@baskinengineering.bsky.socialCongrats to Andy Yeh, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering who won an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award! 🎉 Yeh will use deep learning, protein design, and synthetic chemistry to develop “neoluminescence,” for biomedical imaging.
Learn more: 🔗 bit.ly/4j8bj8y
@baskinengineering.bsky.social🎉 Congrats to #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor Ashesh Chattopadhyay (@ashesh6810.bsky.social) who has been named a 2026 #AI2050 Early Career Fellow by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social!
He will develop AI methods to predict weather and climate "grey swan events." 🌎
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4yqdyIZ
@baskinengineering.bsky.socialWe'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
@baskinengineering.bsky.socialCongrats to #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor Chenguang Wang, 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
@baskinengineering.bsky.socialA partnership with Fujitsu Research is enabling #BaskinEngineering Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics Ashesh Chattopadhyay (@ashesh6810.bsky.social)to build energy-efficient AI models for climate predictions and solutions that analyze vulnerable regions.
Learn more: bit.ly/4gUVMHC
@baskinengineering.bsky.socialA new age of AI-powered, human-directed hacking is already upon us, experts say.
“Before, you needed to have highly skilled technical expertise," said #BaskinEngineering Professor Alvaro Cardenas. “And now, you just have to have a general idea of what’s possible.”
Via Vox: bit.ly/4h7XOEE
@baskinengineering.bsky.social"We are probably looking at the strongest El Niño in our recorded lifetime," said #BaskinEngineering Professor of Statistics Robert Lund.
This could bring sea level changes, beach erosion, damaged harbors, and inland flooding caused by heavy rainstorms.
Via @ksbw.bsky.social: bit.ly/3V26CDh
@baskinengineering.bsky.socialIt’s not every day @uofcalifornia.bsky.social 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 boundless creativity of Baskin Engineers with UC leadership.
