This page lists notable alumni and students of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Notable faculty members are in the article List of University of California, Santa Barbara faculty.
Name | Degree(s) | Prize year | Prize field | Reason (prize citation) | Additional notability |
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Carol W. Greider | B.A. 1983 | 2009 | Physiology or Medicine | "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase." [1] | molecular biologist/geneticist and distinguished professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz |
Name | Degree(s) | Prize year | Prize field | Reason (prize citation) | Additional notability |
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David Moats | B.A. 1969 | 2001 | Editorial Writing | "For his even-handed and influential series of editorials commenting on the divisive issues arising from civil unions for same-sex couples." [2] | editor at Rutland Herald and Barre Montpelier Times Argus |
Bob Sipchen | B.A. 1976 | 2002 | Editorial Writing | "For their comprehensive and powerfully written editorials exploring the issues and dilemmas provoked by mentally ill people dwelling on the streets." [3] | also a staff member at the Los Angeles Times which won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting |
Sanaz Toossi | 2013 | 2023 | Drama | "For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life." [4] | playwright and screenwriter |
Name | Degree(s) | Prize year | Prize field | Additional notability |
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Michael Douglas | B.A. 1968 | 1976, 1988 | Best Picture, Best Actor | actor and producer who has also won six Golden Globe Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award |
Gwyneth Paltrow | attended | 1999 | Best Actress | actress and businesswoman who has also won a Golden Globe Award |
Eric Roth | 1966 | 1995 | Best Adapted Screenplay | screenwriter nominated for 6 Academy Award Best Adapted Screenplays (one win), the second-most in history |
Name | Degree(s) | Prize year | Prize field | Additional notability |
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Dante Di Loreto | 1984 | 2010, 2014 | Outstanding Television Movie | film and television producer who has also won a Daytime Emmy Award and Tony Award |
Jason Ross | 1993 | 2003–2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | writer and author |
The MacArthur Fellows Program is also known as the "MacArthur Fellowship" or "Genius Grant."
Name | Degree(s) | Prize year | Additional notability |
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Amir Abo-Shaeer | B.S. 1996, M.S. 1998, M.Ed. 2001 | 2010 | high school physics teacher and mechanical engineer |
Angela Belcher | B.S. 1991, Ph.D. 1997 | 2004 | materials scientist professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Robin Fleming | B.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1984 | 2013 | medieval historian and professor at Boston College |
Victoria Orphan | B.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2002 | 2016 | geobiologist and professor at the California Institute of Technology |
Jon Seger | B.A. 1969 | 1987 | evolutionary ecologist and professor at the University of Utah |
Edith Widder | M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1982 | 2006 | oceanographer and marine biologist |
Name | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
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Robert Ballard | B.S. 1965 | oceanographer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic | [10] |
Alexei Filippenko | B.A. 1979 | astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley | [11] |
Benjamin Halpern | Ph.D. 2003 | marine biologist, ecologist, and 2016 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences winner | [12] |
John R. Kirtley | B.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1976 | physicist and co-winner of the 1998 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize | [13] |
Alison Murray | Ph.D. 1998 | biochemist and Antarctic researcher | [14] |
Richard Nelson | Ph.D. 1972 | cultural anthropologist | [15] |
Christine Siddoway | Ph.D. 1995 | geologist, Antarctic researcher | [16] |
Deborah Steinberg | B.A. 1987 | biological oceanographer, Antarctic researcher | [17] |
Amy Wetherby | Ph.D. 1982 | autism research scientist | [18] [19] |
Dawn Wright | Ph.D. 1994 | geographer and oceanographer | [20] |
Name | Degree(s) | Notability | Ref. |
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Steve Barr | B.A. 1982 | co-founder of Rock the Vote | [21] [22] |
Tracie D. Hall | B.A. 1991 | executive director of the American Library Association | [23] |
Kenneth Karmiole | B.A. 1968 | bookseller and philanthropist | [24] [25] |
Jeff Madsen | attended | 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year and four-time WSOP bracelet winner | [26] |
Robert Mardian | attended | politician and one of the Watergate Seven | [27] [28] |
Kathleen Soliah | B.A. c.1969 | member of the Symbionese Liberation Army | [29] [30] |