Major Advisors

(last updated 10/10/2024)

Major advisors are faculty advisors who represent their respective academic departments or disciplines and are intimately familiar with specific major or minor requirements. They have the most current knowledge of discipline-specific information such as:

  • course offerings
  • curricular sequence
  • independent study projects
  • research and internships
  • professional organizations
  • current trends
  • graduate schools
  • careers related to the field

We strongly recommend that students communicate frequently with major and minor advisors, even prior to declaring a major or minor, so they can make informed decisions. Feel free to reach out to any major or minor advisor at any time. After declaring a major or minor, we encourage you to meet with your major and minor advisors each semester.

Major Advisors 2024-2025

Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
Sophie Crawford-Brown scb@rice.edu 122 Herring Hall
Anthropology
Mary Prendergrast mary@rice.edu 590 Sewall Hall
Architecture
Andrew Colopy andrew.colopy@rice.edu 207 Anderson Hall
Art
Josh Bernstein jb64@rice.edu 411 Sewall Hall
Art History
Joseph Manca manca@rice.edu 113 Herring Hall
Asian Studies
Sonia Ryang sonia.ryang@rice.edu 309 Lovett Hall
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Andrea Isella isella@rice.edu 354 Herman Brown Hall
Bioengineering
Sabia Abidi sabia.z.abidi@rice.edu B24 Ryon Engineering Laboratories
Bilal Ghosn bghosn@rice.edu 231 BioScience Research Collaborative
James Long james.long@rice.edu 765 BioScience Research Collaborative
Renata Ramos renata.ramos@rice.edu 1016 Duncan Hall
Laura Segatori segatori@rice.edu 313 BioScience Research Collaborative
Biosciences: Biochemistry, Cell Biology & Genetics, Integrative Biology

Prospectives, Freshmen, and Undeclared Sophomores

Pre-declaration advisors are arranged geographically so that you can start by contacting an advisor assigned to your college or a college nearby.

