Battle of the Brains! UCSB Professors Slam 2026
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Thu, Oct 15 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Address (map)
634 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Venue
M. Special Brewing Co. - S.B.
It’s a Battle of the Brains! UCSB Professors face off live at Prof Slam. Who will take the 2026 crown?
Inspired by the Graduate Division’s beloved Grad Slam, Prof Slam challenges our faculty to present their cutting-edge research in just three minutes. Get ready for a fast-paced evening filled with fascinating insights across disciplines, engaging storytelling that brings complex ideas to life, and a whole lot of fun and intellectual energy.
Thursday, October 15th, 2026 at 6:30 PM
M Special Brewing (Downtown)
Free & open to all!
Prof Slam is also a part of All Gaucho Reunion 2026 – learn more!
Meet our competitors:
Denise Montell, Molecular, Cellular, & Development Biology
A National Academy of Sciences member and two-time NIH Director’s Pioneer Award winner whose groundbreaking cell biology research earned her the 2024 E.B. Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jarett Henderson, History
A scholar of settler colonialism and queer history whose innovative research explores the intersections of empire, sexuality, and identity across the nineteenth-century British world.
Joe Walther, Communication
A Distinguished Professor and Presidential Chair holder whose landmark theories on online human relationships have fundamentally shaped the field of communication.
Marley Dewey, Bioengineering
An NSF CAREER Award winner whose lab harnesses biomaterials and extracellular vesicles to treat bone cancer, accelerate bone repair, and even restore coral reefs.
Ralph Armbruster Sandoval, Chicana/o Studies
A professor and community activist who has spent nearly three decades advancing social movements and labor justice on the Central Coast.
Siddharth Dey, Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering
An NSF CAREER Award recipient developing innovative technologies in biosciences that have earned him invitations to present at leading medical research institutions.
