Departments

Astronomy research areas: theoretical and computational astrophysics, millimeter wavelength radio astronomy and instrumentation, and observational astronomy at x-ray, ultraviolet, optical and infrared wavelengths. Facilities: Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). Degrees: BA, BS, PhD. Part of the Five-College Astronomy Program.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology research areas: organelle biogenesis and development, protein folding and maturation, protein synthesis, structure, and function, RNA synthesis, structure, and function, and signal transduction. Degrees: BA, BS, 5-yr BS/MS, PhD.

Biology research areas: neuroscience and neurodevelopment, genetics and genomics in plants and animals, cell biology, physiology, systematics and evolution, ecology and behavior, and bioinformatics. Degrees: BA, BS, MS, PhD.

Chemistry research areas: organic material and polymer synthesis, structural biochemistry, materials science, precise sample analysis, computational chemistry, renewable energy, and the chemical basis for disease. Degrees: BA, BS, MS, PhD.

Computer Science research areas: autonomous and multi-agent systems, electronic teaching, foundations of computing, information retrieval and data mining, machine learning, networking, distributed systems, and security, computational biology and informatics, robotics, computer vision, and graphics, and software systems and architecture. Degrees: BS, MS PhD degrees; IT minor.

Geosciences research areas: geology, geography, earth systems, geochemistry, paleoclimatology, climate modeling, structural geology and tectonics, petrology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, geomorphology, geophysics, political economy, geography of livable cities, landscapes, and livelihoods. Degrees: BA, BS, MS, PhD in Geology; BA, BS, MS in Geography; BS in Earth Systems.

Mathematics and Statistics research areas: algebra and Lie theory, number theory, algebraic and differential geometry, topology, analysis, dynamical systems, partial differential equations, applied and computational mathematics, mathematical physics, probability, methodological and applied statistics. Degrees: BA, BS, MS, PhD in Mathematics; MS in Applied Mathematics.

Physics research areas condensed matter physics, soft matter physics, low temperature physics, nanoscience, optics, computational and statistical physics, biological physics, high energy and nuclear physics, astroparticle physics, gravitation, cosmology, physics education research. Degrees: BA, BS, MS, PhD.

Polymer Science and Engineering research areas: nanotechnology, green technology, and biotechnology. Facility: $24 million instrumentation facility, National Center for Polymer Research, 3 NSF centers for polymeric materials, collaborative industrial research program. Degrees: MS, PhD.