Caroline Ajo-Franklin
(Martel College)
caroline.ajo-franklin@rice.edu 319 Keck Hall
Charles Stewart
(Martel College)
crs@rice.edu W104 George R. Brown Hall
Beth Beason-Abmayr
(Brown College)
bbeason@rice.edu 102C Anderson Biological Laboratories
Dereth Philips
(Jones College)
derethp@rice.edu 101C Anderson Biological Laboratories
Evan Siemann
(McMurtry College)
siemann@rice.edu E200D George R. Brown Hall
Jamie Catanese
(Lovett College)
djc98@rice.edu 103A Anderson Biological Laboratories
Theresa Loveless
(Duncan College)
theresa.loveless@rice.edu W200N George R. Brown Hall
Cana Ross
(Lovett College)
cana.ross@rice.edu 101A Anderson Biological Laboratories
Yang Gao
(Sid Richardson College)
yg60@rice.edu 723 BioScience Research Collaborative
Cassidy Johnson
(Will Rice College)
cbj5145@rice.edu 104B Anderson Biological Laboratories
Dan Wagner
(Wiess College)
dswagner@rice.edu 351 Anderson Biological Laboratories
Dan Carson
(Hanszen College)
daniel.d.carson@rice.edu 1023 Bioscience Research Collaborative
Declared Majors (Based on Last Name)
Kate Beckingham (A-F) kate@rice.edu W130 George R. Brown Hall
Mike Stern (Last name G-K) stern@rice.edu 715 BioScience Research Collaborative
Jamie Catanese (Last name L-R) djc98@rice.edu 103A Anderson Biological Laboratories
Charles Stewart (Last name S-Z) crs@rice.edu W104 George R. Brown Hall
Declared Majors (Based on Last Name)
Kate Beckingham (A-F) kate@rice.edu W130 George R. Brown Hall
Mike Stern (Last name G-K) stern@rice.edu 715 BioScience Research Collaborative
Jamie Catanese (Last name L-R) djc98@rice.edu 103A Anderson Biological Laboratories
Charles Stewart (Last name S-Z) crs@rice.edu W104 George R. Brown Hall
Biosciences: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Prospectives, Freshmen, and Undeclared Sophomores
Cassidy Johnson cbj5145@rice.edu 104A Anderson Biological Laboratories
Evan Siemann siemann@rice.edu E200D George R. Brown Hall
Scott Solomon scott.solomon@rice.edu 103D Anderson Biological Laboratories
Declared Majors
Scott Solomon scott.solomon@rice.edu 103D Anderson Biological Laboratories
Business
Natalia Piqueira natalia.piqueira@rice.edu 264 McNair Hall
Duane Windsor (Management Concentration) odw@rice.edu 227 McNair Hall
Yuhang Xing (Finance Concentration) yxing@rice.edu 342 McNair Hall
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Walter Chapman wgchap@rice.edu 317 O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Ken Cox krcox@rice.edu 311B O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Amanda Marciel amanda.marciel@rice.edu 231 Space Science & Technology Bldg
Gerry McGlamery gerald.mcglamery@rice.edu 311A O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Tom Senftle tsenftle@rice.edu 219 Space Science & Technology Bldg
Ross Thyer ross.thyer@rice.edu 617 BioScience Research Collaborative
Stavroula (Alina) Kampouri kampouri@rice.edu 229 Space Science & Technology Bldg
Chemical Physics
Bruce Weisman weisman@rice.edu W103 George R. Brown Hall
Chemistry
Kristi Kincaid
(Baker College)
kristi.kincaid@rice.edu 342 Dell Butcher Hall
Samantha Yruegas
(Brown College)
samantha.yruegas@rice.edu 353 Dell Butcher Hall
Matt Jones
(Duncan College)
mrj@rice.edu E206 George R. Brown Hall
Jeffrey Hartgerink
(Hanszen College)
jdh@rice.edu 319 BioScience Research Collaborative
Bruce Weisman
(Jones College)
weisman@rice.edu W103 George R. Brown Hall
Angel Marti-Arbona
(Lovett College)
aam4@rice.edu 320B Dell Butcher Hall
Laszlo Kurti
(Martel College)
kurti.laszlo@rice.edu 377 Bioscience Research Collaborative
Julian West
(McMurtry College)
jgwest@rice.edu 325 BioScience Research Collaborative
Kasey Yearty
(Sid Richardson College)
klyearty@rice.edu 144 Dell Butcher Hall
Raul Sanchez
(Wiess College)
raulhs@rice.edu 341 Dell Butcher Hall
Han Xiao
(Will Rice College)
han.xiao@rice.edu 317 Bioscience Research Collaborative
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mason Tomson
BSCE Area 1, BA - Certifying Advisor, ENVI Track
mtomson@rice.edu 120 Keck Hall
Philip Bedient
BSCE- ENVI Certifying Advisor, BSCE Area 1&2
bedient@rice.edu 116 Keck Hall
Kalil Erazo
BSCE- CIVI Certifying Advisor, BSCE Area 3, BA - Certifying Advisor, CIVI Track
kalil.erazo@rice.edu 216 Ryon Engineering Laboratories
Leonardo Duenas-Osorio
BSCE Area 4
leonardo.duenas-osorio@rice.edu 212 Ryon Engineering Laboratories
Classical Studies
Hilary Mackie mackie@rice.edu 233 Rayzor Hall
Cognitive Sciences
Mike Byrne byrne@rice.edu 450A Sewall Hall
Suzanne Kemmer kemmer@rice.edu 209 Herring Hall
Bart Moore bart4@rice.edu 480 Sewall Hall
Timothy Schroeder timothy.a.schroeder@rice.edu 224A Humanities
Kim Orsten Hooge dr.oh@rice.edu 486 Sewall Hall
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Andrew Schaefer
BA in CAAM, BA in OPRE, & BS OPRE
andrew.schaefer@rice.edu 2036 Duncan Hall
Computer Science
Major Advising Based on Last Name
Risa Myers
(Aa - Bz)
risamyers@rice.edu 2062 Duncan Hall
Rodrigo Ferreira
(Ca - Da)
rf29@rice.edu 3052 Duncan Hall
Scott Cutler
(Db - Gz)
cutler@rice.edu
Dave Johnson
(Ha - Ka)
dbj@rice.edu 3007 Duncan Hall
Tasos Kyrillidis
(Kb - Le)
anastasios@rice.edu 3119 Duncan Hall
Rebecca Schreib
(Lf - Mz)
rjs7@rice.edu 2064 Duncan Hall
Stephen Wong
(Na - Qz)
swong@rice.edu 3102 Duncan Hall
Todd Treangen
(Ra - Si)
treangen@rice.edu 3099 Duncan Hall
Alan Cox
(Sj - Wh)
alc@rice.edu 3009 Duncan Hall
Devika Subramanian
(Wi - Zz)
devika@rice.edu 3094 Duncan Hall
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science
Tim Diedesch
(Geoscience, Environmental)
td65@rice.edu 221 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories
Melodie French
(Geoscience, Planetary)
mefrench@rice.edu 203 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories
Economics, Mathematical Economic Analysis, Managerial Economics and Organizational Sciences
James Brown jbrown@rice.edu 433 Kraft Hall
James DeNicco james.denicco@rice.edu 437 Kraft Hall
Mahmoud El-Gamal elgamal@rice.edu 429 Kraft Hall
Amelie Carlton amelie.b.carlton@rice.edu 428 Kraft Hall
Richard Boylan rboylan@rice.edu 419 Kraft Hall
Chase Coleman cc257@rice.edu 452 Kraft Hall
Marc Dudey dudey@rice.edu 432 Kraft Hall
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joseph Cavallaro cavallar@rice.edu 3042 Duncan Hall
César Uribe cauribe@rice.edu 2048 Duncan Hall
John Seymour seymourjp@rice.edu 876 BioScience Research Collaborative
Ray Simar ray.simar@rice.edu 2019 Duncan Hall
Gary Woods gary.woods@rice.edu 2023 Duncan Hall
English
Betty Joseph beejay@rice.edu 319 Herring Hall
Environmental Science
Prospectives, Freshmen, and Undeclared Sophomores
Amy Dunham (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) aed4@rice.edu 253 Anderson Biological Laboratories
Evan Siemann (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) siemann@rice.edu E200D George R. Brown Hall
Sylvia Dee (Earth Science) sylvia.dee@rice.edu 313 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories
Emma Beer (Earth Science) emma.beer@rice.edu 220 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories
Declared Majors/Minors
Sven Kranz (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) skranz@rice.edu 252 Anderson Biological Lab
Amy Dunham (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) aed4@rice.edu 253 Anderson Biological Lab
Sylvia Dee (Earth Science) sylvia.dee@rice.edu 313 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories
Emma Beer (Earth Science) emma.beer@rice.edu 220 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories

