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NATURALSCIENCESANDMATHEMATICSBreak the mold.In the Division of Natural Sciences f1 Mathematics, we teach more than the fundamentals.Students can choose from hundreds of courses In geography, biology, chemistry, blochemlsty,mathematics, physics and astronomy. And, they col laborate with our facul ty scholars toapply their newfound knowledge to research that changes lives or challenges tong-heldIdeas.

DUastronomer Robert Stencel and PhDcandidate Brian Kloppenborg solved themystery of blinking binary star system Epsilon Aurigae, publishing their f indings In theIntematlonal science Journal Nature.

Geography graduate student Brett Machovlna, anAir Force l ieutenant colonel , appliedGIStechnology to develop a new hel icopter navigat ion system that thinks in threedimensions.

Undergraduates in biology Assistant Professor Dan t fnsernan's lab test natural productssuchasgreen tea and grapes to determine which hold promise astreatments forneurodegeneratlve diseases.

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RESEARCHSearch for solutions.Our facul ty and students apply the force of the ir Intel lect to answer fundamental scienti fi c quest ions and address some of themost pressing Issues facing our world.

Funded by the Nat ional Ins ti tu tes of Health, b io logy Professor John Kinnamon Iss tudy ing the bas ic mechanisms of howtaste works, Including studying the synapses between taste receptor cel ls and the bra in .

Chemistry and biochemistry Professor Andrei Kutateladze is developing applications to help scientists better understandhow nanoscoplc objec ts Interac t and what goes on at the smallest molecular levels, providing valuable c lues for theidentif icat ion of potential drug candidates.

Toshlya Ueta, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has been col laborating with the AKARI Infrared AstronomySatel li te pro ject led by the Japan Aerospace Explorat ion Agency wi th the par ti cipation of European Space Agency. TheAKARIpro ject recentl y released two new Int rared a ll -sky cata logues for the f irst t ime In more than 20 years .

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ALUMNIMake usproud.Our alumni have distinguished careers asdoctors, entrepreneurs, researchers andprofessors, and their work takes them asfar afield asAfrica andAntarctica, Their workImpacts sdence and Improves lives,

Martha Syrnko-Davtes(PhDphysics'97) works at the National Renewable EnergyLaboratory managing a photovoltalc Incubator program that provides grants tostart-up companies with cuttlng,edge approaches to generating solar power.

Biology alumna Krlstl Moore (BS'97) helped build a newAntarctic research station,and environmental science graduate Matt Harwood (BS'03)worked asan assistant labsupervisor at Antarctica's McMurdo Station,

Brent Petrie (BAgeography 72) Ispart of a team modernizing diesel power plants,upgrading Village fuel facilities and developing altematlve energy sourcesIncludingwind turbines for the AlaskaVillage Electric Cooperative, which serves53 ruralvillages.

Epidemiologist Karen Gleseker (BSbiology '87, MSbiology '95) hastraveled the wortdcontrolling diseaseoutbreak. Nowshe teaches epidemiology as an assistant professorat the Institute for Public Health at Georgia State University.

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