Dr. Richard Middleton graduated from UC Santa Barbara in January 2006 with a Ph.D and has been working as a Deputy Group Leader (Computational Earth Science; EES-16) and Senior Scientist in the Earth and Environmental Sciences at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico since 2016. Prior to his current position, Middleton was postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2006 to 2007. He...
Read MoreCongratulations to our most recent UCSB Geographers who have completed their degrees. Listed below are those who earned their Masters and PhD’s over the course of the year. Congratulations to those who have Mastered it, and to those who are Phinally Done! MA • Chen Zhang-Summer 2017 • Carlos Baez- Fall 2017 • Yiting Ju- Fall 2017 • Gengchen Mai- Fall 2017 • Jian Wang- Fall 2017 • Elizabeth McBride- Fall 2017 • Jing...
Read MoreRead our latest Student Spotlight in Mary Toomey’s own words: I’ve always had a passion for the earth sciences, especially oceanography and meteorology. My interest in Geography started with taking Geog 20, Geography of Surfing (best class ever!). I started taking more Geography classes after that and was very drawn to the interdisciplinary nature of the major. It felt like the courses touched on topics that were...
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