CAS Faculty
Kathleen Mullen
Associate Professor
Petrone Chair in Economics
Economics
Email: kjmullen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9747
Office: 511 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Monday 1:00-3:00pm
Barbara Muraca
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: bmuraca@uoregon.edu
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesday 4:00-6pm in person and on Zoom upon request (ask for Zoom link). Additional meetings (upon appointment) for graduate students
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Process Philosophy (Whitehead), Sustainability, degrowth, human-nature relationships, Biocapitalism
Jason Murphy
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Email: jamu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0274
Office: University Hall 314
James Murray
Assistant Professor
Biology, Mathematics, Neuroscience
Email: jmurray9@uoregon.edu
Office: 224A Huestis Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Deepu Murty
Associate Professor
Chair of the Committee for an Inclusive Community
Psychology
Email: murty@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1045
Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience, Memory, Motivation, Adaptive Behavior
Mikhail Myagkov
Professor
Political Science, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: myagkov@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4868
Office: 931 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Research Interests: Russian Politics, Comparative Politics, Formal Political Theory, Statistical Methods, Experimental Design, Game Theory
Haruka Nagao
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: hnagao@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: health governance, Africa-China relations, gender, public opinion, soft power diplomacy, East Asia
Malek Najjar
Professor, Theater Arts
Theatre Arts
Email: mnajjar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2237
Office: 213 Villard Hall, 1231 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Mondays and Fridays, 11am-1pm, or by appointment.
Research Interests: Contemporary Arab-American and Middle Eastern-American Theatre and Performance, Contemporary Theatre, Ethnic Studies, Critical Race Theory, Arab-American Studies.
Naoko Nakadate
Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: naoko@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0047
Office: 410 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring 2026: 1:30-4:30 Th and by appointment
George Nazin
Associate Professor
Physical Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry, OMQ
Email: gnazin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2017
Office: 183A Klamath Hall, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1253
Jacob P. Neal
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: jpneal@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tue. 4-5PM, Wed. 1:20-1:50PM and 3:20-3:50PM, or by appointment
Research Interests: History & Philosophy of Science, History & Philosophy of Molecular Biology, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Philosophy of Medicine
Kayla Nguyen
Physics
Email: kxn@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0397
Office: Willamette 120, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: electron microscopy, ptychography, magnetism, topology
Thanh Nguyen
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Email: thanhhng@cs.uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3974
Office: 303 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-120
Office Hours: CS471/571: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays; CS410/510: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Multi-agent Systems, Game Theory, Optimization
Thien Nguyen
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Email: thienn@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1398
Office: 330 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1202
Research Interests: Information Extraction, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning
Cris Niell
Professor
Biology, Neuroscience
Email: cniell@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8598
Office: 214 LISB, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Jens Noeckel
Associate Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, OMQ, Physics
Email: noeckel@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5210
Office: 456 Willamette Hall, 5203 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Research Interests: Quantum chaos and semiclassical physics in microcavity optics; optical and transport properties of mesoscopic systems.
Brad Nolen
Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: bnolen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7412
Office: 293 Klamath Hall, 1253 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1253