Faculty Co-Director
About
Javier Read de Alaniz is a Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC Santa Barbara, where he has been a faculty member since 2009.
At UCSB, Professor Read de Alaniz serves as Faculty Co-Director of the McNair Scholars Program, Co-Director of the NSF Bridge to Doctorate Program, and Co-Director of the NSF BioPACIFIC Materials Innovation Platform. His research group develops creative synthetic approaches at the interface of chemistry and materials science, with an emphasis on stimuli-responsive molecules and materials.