Staff List

See the Contact Page for who to contact for different requests.

Financial & Administrative

For questions regarding lab access or capabilities, please contact the Lab Director.

Name	Title	Phone	E-mail
Brian Thibeault	Technical/Operational Director	(805) 893-2268	thibeault@ece.ucsb.edu
Claudia Gutierrez	Financial Analyst	(805) 893-7989	claudia@ece.ucsb.edu
Vraj Mehalana	IT/Systems Administrator	(805)-893-4689	vraj@ucsb.edu

Facilities Group

General Nanofab facility management, operations, supplies inventory/stocking, plumbing, wet benches, house water/gas/waste collection etc., are handled by the Facilities Group. Facilities and supplies-related requests and requests should be directed to the appropriate person on the list, or to the group's Manager. See the Contact Page for info on who should be contacted for different requests.

Name	Title	Phone	E-mail
Mike Day	Facility Engineer	(805) 893-3101	day@ece.ucsb.edu
Peder Lenvik	Facility Lead	(805) 893-8145	plenvik@ucsb.edu
Tom Reynolds	Engineering Expert	(805) 893-8158	reynolds@ece.ucsb.edu
Tino Sy	Facility Staff	(805) 893-4796	sy@ece.ucsb.edu
Luis Zuzunaga	Facility Staff	(805) 893-8258	luis@ece.ucsb.edu

Equipment Group

The equipment group manages, maintains and upgrades all fabrication tools and equipment, such as vacuum deposition, etchers, thermal processing etc.

For issues on a particular piece of equipment, please consult the FAQ for who to contact and how.

See the Contact Page for info on who should be contacted for different requests.

Name	Title	Phone	E-mail
Tony Bosch	Equipment Engineer	(805) 893-3486	tbosch@ucsb.edu
Don Freeborn	Equipment Engineer	(805) 893-7975	dfreeborn@ece.ucsb.edu
Aidan Hopkins	Equipment Engineer	(805) 893-2343	hopkins@ece.ucsb.edu
Lee Sawyer	Equipment Engineer	(805) 893-2123	lee_sawyer@ucsb.edu
Bill Millerski	Equipment Engineer	(805) 893-2655	wmillerski@ucsb.edu
Michael Barreraz	Equipment Engineer	(805) 893-4147	mikebarreraz@ece.ucsb.edu
Mike Silva	Operations Manager	(805) 893-3096	silva@ece.ucsb.edu

Process Group

Mission: To ensure lab users are achieving the results they need.

The process group provides expertise on process development, fabrication techniques, recipe development, and some direct tool training and maintenance. The Process Group helps to ensure that equipment is providing the expected processing capabilities.

In addition, the group performs fabrication jobs for companies, universities and research groups, for on- and off-campus groups. Submit a job request here, or contact the group's Manager.

Name	Title	Phone	E-mail
Noah Dutra	Process Engineer	(805) 893-5052	noahdutra@ucsb.edu
Foong Fatt	Process Scientist	(805) 893-2016	ffoong@ucsb.edu
Demis D. John	Process Scientist Manager	(805) 893-5934	demis@ucsb.edu
Gopi Meena	Process Scientist		gopimeena@ucsb.edu
Bill Mitchell	Process Expert	(805) 893-4974	mitchell@ece.ucsb.edu
Dan Read	Project Scientist	(805) 893-3138	dread@ucsb.edu
Biljana Stamenic	Process Scientist	(805) 893-4002	biljana@ece.ucsb.edu

The process group also hosts a number of interns each year! Find out more on our internship page, and check out our interns page here: