
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Academic Background: Ph.D., History, University of Arizona, 1996.
Research Interests: History of science and technology, particularly post-WWII science, space exploration, and computing.
Appointments: Professor, Department of History, UC Santa Barbara.
Awards: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize.
Publications: Author of 'Making Art Work: How Cold War Engineers and Artists Forged a New Creative Culture' (MIT Press, 2020); 'Giant Telescopes' (Harvard University Press, 2004).
Additional Contributions: Co-founder of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB.