• Professor James M. Schombert (General Science Program Director) became director of the General Science Program in 2002. Although new as director of the program this year, Schombert has served on the General Science Committee as a physics representative for a number of years, and is thus not new to the program. Schombert is an observational astronomer whose research centers around galaxy evolution and formation, as well as topics in cosmology. His recent research interests deal with the study of the evolution of galaxies through the phenomenon of lookback time, our ability to see into the past as we look farther into space. He is a member of NASA's Science Definition Team for the National Virtual Observatory, a federal initiative to link our space and ground-based observatories and datasets into a vast virtual system for doing new types of science. After receiving his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1984, Schombert was a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech and a visiting assistant professor at UMichigan. Before arriving at UOregon in 1996, he was a staff scientist at NASA/Caltech for 6 years, the last two working for the Astrophysics Division of NASA HQ, Washington, D.C. He has been doing research and teaching the introductory astronomy courses at the University of Oregon since 1996. He has also developed two new courses, `21st Century Science' for the Honors College and `History of Space Flight' for the Freshmen Seminars.

  All GenSc email should be addressed to: gensci@uoregon.edu

• Katherine Seikel (GTF Adviser) is currently working towards a Masters in Anthropology. She graduated from Indiana University with a BA in Anthropology in 2005. While at IU, Kat studied in Australia and participated in an archaeological field school in Belize and conducted fieldwork in Wyoming. Her current research is focused on archaeology in the Pacific Islands with a specific interest in the Island of Pohnpei.
• Christine Bowman (GTF Adviser) is currently a Masters student in Geography at the U of O. She is originally from Long Beach, California and graduated with a B.A. in Geography from UCLA in 2005. She has a strong background in hydrology and fluvial geomorphology and is interested in stream restoration. Her current research involves reassessing flood hazards along the McKenzie River in Springfield, Oregon.

If you are interested in becoming a peer adviser for General Science please contact Jim Schombert, for more information js@abyss.uoregon.edu
 

For further information:

• Main Page for UOregon General Science
• UO Catalogue for General Science
• The Student Guide to the General Science Major