CAS Faculty Natural Sciences
Lynn Stephen
Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Anthropology, CLLAS, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx, SAIL
Email: stephenl@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: On sabbatical AY 2025-2026, return Fall of 2026.
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence
Kirstin Sterner
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Anthropology
Email: ksterner@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8614
Office: Pacific Hall Room 10
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 1:30pm to 3:30pm in PAC10 or by appointment (Spring 2026 Term)
Research Interests: molecular anthropology, epigenomics, aging and aging-related diseases, primate adaptation
Matthew Streisfeld
Associate Professor; Department Head, Biology
Institute of Ecology and Evolution director
Biology
Email: mstreis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4816
Office: 267A Onyx Bridge, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
David Strom
Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Email: dstrom@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6108
Office: 447 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Quantum black hole production in proton-proton collisions, Higgs (in beyond the Standard Model Scenarios), triggering at hadron colliders, detectors and electronics for linear colliders, precision electroweak measurements, ATLAS
Xiaobo Su
Professor
Asian Studies, Climate Studies, Geography
Email: xiaobo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4568
Office: 175 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Tourism and urban development, international political economy, China and Southeast Asia
Lawrence Sugiyama
Professor
Anthropology
Email: sugiyama@uoregon.edu
Office: 329 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
David Sutherland
Professor
Earth Sciences
Email: dsuth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8753
Office: 204 Volcanology, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1272
Office Hours: I am on sabbatical 2025-26.
Research Interests: Coastal physical oceanography, Ice-ocean interactions
Kelly Sutherland
Professor
Alec and Kay Keith Professor
Biology, OIMB
Email: ksuth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8783
Office: 479 Onyx Bridge
Nicki Swann
Associate Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Human Physiology, Neuroscience
Email: nswann@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7607
Office: 348 Gerlinger Hall, 1240 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1240
Research Interests: Neurophysiology of healthy movement and movement disorders
Emily Sylwestrak
Assistant Professor
Biology, Neuroscience
Email: Emily@uoregon.edu
Office: 225A Huestis Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Ryan Takahashi
Assistant Teaching Professor
Mathematics
Email: rtakahas@uoregon.edu
Office: 104B McArthur Court
Office Hours: M 2-3:30, R 2:45-3:45
Terry Takahashi
Professor
Neuroscience
Email: terry@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4544
Office: 228A Huestis Hall
Richard Taylor
Professor
Physics Department Head
Physics, SAIL
Email: rpt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4741
Office: 173 Willamette Hall, 1274 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: Nanoelectronics, neuroscience, retinal implants, solar cells, visual science of fractals
Aye Thuzar
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computer Science
Email: athuzar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2026
Office: 141 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Computing Education
Nelson Ting
Professor
Anthropology
Email: nting@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8878
Office: 07 Pacific Hall
Research Interests: Wildlife Conservation, Genomics, Ecology, Evolution, Africa
Douglas Toomey
Professor of Geophysics
Earth Sciences
Email: drt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5576
Office: 105A Cascade Hall, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: MW 11-12
Research Interests: Multi-hazards detection and monitoring, societal resilience to earthquakes and wildfires, seismology, subduction zones, oceanic hotspots
Eric Torrence
Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Email: torrence@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4618
Office: 418 Willamette Hall, 1274 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Larry Ulibarri
Senior Instructor I
Anthropology
Email: larryu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8188
Office: 373 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: by appointment (in-person or remotely)
Research Interests: Primate ecology and conservation, animal behavior, forensics, nutrition.
Nash Unsworth
Professor
Neuroscience, Psychology
Email: nashu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2921
Office: 327 LISB, 1227 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Cognitive-Neuroscience, Memory and Attention
Arkady Vaintrob
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Email: vaintrob@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4734
Office: University Hall 305
Office Hours: M 3:00-3:50, W 12:00-12:50