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Natural Sciences advisors - updated August 18, 2026
Natural Sciences Divisional Advisors
Baker - Bobby Beaird and Ethan Gwaltney
Brown - Caroline McNeil and Jared Stenson
Chao - Melia Bonomo and Cassie Diep
Duncan - Michael Cone and Steve Wang
Hanszen - Amanda Perkins-Ball and Lam Yu
Jones - Beth Beason and Barry Dunning
Lovett - Nadia Agha and Nele Lefeldt
Martel - Anthony Chan and Bruce Weisman
McMurtry - Krista Kobylianskii and Caná Ross
Sid Rich - Augusto Rodriguez and Lesa Tran Lu
Wiess - Julie Hoeink and Betul Orcan-Ekmecki
Will Rice - Tim Diedesch and Mike Gustin
Major Advisors
Biosciences
Prospectives, Freshmen and Undeclared Sophomores
Pre-declaration advisors are arranged geographically so that you can start by contacting an advisor assigned to your region/servery.
North (Brown, Jones, Martel)
Beth Beason-Abmayr
Caroline Ajo-Franklin
Dan Carson
Amy Dunham*
Charles Stewart
West(Duncan, McMurtry)
Matthew McCary*
Caná Ross
Theresa Lovelss
Seibel and Baker (Will Rice, Sid Rich, Baker)
Matthew Bennett*
Jamie Catanese
Joey Olmos
Scott Solomon*
South(Hanszen, Wiess)
Cassidy Johnson*
Dan Wagner
*Ecology and Evolutionary Biology specialist advisor
Declared Majors and Minors
Major concentrations: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics
Minor: Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Mike Gustin (Last name A-E)
James McNew (Last name F-K)
Jamie Catanese (Last name L-R)
Charles Stewart (Last name S-Z)
Major concentrations: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Integrative Biology
Minor: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Scott Solomon
Volker Rudolf
Transfer Credit
Major concentrations: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics
Jamie Catanese
James Chappell
Major concentrations: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Integrative Biology
Scott Solomon
Study Abroad Transfer Credit
James Chappell
Chemical Physics
Chemistry
Baker - Anna-Karin Gustavsson
Brown - Bruce Weisman
Chao - James Shee
Duncan - Angel Martí
Hanszen - Jeff Hartgerink
Jones - Zachary Ball
Lovett - Angel Martí
Martel - László Kürti
McMurtry - Krista Kobylianskii
Sid Rich - Lesa Tran
Wiess - Raúl Hernández Sánchez
Will Rice - Han Xiao
Transfer Credit
John Hutchinson
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Geoscience and Environmental Earth Science Areas of Specialization and Minors
Tim Diedesch
Geoscience and Planetary Science Areas of Specialization and Minors
Melodie French
Transfer Credit
Melodie French
Environmental Science
Earth Science Concentration
Tim Diedesch
Sylvia Dee
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Concentration
Amy Dunham
Sven Kranz
Evan Siemann (Transfer Credit)
Kinesiology
Public Health Sciences
Cassandra Diep
Isabelle Kusters
Heidi Perkins
Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology
Laura Kabiri
Amanda Perkins-Ball
Augusto Rodriguez
Transfer Credit
Heidi Perkins
Mathematics
Major and Minor Advisors
Nets Katz
Christos Mantoulidis
Betul Orcan-Ekmekci
Stephen Semmes
Stephen Wang
Calculus Coordinator
Stephen Wang
Transfer Credit
Betul Orcan-Ekmekci
Neuroscience
Prospectives, Freshmen and Undeclared Sophomores
Jon Flynn (Last name A-G)
Caná Ross (Last name H-M)
Jose Olmos (Last name N-S)
Nele Lefeldt (Last name T-Z)
Declared Majors
Jon Flynn
Nele Lefeldt
Caná Ross
Transfer Credit
Peter Lwigale
Physics and Astronomy
Major Advisors
Astrophysics/Astronomy
Patrick Hartigan
Chemical Physics
Bruce Weisman
General Physics
Stan Dodds
Applied Physics
Douglas Natelson
Biological Physics
Jason Hafner
Computational Physics
Stephen Bradshaw
Minor Advisors
Patrick Hartigan (Astronomy)
Stan Dodds (Physics)
Transfer Credit
Andrea Isella (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Stan Dodds (Physics)
Overload Petitions
Stephen Bradshaw