Scientia Members

Scientia Leadership

Jason Hafner

Jason H. Hafner, Scientia Co-Director
Title: Professor
Department: Physics & Astronomy

Suzanne Kemmer

Suzanne Kemmer, Scientia Co-Director
Title: Associate Professor of Linguistics & Cognitive Science
Department: Linguistics

Adrianna Small

Adrianna Small, Program & Events Coordinator

Membership

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

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

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

Sherwin Bryant
Title: Associate Professor & Director, Center for African & African American Studies
Department: History

Alexander X. Byrd
Title: Associate Professor of History & Vice President for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Department: History

Luis Campos
Title: Baker College Associate Professor for History of Science, Technology, and Innovation; Faculty Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy; Co-Director, Program in Science and Technology Studies
Department: History

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

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

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

Reto Geiser
Title: Associate Professor
Department: School of Architecture

Michael C. G ustin
Title: Professor; College Magister, Lovett College
Department: BioSciences

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

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

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

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

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

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

Devika Subramanian
Title: Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Member, Ken Kennedy Institute
Department: Computer Science

Moshe Vardi
Title: Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering; University Professor; Member, Ken Kennedy Institute
Department: Computer Science

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