International Visitors

The ICMR supports researchers to visit UCSB for collaborative research projects with UCSB groups. Visits are usually between 1 - 6 months in duration; short lecture visits are not supported.

The application should come from the UCSB host faculty member; to apply e-mail a short paragraph containing the following information to the ICMR Director Nicola Spaldin (nicola@mrl.ucsb.edu) or program coordinator Jennifer Ybarra (ybarra@mrl.ucsb.edu):

A summary of the proposed research collaboration, how it will be enhanced by the international aspect, approximate dates and budget request, and additional considerations such as student involvement.

The ICMR supports local expenses and asks that visitors cover their own travel expenses if possible. We are unable to provide salary support for visitors.

Researchers in Residence

Each year the ICMR sponsors two Researchers in Residence who visit UCSB for between one quarter and one year for collaborative research projects.

The ICMR Researcher in Residence for 2008-2009 is Professor Tae-Yeon Seong. Professor Seong is the Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Korea University and Director of the Brain Korea 21 Centre for Advanced Device Materials. He is visiting the group of Prof. Susanne Stemmer at UCSB, working on contacts and interfaces to new oxide thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy.. His expertise is in contacts to wide-band gap materials and tranmission electron microscopy of oxide materials. His Researcher in Residence position is co-sponsored by the UCSB Materials Research Lab. .