Current Scientia Members

Richard Baraniuk
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Title: C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering; Professor of Statistics & Computer Science

Margaret Beier
Department: Psychological Sciences
Title: Professor & Department Chair, Psychological Sciences

Anthony Brandt, Scientia Director
Department: Shepherd School of Music
Title: Professor & Chair, Composition & Music Theory

Kathleen Canning
Department: School of Humanities
Title: Dean, School of Humanities; Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History

Elaine Ecklund
Department: Sociology
Title: Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology & Director, Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance

Mahmoud El-Gamal
Department: Economics
Title: Professor, Economics & Statistics; Chair, Islamic Economics, Finance & Management

Reto Geiser
Department: School of Architecture
Title: Associate Professor of Architecture; Director of Undergraduate Studies

Michael C. Gustin
Department: BioSciences
Title: Professor of BioSciences; College Magister, Lovett College

Jason Hafner, Interim Scientia Director (2023-2024)
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Title: Professor, Physics & Astronomy

Matthias Henze
Department: Religion
Title: Isla Carroll & Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies; Director of the Program in Jewish Studies

Suzanne E. Kemmer
Department: Linguistics
Title: Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science

Thomas Killian
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Title: Dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences; Professor, Physics & Astronomy

Marcia O'Malley
Department: Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Kirsten Anne Ostherr
Department: English
Title: Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English; Director, Medical Humanities Program & Medical Humanities Research Institute

Frederick Oswald
Department: Psychological Sciences
Title: Professor of Psychological Sciences; Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences; Director of Graduate Studies

Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Department: Bioengineering
Title: Malcom Gillis University Professor; Professor of Bioengineering; Director of Rice 360° Institute for Global Health

Devika Subramanian
Department:Computer Science
Title: Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Moshe Vardi
Department: Computer Science
Title: Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering; University Professor

Matthew Wettergreen
Department: Bioengineering
Title: Associate Teaching Professor in Bioengineering & at the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen; Director, Global Medical Innovation (GMI) Program

Emeritus Members

Richard Grandy

Stephen L. Klineberg

Neal F. Lane

Kathleen S. Matthews

Susan K. McIntosh

James R. Pomerantz

Ronald L. Sass

Meredith A. Skura

Rick K. Wilson

Scientia Institute - MS 08

Fondren Library 518
6100 Main St.
Houston, TX 77005

Phone: 713-348-4695
Email: scientia@rice.edu

Location

Duncan Hall

Traveling on Main Street, enter the Rice University campus at Entrance #2. Directly ahead is Lovett Hall (the building with the arch/Sallyport) and Duncan Hall (lecture site) is the first building to the right, across the street.

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