Baskin Engineering Communications
Marcela Alfaro-Córdoba: New Faculty
Graduate Institution: Iowa State University, M.S., North Carolina State University, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Institution: Universidad de Costa Rica
Department: Statistics
“It’s exciting to introduce the topic of statistics to people that have no prior knowledge or experience with the field. My goal is to motivate students to keep learning about the field of statistics.”
Akhil Dixit: Graduate Student
Degree Program: Computer Science, Ph.D.
Graduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pune, India
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown: Pune, India
“One highlight from the research I’ve done in my Ph.D. program is winning the ACM SIGMOD Student Research Competition in Amsterdam in 2019. It was a very exciting moment for me.”
Evan Pepper: Alumnus
Degree Program: Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics, B.S.
Graduate Institution: University of Washington, working towards a Ph.D. in Molecular Engineering
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Department: Biomolecular Engineering
“The ACE program is what motivated me to continue my involvement in academia and what encouraged me to pursue a career in education to hopefully become a professor one day.”
Manping Jia: Graduate Student
Degree Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D.
Graduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz, University of Science and Technology, Beijing (M.S., Materials Science)
Undergraduate Institution: University of Science and Technology, Beijing
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown: Datong, China
“My dream job would be one where I could develop wearable bioelectronic devices for health monitoring.”
Ikenna Anigbogu: Alumnus
Degree Program: Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics, B.S.
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Department: Biomolecular Engineering
Hometown: El Cerrito, CA
“Bioengineering really exposed me to the humanitarian side of science, which is something I have always wanted to be involved in.”
Sidney Robinson: Undergraduate
Degree Program: Computer Science, B.S.
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Department: Computer Science
“Change is coming, and I’m excited for it.”
News Brief: Professors Kolaitis and Tan win 2020 Alonzo Church Award
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Phokion Kolaitis and former Professor Wang-Chiew Tan have been awarded the 2020 Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic and Computation for their ground-breaking work laying the logical foundations for data exchange.
Evan West: Alumnus
Degree Program: Computer Science, B.S.
Graduate Institution: Stony Brook University
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Department: Computer Science
“I’ve had people come up to me and say, “your class is the reason I got an internship or a job offer,” and that is wonderful. It’s definitely one of my prouder moments.”
