About the Natural Sciences at UO
The division of Natural Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences comprises eight departments - Biology, Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences, Geological Sciences, Human Physiology, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology - as well as the General Science Program.
These departments are committed to creating and disseminating new knowledge in their fields by combining research and teaching, a principle devised by Wilhelm von Humboldt in the early 1800s, and followed by research universities around the world.
Our 200 faculty members -- including five members of the National Academy of Sciences-- are engaged in research that spans a broad range from the basic to the applied, from questions about the foundations of quantum mechanics, to the development of cancer cells, to work that results in the spin-off of high-technology companies.
Natural Sciences faculty share their excitement about their research with their students, both in the classroom and in the laboratory. They train their students to become part of the next generation of scientists who will push the frontiers of human knowledge.
These departments are committed to creating and disseminating new knowledge in their fields by combining research and teaching, a principle devised by Wilhelm von Humboldt in the early 1800s, and followed by research universities around the world.
Our 200 faculty members -- including five members of the National Academy of Sciences-- are engaged in research that spans a broad range from the basic to the applied, from questions about the foundations of quantum mechanics, to the development of cancer cells, to work that results in the spin-off of high-technology companies.
Natural Sciences faculty share their excitement about their research with their students, both in the classroom and in the laboratory. They train their students to become part of the next generation of scientists who will push the frontiers of human knowledge.
- Dietrich Belitz, Associate Dean of Natural Sciences
Dietrich Belitz has been Associate Dean of Natural Sciences since 2004. As a physicist, he conducts theoretical research at the boundary between statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics. His principal interest in recent years has been focused on quantum many-body problems, including superconductivity, magnetism, transport processes and quantum phase transitions, in particular metal-insulator transitions and magnetic transitions.Visit Dr. Belitz's web page in the Physics Department to learn more about his research.
Dietrich Belitz has been Associate Dean of Natural Sciences since 2004. As a physicist, he conducts theoretical research at the boundary between statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics. His principal interest in recent years has been focused on quantum many-body problems, including superconductivity, magnetism, transport processes and quantum phase transitions, in particular metal-insulator transitions and magnetic transitions.Visit Dr. Belitz's web page in the Physics Department to learn more about his research.