The Natural Sciences Ph.D. program takes a multidisciplinary approach to earning a doctorate. Students are admitted to a primary discipline from the list below. At the time of admission, applicants may choose a secondary discipline from this list. However, a secondary discipline is not a necessary designation, if the student and advisor agree that coursework in multiple areas would be better for research and career goals.
Click the discipline links to navigate to the individual discipline web pages.
| Discipline | Coordinator |
|---|---|
| Biomedical and Health Informatics | Dr. An-Lin Cheng |
| Cell Biology and Biophysics | Dr. Jeffrey Price |
| Chemistry | Dr. David VanHorn |
| Geosciences | Dr. Fengpeng Sun |
| Mathematics | Dr. Liana Sega |
| Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | Dr. Jeffrey Price |
| Oral and Craniofacial Sciences | Dr. Mary Walker |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Kun Cheng |
| Pharmacology | Dr. Gerald Wyckoff |
| Physics | Dr. Paul Rulis |
