About
Javier Read de Alaniz joined the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC, Santa Barbara in 2009. Born and raised in Las Vegas, New Mexico, he received his B.S. degree from Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colorado) in 1999 where he conducted undergraduate research under the direction of Professor William R. Bartlett. He obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Tomislav Rovis at Colorado State University in 2006. His doctoral research focused on asymmetric catalysis. Javier then moved to California, where he worked in the area of total synthesis with Professor Larry E. Overman at the University of California, Irvine. During that time he was the recipient of the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Appointments
2020 – present, Director of NSF BioPACIFIC Materials Innovation Platform (MIP)
2018 – present, Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2015 – present, Associate Director of California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
2015 – 2023, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2009 – 2015, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2006 – 2009, UC California Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, UC Irvine
Education
2000 – 2006, Ph.D. Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
1996 – 1999, B. S. Chemistry with Honors, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
1994 – 1996, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Select Awards
2023 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
2018 Margaret T. Getman Award
2016 ACS Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Young Investigator Award
2015 Plous Award
2013 Amgen Young Investigator Award
2013 ACS Young Investigator Symposium
2011 NSF CAREER Award
2011 Hellman Family Faculty Fellowship
2006 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
2004 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Minority Pre-doctoral Fellowship
2005 Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority GRC conference
2001 NSF PEAKS/AGEP Fellowship
1997 SENNE Memorial Scholarship Fort Lewis College
Contact Information:
University of California Santa Barbara
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
email: javier@chem.ucsb.edu, phone: 805-893-6103