Elevating the world through bold and socially responsible innovation. #BaskinEngineering
Santa Cruz, California
Joined September 2009
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Baskin Engineering is now on Bluesky! 💙 We’ll still be here 👋 but if you’re on Bluesky, come find us and give us a follow! bsky.app/profile/baskinengin… #Bluesky #BaskinEngineering
Cutting-edge genomics techniques developed by #BaskinEngineering Professor Ed Green and colleagues helped uncover “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.
Via @nytimes: nyti.ms/4yXVkyV @ucscgenomics
A new study led by #BaskinEngineering Professor Camilla Forsberg (@Forsberg_Lab) found that nicotine exposure during pregnancy can have lasting effects on immune system development, increasing susceptibility to respiratory infections later in life.
🔗 bit.ly/481F2cl
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Congrats to Andy Yeh (@AndyHWYeh), assistant prof of biomolecular engineering who won a @NIH Director’s New Innovator Award! 🎉 Yeh will use deep learning, protein design, and synthetic chemistry to develop “neoluminescence,” for biomedical imaging.
🔗 bit.ly/4j8bj8y
ALT Portrait of Andy Yeh on a dark blue graphic, text reads: "National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award, Andy Yeh, Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering" with the Baskin Engineering logo.
🎉 Congrats to #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor Ashesh Chattopadhyay (@ashesh6810) who has been named a 2026 #AI2050 Early Career Fellow by @schmidtsciences!
He will develop AI methods to predict weather and climate "grey swan events." 🌎
Story 🔗: bit.ly/4yqdyIZ
ALT Ashesh Chattopadhyay pointing at a screen displaying an image of the Earth in a classroom with students from his lab.
We're excited to welcome two new faculty members to #BaskinEngineering for the 2026-27 academic year! 🎉 They bring expertise in artificial intelligence, information management, and probabilistic machine learning.
Learn more: bit.ly/3TTuOYg
ALT Graphic with portraits of Hamid Nemati and Yunyi Shen and the UC Santa Cruz | Baskin Engineering logo. Text reads: "Welcome new faculty!"
Congrats to Assistant Prof @ChenguangWang, awarded an @NSF CAREER Award! He's developing new methods to identify and prevent “interaction safety” risks in #AI chatbots, with applications in addiction recovery, teen mental health, & healthcare. 💬
Read on: bit.ly/4ybzuYl
ALT Portrait of Chenguang Wang on a blue background with the BE logo. Text reads: "National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient! Chenguang Wang, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering."
Join us in congratulating #BaskinEngineering Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Ed Green, recipient of a @UofCalifornia Regents Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award—recognizing his pioneering work in DNA sequencing. 🧬
Learn more: bit.ly/4ycZcfa
Pioneering genomics techniques developed by UC Santa Cruz researchers Ed Green and Beth Shapiro (@bonesandbugs) helped uncover new evidence in the long-standing question of whether Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.
Via @TheAtlantic: bit.ly/47fRvZy
A partnership with @fujitsulabs is enabling #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics Ashesh Chattopadhyay (@ashesh6810) to build energy-efficient AI models for climate predictions and solutions that analyze vulnerable regions. bit.ly/4gUVMHC
AI-powered human-directed hacking is already upon us. “Before, you needed to have highly skilled technical expertise," said #BaskinEngineering Prof Alvaro Cardenas. “And now, you just have to have a general idea of what’s possible.”
Via @voxdotcom: bit.ly/4h7XOEE
"We are probably looking at the strongest El Niño in our recorded lifetime," says #BaskinEngineering Professor Robert Lund.
This could bring sea level changes, beach erosion, damaged harbors, and inland flooding caused by heavy rainstorms.
Via @ksbw: bit.ly/3V26CDh
It’s not every day @UofCalifornia President James B. Milliken stops by #BaskinEngineering! 👋 He explored what our students are building in Slugworks, UCSC's creatorspace.
We were thrilled to share the dedication, passion, and creativity of Baskin Engineers with UC leadership.
ALT UC President James B. Milliken with Slugbotics team.
ALT Formula Slug students show James B. Milliken their race car.
What if every person could have their genome sequenced at birth to use as a reference for medical care throughout their life? 🧬
@ucscgenomics researchers are working towards that vision by developing complete genome sequencing technology.
🔗 bit.ly/4hf9y72
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Congrats to @NSF CAREER award recipient #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor Dustin Richmond! 🎉
He will study and design mitigations against potential attacks on analog compute-in-memory systems.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3ULg8un
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Thank you Assistant Secretary Seval Oz for visiting #BaskinEngineering and engaging with our leadership, researchers, and partners!
We were thrilled to share our research focused on building a secure and trustworthy foundation for embodied AI in transportation applications.
An inspiring day in Santa Cruz exploring the future of mobility with Assistant Secretary Seval Oz, @BaskinEng (part of our TraCR UTC), and @jobyaviation!
Remarkably, this visit marked the first time UCSC leadership, faculty, and PhD students sat down on campus with @USDOT representatives. Closing that gap is a core priority, which is why THIS administration is ambitiously continuing to meet face-to-face with scientific academic institutions, and leading engineering and computer science programs, from across our nation.
Bridging federal research with world-class academic innovation and industry leaders accelerates real-world progress. Our doors are wide open for collaboration!
Join us for the #SFTechWeek AI Hackathon! We’re bringing students, engineers, and founders from across the Bay Area together to build real AI projects.
🗓️October 10-11
📍UCSC Silicon Valley Campus
🔗Apply now: bit.ly/4ditBA4
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Join us at the #SFTechWeek 2026 AI Frontier Summit, bringing together AI founders, researchers and industry leaders to examine how next-gen intelligent systems are being built.
🤝 RSVP: bit.ly/4x7yq6y
🗓️ Get the #SFTechWeek calendar: bit.ly/3SNFB5B
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At #BaskinEngineering, students from across disciplines can explore virtual reality through Creative Design in VR, a hands-on course using @ShapesXR to bring ideas to life through creativity, collaboration, and human-centered design. 👏
Via @ShapesXR: bit.ly/4i8eVqF
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A partnership with @fujitsulabs is enabling #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics Ashesh Chattopadhyay (@ashesh6810) to build energy-efficient AI models for climate predictions and solutions that analyze vulnerable regions.
🔗 bit.ly/4gUVMHC
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Slugs making history! 🛰️ For the first time, a satellite built entirely by UC Santa Cruz #BaskinEngineering students was deployed from the International @Space_Station as part of @NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.
Read the story: bit.ly/4bTqP3R