Hampshire College

Natural Science is a uniquely interdisciplinary school with twenty faculty doing research on a broad range of questions. Their research interests cover many topics in three major areas: core sciences (e.g. chemistry, physics), human health/medicine (including anthropology), and environment-agriculture. Some examples are given below.

Dula Amarasiriwardena
Metals, Dirt, Pollution, and Spectrochemistry

Charlene D'Avanzo
Marine Ecology Research and Education Research

Herbert J. Bernstein
Quantum Mechanics, Science & Society, Effects of Modern Knowledge

Christina Cianfrani
Linking Stream Geomorphology, Watershed Condition and Aquatic Ecosystem Health

Cynthia Gill
Neuroendocrinology of the Developing Brain

Alan Goodman
Human Biological Variation

Salman Hameed
Astronomy

Lynn Miller
Population Genetics of Atlantic Coast Striped Bass

Steve Roof
Reconstructing Earth's Climate Over the Last 500,000 Years

Helaine Selin
History of Non-Western Science: Natural Science, Technology and Medicine

Jason Tor
The Diversity and Physiology of Microbes Thriving in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems