College of Science News

I would like to welcome the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) to the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.

The Department of Physics in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science was the recipient of a $1.1 million gift to establish the Bjorn Lamborn Endowed Chair in Astrophysics.

Teresa Wilcox, Ph.D., has been named interim dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. Teresa served as chair and professor in the FAU Department of Psychology since 2018.

Edward Ester, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology was awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award, which provides a grant of $553,436.

Andrés Garzón-Oechsle is pursuing a Ph.D. in Geosciences. He works with faculty member Erik Johanson, Ph.D., in the Environmental Change Lab. Previously, he received a B.A. in Anthropology at Indiana University and an M.A....

Ph.D. candidate in Integrative Biology, Kate Galloway, goes into detail about her research, her experience at FAU as a biology student and where you can find her exhibit on lionfish in this recent Q and A.

Across a two-month period, primary school children perceived by classmates as someone who is fun to be around experienced an increase in the number of classmates who liked them and the number who rated them as popular.

Upon FAU’s transition to remote working on March 16, 2020, due to COVID-19, our Tiny Earth team kicked into high gear to preserve the efforts of our teaching labs and team this far in the semester.

Kaitlin Waite is pursuing a B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavior and a B.S. in Biological Sciences. She works with Howard Hock, Ph.D., in the FAU Undergraduate Vision Laboratory.

Andrés Garzón-Oechsle is pursuing a Ph.D. in Geosciences. He works with faculty member Erik Johanson, Ph.D., in the Environmental Change Lab. Previously, he received a B.A. in Anthropology at Indiana University and an M.A....