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Cyrus Safinya
Professor, MCDB



Cyrus R. Safinya received a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Bates College in 1975. He received his Ph.D. degree in Physics in 1981 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his work on "X-ray Scattering Study of the Critical Behavior of Binary Liquid Crystal Mixtures" under the supervision of Professor Robert J. Birgeneau (current Chancellor of UC Berkeley). In 1981, he joined the Exxon Research and Engineering Company in New Jersey and conducted research on the structure of complex fluids and biological membranes. He joined the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara as a Professor of Materials and Physics in 1992.

Contact Information

Phone: (805) 893-8635
Fax: (805) 893-7221
E-Mail: safinya@mrl.ucsb.edu
Office: Materials Research Lab , Room 2208

Mailing Address

Materials Research Lab
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5121



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