Contact Information
Mathematics Department
South Hall, Room 6707
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Office Phone: (805) 893 3681
Office Fax: (805) 893 2385
email: cgarcia at math dot ucsb dot edu
Academic Background
Research Interests
Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science.
Calculus of Variations.
Micromagnetics, Mathematical Theory of Liquid Crystals.
Mathematical Physics and Quantum Chemistry.
Scientific Computing.
You can download my Curriculum Vitae here.
Awards and Honors
Bizkaia Talent Award, 2014-2016
Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation, 2007-2012.
Horace and Keiko Mochizuki Memorial Award, 2010
Alfred P. Sloan Dissertation Fellowship, 1997.
Harold Grad Memorial Prize, Courant Institute, 1996.
Fellowship given by The Bank of Spain, 1995-1997.
'La Caixa' Fellowship, Spain, 1994-1995.
Graduate Students
August W. Bosse , Physics Department, co-advised with Prof. Glenn H. Fredrickson.
Matthew
Buoni , Mechanical Engineering (MS).
Silvia Comelli , Mathematics
Tanya
Chantawansri , Chemical Engineering, co-advised with Prof. Glenn H. Fredrickson and Prof. Hector D. Ceniceros .
Su-Mi Hur, Chemical Engineering, co-advised with Prof. Glenn H. Fredrickson and Prof. Hector D. Ceniceros.
D.
Harley Klein, Chemical Engineering, co-advised with Prof. Gary Leal and Prof. Hector D. Ceniceros.
Erin
Lennon, Chemical Engineering, co-advised with Prof. Glenn H. Fredrickson and Prof. Hector D. Ceniceros.
Kyle Mylonakis , Mathematics.
Rafael Antonio Reyes Lainez, Mathematics.
Zach Wagner, Mathematics.
Aditya Mohan. Mathematics.
Jiawei Qi, Mathematics.
Post-docs
Sookyung Joo , currently at Old Dominion University.
Yulin Xuan.
Jingrun Chen , currently at Soochow University, China .
Matthew Mata, currently at El Camino College.
Lihui Chai, curently at Sun Yat-Sen University.
Jimmie Adriazola (UCSB).
Azar Ostovan (UCSB).