Another Nobel prizewinner at UCSB

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Nakamura, who is also co-director of the campus’s Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center, is the sixth faculty member at UCSB to have won a Nobel Prize since 1998. UCSB alumna Carol Greider received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.</p>

<p>“I am very honored to receive the Nobel Prize from The Royal Swedish Academy of Science for my invention of the blue LED,” said Nakamura. “It is very satisfying to see that my dream of LED lighting has become a reality. </p>

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[rwscpa]

<p>WOW…Very nice!. Congratulations, Nakamura!</p>

[collegevetting]

<p>So cool!</p>