Undergraduate Advising

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Natural Sciences advisors - updated August 13, 2025

Natural Sciences Divisional Advisors

Baker - Bobby Beaird and Scott Solomon
Brown - Caroline McNeil and Jared Stenson
Duncan - Sylvia Dee and Steve Wang
Hanszen - Amanda Perkins-Ball and Lam Yu
Jones - Barry Dunning and Nets Katz
Lovett - Nele Lefeldt and Rosa Uribe
Martel - Anthony Chan and Bruce Weisman
McMurtry - Krista Kobylianskii and Caná Ross
Sid Rich - Augusto Rodriguez and Lesa Tran Lu
Wiess - Betul Orcan-Ekmecki and Dan Wagner
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 college or a college nearby.

North
Brown - Beth Beason-Abmayr
Jones - Dereth Phillips and Yizhi Jane Tao
Martel - Caroline Ajo-Franklin and Charles Stewart


West
McMurtry - Matthew McCary*1 and Caná Ross
Duncan - Jamie Catanese and Theresa Loveless


Seibel
Lovett - Evan Siemann*
Sid Rich - Marcos de Moraes and Aryeh Warmflash
Will Rice - Matthew Bennett and Cassidy Johnson*

Baker
Baker - Scott Solomon* and Yang Gao

South
Hanszen - Joey Olmos and Harini Iyer
Wiess - Dan Wagner

*Ecology and Evolutionary Biology specialist advisor
1On leave spring 2026

Declared Majors and Minors

Major concentrations: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics
Minor: Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Mike Gustin (Last name A-F)
James McNew (Last name G-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

Bruce Weisman

Chemistry

Baker - Anna-Karin Gustavsson
Brown - Samantha Yruegas
Duncan - Matt Jones
Hanszen - Jeff Hartgerink
Jones - Bruce Weisman
Lovett - Angel Martí
Martel - László Kürti
McMurtry - John Hutchinson(interim)
Sid Rich - Kasey Leigh Yearty
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
Emma Beer
Sylvia Dee

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Concentration
Amy Dunham
Sven Kranz
Evan Siemann (Transfer Credit)

Kinesiology

Health Sciences
Cassandra Diep
Heidi Perkins

Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology
Laura Kabiri
Amanda Perkins-Ball
Augusto Rodriguez

Transfer Credit
Heidi Perkins

Mathematics

Major and Minor Advisors
Zhiyong Gao
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
Jon Flynn
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
Patrick Hartigan (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Stan Dodds (Physics)

Overload Petitions
Stephen Bradshaw