Faculty

COSMOS Faculty

COSMOS instructors are drawn from the rich and diverse pool of scientists and researchers throughout the UC Santa Cruz community. Instructors are chosen for their knowledge and aptitude in their fields, and their strong desire to enhance the educational experience of younger students. In addition to the instructors listed below, the COSMOS academic experience is supported by numerous laboratory, library, and administrative staff members through UCSC. 

Cluster Name University Affiliation
Cluster 1
Richard Gottesman, PhD
Visiting Professor, Hofstra University
Cluster 2
Shaowei Chen, PhD
Roger Terrill, PhD
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, UCSC
Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University
Cluster 3
Andy Kulikowski, PhD
Gizelle Hurtado, PhD
Department of Environmental Studies, UCSC
Norris Center for Natural History, UCSC
Cluster 4
Jairo Velasco Jr., PhD
Sergey Syzranov, PhD
Department of Physics, UCSC
Department of Physics, UCSC
Cluster 5
Dani Wright
Tamara DuPlantis
Department of Computational Media, UCSC
Department of Computational Media, UCSC
Cluster 6
Yu Zhang, PhD
Yihsu Chen, PhD
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSC
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSC
Cluster 7
Peter Weiss, PhD
Nettie Calvin
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCSC
Department of Ocean Sciences, UCSC
Cluster 8
Shawn Noren, PhD
Burcak Artun, PhD
Institute of Marine Sciences, UCSC
Department of Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology, UCSC
Cluster 9
Zhu Wang, PhD
James Shanks, PhD
Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCSC
Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCSC
Cluster 10
Michael Oye, PhD
Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, PhD
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSC
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSC
Cluster 11
Yi Zhang, PhD
Xin (Eric) Wang, PhD
Cihang Xie, PhD
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UCSC
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UCSC
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UCSC
Cluster 12
Dave Belanger, PhD
Abraham Wolcott, PhD
Department of Physics, UCSC
Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University