Faculty Advisors
Faculty Advisors
Graduate advising occurs at the department level by faculty advisors. These are regular faculty members in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM). Their role is to help students with career planning and to serve as academic mentors (they are often not, however, up on the technicalities of UT Dallas requirements). Students should partner with both the faculty advisor and the academic advisor. Below is a list of faculty advisors for each major in NSM.
| Major | UG Faculty Advisor | GR Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Actuarial Science | Dr. Natalia Humphreys | Dr. Wenyi Lu |
| Biochemistry | Dr. Sheena D’Arcy | |
| Biology | Dr. Uma Srikanth | Dr. Duane Winkler Biological Sciences Programs |
| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Dr. Min Chen | |
| Biotechnology | Dr. Mehmet Candas | |
| Chemistry | Dr. Sheena D’Arcy | Dr. Steven Nielsen |
| Data Science | Dr. Pankaj Choudhary and Dr. Ovidiu Daescu | |
| Data Science and Statistics | Dr. Min Chen | |
| Mathematics | Dr. Mieczyslaw Dabkowski | Dr. Viswanath Ramakrishna |
| Mathematics-Statistics | Dr. Chuan-Fa Tang | |
| Molecular Biology | Dr. Uma Srikanth | Dr. Duane Winkler |
| Physics | Dr. Lindsay King | Dr. Yuri Gartstein |
| Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences | Dr. Tom Brikowski and Dr. Zach Sickmann | Dr. Robert Stern |
More information on graduate advising may be found on the program pages below:
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Department of Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences
- Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Physics
- Department of Science/Mathematics Education
Fast Track Programs
Fast Track offers an accelerated pathway to get a master’s degree. Specifically, it allows an undergraduate student to take up to 15 semester credit hours of approved graduate level courses in their senior year to use toward completion of both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Visit Fast Track Master’s Programs to learn more.