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Heiser Natural Sciences Complex 172C

The natural sciences seek to shed light on the rules that govern the natural world by using empirical and scientific methods. Although mathematics and computational science may not be considered natural sciences per se, they provide critical insight and many tools used within the natural sciences.

The Heiser Natural Sciences Complex includes teaching and undergraduate research labs for chemistry, biology, computational science, physics and mathematics.

There is a greenhouse, herbarium and sampling equipment for field ecology. Our newest facility is a Nanotechnology Lab to study the properties of tiny structures used in cutting-edge technologies for the computer, robotic, medical and optical communication fields.

The Pritzker Marine Biology Research Center houses over 100 aquaria and features student and faculty research laboratories, classrooms and office space for New College’s marine biology program. Each tank in the Living Ecosystem Teaching and Research Aquarium features a different captive ecosystem, several with a camera to send images to a streaming video server. Underneath the building, an additional 10,000 square feet of space provides room for quarantine, storage, and the system that supplies seawater to the facility’s aquaria and labs.

Natural Sciences Division AOCs

Natural Sciences Faculty & Staff

Briana Aguila-Ames Visiting Associate Professor
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Chemistry
Dr. Rebecca Black Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Chemistry
Amy Elizabeth Bohan Instructor of Biology
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Biology
John Littner Clark Adjunct Asst. Prof of Biology
Adjunct Faculty
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Biology
Dr. Amy Clore Professor of Biology
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Biology Biochemistry
Dr. Donald Colladay Professor of Physics
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Physics
Melissa Crow Instructor of Statistics
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Statistics
Susan Darter Office Assistant
Leo Demski Emeritus Professor of Biology
Founding Director Pritzker Marine Biology Center
Erika Díaz Almeyda Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Dr. Kristopher Fennie Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director of Health Cultures and Societies
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Biology Health, Culture & Societies
Sandra Gilchrist Professor of Biology & Marine Science
Natural Sciences Division Chair
David Gillman Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Chemistry
Fahmida Hamid Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Computer Science
Dr. Emily Heffernan Associate Provost
Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Lin Jiang Assistant Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry
Dr. Bernhard Klingenberg Director of Data Science
Professor of Statistics
Christopher Kottke Associate Professor of Mathematics
Samantha Levell Visiting Assistant Professor
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Statistics
Dr. Elzie McCord Jr. Emeritus Professor of Biology
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Biology
Lisa Merritt Research Scholar
Professional Mentor
David Mullins Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Mathematics
Daniel Page Visiting Associate Professor in Computer Science
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Computer Science
Eirini Poimenidou Professor of Mathematics
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Mathematics Computer Science
Dr. Tania Roy Assistant Professor of Human Centered Computing
George Ruppeiner Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Gil M Salu Visiting Associate Professor
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Computer Science
Milo Schield Visiting Professor in Statistics
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Statistics
Dr. Paul Scudder Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Chemistry
Vlad Serban Visiting Associate Professor in Mathematics
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Mathematics
Dr. Suzanne Sherman Associate Professor of Chemistry
Steven Shipman Professor of Physical Chemistry
Leonard Florsheim Chair
Andrey Skripnikov Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics
Dr. Jose R. Soto-Shoender Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology and Ecology
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Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Biology Environmental Studies
Joel Thurmond Senior Teaching Laboratory Specialist
Dr. Katherine Walstrom Professor of Biochemistry
Lydia Wassink Adjunct Asst. Professor
Office or Division Natural Sciences Division Area of Concentration Biology
Necmettin Yildirim Professor of Mathematics
Soo Bong Chae Chair of Applied Mathematics