European Studies
Jacqueline Couti jacqueline.couti@rice.edu 315 Rayzor Hall
French Studies
Linsey Saint-Claire linsey.sainte-claire@rice.edu 335 Rayzor Hall
German Studies
Astrid Oesmann astrid.oesmann@rice.edu 327 Rayzor Hall
History
Aysha Pollnitz aysha.pollnitz@rice.edu 310 Humanities
Kinesiology
Cassandra Diep
(Health Sciences)
csdiep@rice.edu S203D Tudor Fieldhouse
Heidi Perkins
(Health Sciences)
hperkins@rice.edu S203F Tudor Fieldhouse
Paul Yeh
(Health Sciences)
paul.yeh@rice.edu S203M Tudor Fieldhouse
Laura Kabiri
(Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology)
laura.kabiri@rice.edu S203E Tudor Fieldhouse
Amanda Perkins-Ball
(Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology)
aperkinsball@rice.edu S203G Tudor Fieldhouse
Augusto Rodriguez
(Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology)
axr1@rice.edu S203C Tudor Fieldhouse
Latin American Studies
Sophie Esch sophie.esch@rice.edu 333 Rayzor Hall
Linguistics
Robert Englebretson reng@rice.edu 206 Herring Hall
Materials Science and Nanoengineering
Yimo Han yh76@rice.edu 227 O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Hanyu Zhu
hz67@rice.edu 226 O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Mathematics
Zhiyong Gao zgao@rice.edu 428 Herman Brown Hall
Frank Jones fjones@rice.edu 448 Herman Brown Hall
Nets Katz nk67@rice.edu 442 Herman Brown Hall
Betul Orcan Ekmekci orcan@rice.edu 440 Herman Brown Hall
Stephen Semmes semmes@rice.edu 414 Herman Brown Hall
Stephen Wang sswang@rice.edu 410 Herman Brown Hall
Mechanical Engineering
Peter Lillehoj
(Hanszen, Martel, and Lovett)
lillehoj@rice.edu 675 Bioscience Research Collaborative
David Trevas
(Jones and Sid Richardson)
dat7@rice.edu 230 Mechanical Engineering Building
Denizhan Yavas
(Baker, Will Rice, and Duncan)
dy52@rice.edu 228 O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science
Laura Schaefer
(Brown, McMurtry, and Weiss)
Laura.Schaefer@rice.edu 106 Mechanical Engineering Building
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Claire Fanger cfanger@rice.edu 207 Humanities
Music
Geoffrey Scott geoffrey.scott@rice.edu 2235 Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Neuroscience
Prospectives, Freshmen, and Undeclared Sophomores
Jon Flynn flynn@rice.edu 103B Anderson Biological Laboratories
Nele Lefeldt nele.lefeldt@rice.edu 104C Anderson Biological Laboratories
Cana Ross cana.ross@rice.edu 101A Anderson Biological Laboratories
Declared Majors
Jon Flynn flynn@rice.edu 103B Anderson Biological Laboratories
Nele Lefeldt nele.lefeldt@rice.edu 104C Anderson Biological Laboratories
Cana Ross cana.ross@rice.edu 101A Anderson Biological Laboratories

