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Advisor Contact Information

How to contact your faculty advisor

E mail is the recommended method for contacting your faculty advisor. Use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation; be concise and to the point.

Include the following information in your e mail:

• The SUBJECT line - "Academic Advising - STUDENT'S FULL NAME"
• Salutation to the faculty advisor (i.e. "Dear, Dr." or "Hello, Dr.") and closing (i.e. "Sincerely", "Regards", or "Thank you")
• Student's date of birth (month and date) and current major
• If you are requesting an advising appointment, include days & times during regular business hours that you are available to meet
• If you are requesting an advising appointment, include reason(s) for requesting an advising appointment

NOTE: If your e mail does not include all the above mentioned information, the faculty advisor may not respond to your request. It may take up to 1-2 business days for a faculty advisor to respond to your e mail request or inquiry.

College of Science Faculty Advisor Contact Information

E mail contact information for all faculty advisors are provided below; phone numbers and office location can be found in the University Directory.

Christina Cho, M.A.
Director of Advising, Recruitment, & Retention

• science@unr.edu

Christina provides all of the 1st semester freshman mandatory advising for all majors in the College of Science and oversees undergraduate advising in the College of Science.

Biology & Neuroscience

Cell and Molecular Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology; and General Biology

• Pamela Sandstrom: Freshmen Advisor
  • psandstrom@unr.edu
• Elena Pravosudova: Sophomore, Juniors and Seniors with last names beginning with A-G
  • epravosudova@unr.edu
• Joshua Stevenson: Sophomore, Juniors and Seniors with last names beginning with H-P
  • jstevenson@unr.edu
• Jennifer Hollander: Sophomore, Juniors and Seniors with last names beginning with Q-Z
  • jhollander@unr.edu

Chemistry

Professional Chemistry option, Environmental Chemistry option, and Field of Concentration in Chemistry

• Sarah Cummings
  • sac@unr.edu

Geography

BS and BA degree programs

• Scott Mensing
  • smensing@unr.edu
• Scott Bassett
  • sbassett@unr.edu
• Doug Boyle
  • douglasb@unr.edu

Geological Sciences & Engineering

Geology, Geophysics, Hydrogeology, and Geological Engineering programs

• Jim Carr: Geological Engineering
  • carr@unr.edu
• Wendy Calvin: Geophysics
  • wcalvin@unr.edu
• John Louie: Geophysics
  • louie@seismo.unr.edu
• John McCormack: Geology
  • mccormac@mines.unr.edu
• Gina Tempel: Hydrogeology
  • gtempel@unr.edu

Mathematics & Statistics

BS & BA degree programs; General option, Statistics option, Applied option, Discrete/Operations Research option

• Jerry Johnson
  • jerryj@unr.edu
• Tom Quint
  • quint@unr.edu

Mining Engineering

• Rajagopala Kallu
  • rkallu@unr.edu
• Dan Taylor
  • dtaylor@mines.unr.edu

Metallurgical Engineering

• Thom Seal
  • tseal@unr.edu

Physics

Physics and Atmospheric Sciences programs

• Dave Bennum: Physics Students
  • daveb@physics.unr.edu
• Melodi Rodrigue: Physics Students
  • melodi@physics.unr.edu
• Pat Arnott: Atmospheric Sciences Students
  • patarnott@physics.unr.edu