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
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Alfred Beulig
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Dr. Rebecca Black
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry
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Amy Elizabeth Bohan
Instructor of Biology
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Dr. Donald Colladay
Professor of Physics
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Jeremias Corradi
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
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Melissa Crow
Instructor of Statistics
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Leo Demski
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Founding Director Pritzker Marine Biology Center
Taylor Feild
Associate Professor of Biology
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Dr. Kristopher Fennie
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director of Health Cultures and Societies
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Dr. Jayne M. Gardiner
Associate Professor of Biology
Sandra Gilchrist
Professor of Biology & Marine Science
Natural Sciences Division Chair
David Gillman
Associate Professor of Computer Science
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Matthew Goldberg
Associate
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Fahmida Hamid
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
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Dr. Emily Heffernan
Director, Environmental Studies Program
Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Mans Hulden
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Lin Jiang
Assistant Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry
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Devang Khambhati
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Dr. Bernhard Klingenberg
Director of Data Science
Professor of Statistics
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Christopher Kottke
Associate Professor of Mathematics
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Samantha Levell
Visiting Assistant Professor
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Rohan Loveland
Professor of Computer & Data Science
Dr. Elzie McCord Jr.
Emeritus Professor of Biology
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Patrick McDonald
Professor of Mathematics
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David Mullins
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
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Mikayla Nolen
Office Assistant, Natural Sciences
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Dr. Tiago Perez
Assistant Professor of Data Science
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Eirini Poimenidou
Professor of Mathematics
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Erin Robinson
Ombudsperson
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Dr. Tania Roy
Assistant Professor of Human Centered Computing
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George Ruppeiner
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
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Mitchel Ruzek
Assistant Professor of Biology
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Tyrone Ryba
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Milo Schield
Visiting Professor in Statistics
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Dr. Paul Scudder
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
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Dr. Mariana Sendova
Professor of Physics
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Vlad Serban
Associate Professor in Mathematics
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Dr. Suzanne Sherman
Associate Professor of Chemistry
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Andrey Skripnikov
Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics
Dr. Jose R. Soto-Shoender
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology and Ecology
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Colleen Swessel
Office Manager
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Joel Thurmond
Senior Teaching Laboratory Specialist
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Dr. Gerardo Toro-Farmer
Assistant Professor of Coastal and Marine Science
Romina Uranga
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
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Toby Wade
Assistant Professor of Data Science and Statistics
Lydia Wassink
Adjunct Asst. Professor
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Necmettin Yildirim
Professor of Mathematics
Soo Bong Chae Chair of Applied Mathematics
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