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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
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