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University of California, Santa Barbara

Country

United States

State

California

City

Santa Barbara

Institution IPED

190415

Liaison(s)

Dr. Barbara Gilkes

Title

Assistant Dean

Address

Santa Barbara, CA
United States

Phone

Email

bgilkes@ltsc.ucsb.edu

Erin Hakim

Title

Global Engagement Specialist

Address

Santa Barbara, CA
United States

Phone

Email

ehakim@ucsb.edu

Erin Hakim

Phone

1 (805) 893-7008

Email

ehakim@ucsb.edu

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Matthew Turk	University of California, Santa Barbara	University of Oulu , University of Tampere	Physical Sciences	Finland	2011-2012	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Hsiu-Zu Ho	University of California, Santa Barbara	Academia Sinica	Education	Taiwan	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa	University of California, Santa Barbara	European University at St. Petersburg	Humanities	Russia	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary O'Connor	University of California, Santa Barbara	University of the Americas	Social Sciences	Mexico	2012-2013	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mary McMahon	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)	Education	India	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Dunne	University of California, Santa Barbara	Nanyang Technological University	Physical Sciences	Singapore	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
John Melack	University of California, Santa Barbara	National Institute of Amazonian Research	Biological Sciences	Brazil	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Michael Stohl	University of California, Santa Barbara	Danish School of Media and Journalism	Professional/Other	Denmark	2013-2014	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Mian Wang	University of California, Santa Barbara	East China Normal University	Education	China	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gretchen Hofmann	University of California, Santa Barbara	University of Auckland	Biology	New Zealand	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Ralitsa Kirova	University of California, Santa Barbara	The Japan-United States Educational Commission	Public Administration	Japan	2014-2015	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Niels Vestergaard	University of Southern Denmark	University of California, Santa Barbara	Economics	Denmark	2015-2016	Fulbright Arctic Initiative
Megan Valentine	University of California, Santa Barbara	ESPCI ParisTech	Engineering	France	2015-2016	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alexander Simms	University of California, Santa Barbara	Durham University	Geology	United Kingdom	2017-2018	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jennifer Tyburczy	University of California, Santa Barbara	University of Toronto , El Colegio de la Frontera Norte	Gender Studies	Mexico, Canada	2018-2019	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Alison Brysk	University of California, Santa Barbara	University of Oxford	International Relations	United Kingdom	2019-2020	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
	University of California, Santa Barbara	University of Tromso	Biology	Norway	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jessica Muscat	University of California, Santa Barbara	Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Foundation)	Education	Taiwan	2020-2021	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Gustavo Ponce	University of California, Santa Barbara	Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada	Mathematics	Brazil	2021-2022	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
William Elison	University of California, Santa Barbara	Tata Institute of Social Sciences , Tata Institute of Social Sciences , Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Anthropology	India	2022-2023	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years Sort descending	Program
Sanja Nikcevic	International Theater Institute	University of California, Santa Barbara	Drama/Theater Arts	Croatia	2001-2002	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Abdulhamid Al-Saygh	King Abdul Aziz Military Academy	University of California, Santa Barbara	Chemistry	Saudi Arabia	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Abdulhamid Al-Saygh	King Abdul Aziz University	University of California, Santa Barbara	Chemistry	Saudi Arabia	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Srivathsan Aravamuthan	Anna University	University of California, Santa Barbara , University of California, Santa Barbara	Architecture	India	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sigrid Lien	University of Bergen	University of California, Santa Barbara	Art History	Norway	2002-2003	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Maryam Salim Almarashda	United Arab Emirates University	University of California, Santa Barbara	Linguistics	United Arab Emirates	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sonia Martinez Diaz	Polytechnical University of Catalonia	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , University of California, Santa Barbara	Mathematics	Spain	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Manuel Garcia	University of Malaga	Brown University , University of California, Santa Barbara	Biology	Spain	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Philip Munday	James Cook University of North Queensland	University of California, Santa Barbara	Biology	Australia	2003-2004	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Abderrahmene Ben Bouraoui	Faculty of Pharmacy	University of California, Santa Barbara	Medical Sciences	Tunisia	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Beatriz Maroto	Complutense University of Madrid	University of California, Santa Barbara	Chemistry	Spain	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Irina Zhulamanova	USAID/CAR/MS/Procurement	University of California, Santa Barbara	Linguistics	Kazakhstan	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Fawzya Abdullah AbuKhalid	King Saud University	University of California, Santa Barbara	Sociology	Saudi Arabia	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Fawzya Abdullah AbuKhalid	King Saud University	University of California, Santa Barbara	Sociology	Saudi Arabia	2004-2005	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Derek Peddle	University of Lethbridge	University of California, Santa Barbara	Environmental Sciences	Canada	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Concepcion Cambra	Independent Scholar Unaffiliated	University of California, Santa Barbara	History	Spain	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Marcelo Aizen	National University of Comahue	University of California, Santa Barbara	Biology	Argentina	2005-2006	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Olesia Lupu	Alexandru Iona Cuza University	University of California, Santa Barbara	Linguistics	Romania	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Aral Okay	Istanbul Technical University	University of California, Santa Barbara	Geology	Turkey (Türkiye)	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Gustavo Pino	National University of Cordoba	University of California, Santa Barbara	Chemistry	Argentina	2006-2007	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program