2011-12 Faculty Senate Members > Science
Pat Arnott
Term Expires:
May 2013
Phone: (775) 784-6834
Website: website
Email: patarnott@physics.unr.edu
Brief Bio: Pat Arnott joined the Physics Department at UNR in 2005 and is an Associate Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences. He is the director of the undergraduate Atmospheric Sciences program within the Physics Department, and is a member of the graduate faculty in Physics. He is also a member of the faculty in the Atmospheric Sciences Graduate program, an interdisciplinary program of the graduate school. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, and has research and instructional collaboration with the Desert Research Institute (DRI) faculty members in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences. He was a faculty member at the DRI from 1992 to 2005. Most of his research is associated with development of instruments for air pollution and atmospheric science applications.
Jonathan Weinstein
Term Expires:
May 2012
Phone: (775) 784-6821
Website: website
Email: weinstein@physics.unr.edu
Brief Bio: Jonathan is an assistant professor in Physics.
Swatee Naik
Term Expires:
May 2013
Phone: (775) 784-6020
Website: website
Email: naik@unr.edu
Brief Bio: Swatee Naik is a professor of mathematics. She joined the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UNR in 1994. She has served as the is the core mathematics director and department chair. She teaches a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics. Swatee received her M.Sc. From I.I.T., Mumbai, and M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her area of research is low dimensional topology and knot theory. Currently, she is coauthoring a book on classical knot concordance; an electronic version is available at her website.