CAS Faculty Natural Sciences

Jennifer Ablow

Associate Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4554
Office: 475 Straub Hall, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Clinical, Developmental, Infant-Parent Attachment, Maternal Brain, Influence of Familial Risk and Protective Factors to Development of Stress, Physiological, and Emotion Regulation

Nicolas Addington

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-4716
Office: 208 Fenton Hall

Susheel Adusumilli

Assistant Professor
Earth Sciences
Office: Cascade 310D
Research Interests: Coastal Studies, Ice Sheets, Sea Level Impacts and Adaptation

Matthias Agne

Assistant Professor
MSTC Advisory Committee member
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 541-346-0407
Office: LISB 435
Research Interests: Thermodynamics, Transport, Batteries, Thermoelectrics, Electrochemistry, Phase Transitions

Benjamín Aleman

Associate Professor
Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, Materials Science Institute, OMQ, Physics
Phone: 541-346-0891
Office: 178 Willamette Hall, 1274 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Physics and synthesis of low-dimensional systems; nanoelectromechanical systems; solid-state defect centers and qubits; quantum and nanoscale-based sensing and microscopy; photonics; microfluidics

David Allcock

Assistant Professor
OMQ, Physics
Phone: 541-346-4674
Office: 275 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Ion trapping, quantum computing, and hybrid quantum systems

Nicholas Allen

Professor
Ann Swindells Professor; Director, Center for Digital Mental Health
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4075
Office: 479 Straub Hall, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Clinical, Adolescent Development and Mental Health, Mood Disorders, Sleep, Developmental Social and Affective Neuroscience, Family Processes, Digital Mental Health, Assessment and Intervention, Prevention Research

Zena Ariola

Associate Department Head
Professor
Computer Science
Phone: 541-346-4448
Office: 305 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1202
Research Interests: Programming Languages, Term Rewriting Systems, Lambda-calculus, Logic

Sunny Bai

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 971-352-4016
Research Interests: Clinical, Developmental, stress and coping, emotion regulation, family relationships, peer relationships, depression, suicide prevention, intensive longitudinal methods

Dare Baldwin

Full Professor
Psychology, Clark Honors College
Phone: 541-346-4964
Office: 467 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: <br /> Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 Chapman Hall Faculty Commons<br /> Tuesdays 10am-12pm Straub 467
Research Interests: Development, Language Acquisition, Event Processing, Cognitive and Social-Cognitive Development, Developmental Consequences of Malnutrition, Behavioral Response to Natural Hazards

Jayanth Banavar

Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Phone: 541-346-3214
Office: 177 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Statistical Physics, Ecology, Proteins, Neuroscience, River networks

Matthew Barber

Associate Professor
Biology
Phone: 541-346-4903
Office: 321 Pacific, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Nicola Barber

Career Senior Instructor I
Biology
Phone: 541-346-7024
Office: 73A Klamath Hall, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210

Arkadiy Berenshtein

Professor
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-5624
Office: 306 Fenton Hall, 1222 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1222
Research Interests: representation theory, quantum groups, Schubert calculus, combinatorics, cluster algebras, commutative and noncommutative algebraic geometry.

Elliot Berkman

Professor; Divisional Associate Dean, Natural Sciences
CTN Co-Director
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4909
Office: 332 LISB, 1227 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Translational Neuroscience, Self-Regulation, Goals, Motivation

Jessica Bernards

Instructor Pro Tempore
Mathematics

Ilya Bindeman

Professor
Earth Sciences
Phone: 541-346-3817
Office: 110A Cascade Hall, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: stable isotope geochemistry, volcanology

Scott Blumenthal

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9181
Office: 374 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Ecology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Shannon Boettcher

Professor
The Boettcher lab is transitioning to UC Berkeley and LBNL this year. https://boettcherlab.berkeley.edu/
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 541-346-2543
Office: 435 LISB, 1253 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1253
Research Interests: electrochemistry, solar energy, solid state materials chemistry, catalysis

Bryan Boggs

Senior Lecturer
Associate Dept Head
Physics
Phone: 541-346-5296
Office: 43 Willamette Hall, 1274 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Optical properties of semiconductors; ultra-fast optics; Superconductivity