Philosophy
Charles Siewert siewert@rice.edu 223 Humanities
Physics
Frank Toffoletto
(Computational Physics, Overload Petitions)
toffo@rice.edu 316 Herman Brown Hall
Stan Dodds
(General Physics)
dodds@rice.edu 215 Herzstein Hall
Douglas Natelson
(Applied Physics)
natelson@rice.edu 301 Brockman Hall
Ching-Hwa Kiang
(Biophysics)
chkiang@rice.edu 226 Brockman Hall
Political Science
Joey Cozza joseph.cozza@rice.edu 115 Herzstein Hall
Psychological Sciences
Bryan Denny
(Psi Chi, Undergraduate Research Liaison to TMC)

bryan.denny@rice.edu

761 BioScience Research Collaborative

Kim Orsten Hooge
(Psi Chi Advisor)
kim.hooge@rice.edu 486 Sewall Hall
Fred Oswald
(Honors)
foswald@rice.edu 429F Sewall Hall
Colette Nicolaou
(Major Advisor, Major Declarations)
Colette.Nicolaou@rice.edu 484 Sewall Hall
Mark Maynard
(Major Advisor, Major Declarations)
Maynard@rice.edu 482 Sewall Hall
Religion
David Cook dbcook@rice.edu 211 Humanities
Judith Brunton jb232@rice.edu 229 Humanities Building
Social Policy Analysis
Steven Perry sp52@rice.edu Fondren 414
Sociology
Anna Rhodes anna.rhodes@rice.edu 257 Kraft Hall
Spanish and Portuguese
Rafael Salaberry salaberry@rice.edu 334 Rayzor
Sport Analytics
Clark Haptonstall hapton@rice.edu 245 Kraft Hall
Sport Management
Clark Haptonstall hapton@rice.edu 245 Kraft Hall
Statistics
Elizabeth McGuffey elizabeth.mcguffey@rice.edu 111 Maxfield Hall
Meng Li meng@rice.edu 214 Maxfield Hall
Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Emily Houlik-Ritchey eh27@rice.edu 235 Herring Hall

HOURS

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8:30 am - 12:00 pm

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

 

Phone | 713.348.4060

Email | aadv@rice.edu

ADDRESS

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Houston, TX 77005