of 29 in Mathematics & Statistics
    Gareth W. Peters, Endowed Chair Professor h-index 37
    Notable: “Understanding Modern Banking Ledgers Through Blockchain Technologies: Future of Transaction Processing and Smart Contracts on the Internet of Money” (2015) · 331 citations
    Jean-Pierre Fouque, Distinguished Professor h-index 37
    Annie Qu, Professor h-index 33
    Notable: “Use of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke” (2000) · 659 citations
    S. Rao Jammalamadaka, Distinguished Professor h-index 29
    Notable: “The Statistical Theory of Shape” (1998) · 420 citations
    Communication and Media Studies28 faculty avg h-index 29.1 #7 of 12 in Communication
    Rene Weber, Professor h-index 36
    Notable: “Does Playing Violent Video Games Induce Aggression? Empirical Evidence of a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study” (2005) · 259 citations
    Dan Lane, Associate Professor & Grad Director h-index 19
    Notable: “Incidental Exposure, Selective Exposure, and Political Information Sharing: Integrating Online Exposure Patterns and Expression on Social Media” (2017) · 324 citations
    Casey Randazzo, Assistant Professor h-index 5
    Es on Human-AI organizing, examining how interactions between humans and AI agents influence disaster response and recovery. Bio Casey Randazzo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara. Her research i
    Notable: ““If Someone Downvoted My Posts—That’d Be the End of the World”: Designing Safer Online Spaces for Trauma Survivors” (2023) · 33 citations
    Amy Gonzales, Associate Professor, Associate Director Chicano Studies Institute
    Es on two main areas. First, she investigates digital inequalities in computing access and digital literacy, and the consequences of these inequalities for a range of outcomes (e.g. health, education, employment, social support). Second, sh

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    About University of California, Santa Barbara. University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, CA reports an overall acceptance rate of 33.0%, an early-round acceptance rate of 33.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1250–1460, a class size of 4,967, and a yield of 14.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Test-blind UC campus. Top physics and materials science programs. Beachfront campus with strong research output.