Faculty Profile
Sandra Faber
University Professor and Chair,
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomer, UC Observatories/Lick Observatory
Professor Faber is well known for having helped discover the Great Attractor, a massive supercluster of galaxies. She also helped plan the Keck Telescope on Hawaii and designed the Deep Extragalactic Imaging Multi-Object Spectrograph (DEIMOS), which can read high-quality spectra from over 100 galaxies at once. In 2003, Discover magazine named her one of the 50 most influential women scientists.
Physical and Biological Sciences
Student
Name:
Yonathan Essaw
Year: Junior
Major: Biology
Home country: Ethiopia
Transferred from: San Jose City College
Meet Yonathan
Majors in the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences
include:
Applied
Physics
Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Biological
Sciences
Chemistry
Earth
Sciences
Ecology
and Evolution
Health
Sciences
Marine
Biology
Mathematics
Molecular,
Cell, and Developmental Biology
Neuroscience
and Behavior
Physics
Physics
(Astrophysics)
Plant
Sciences
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American
Studies
Anthropology
Applied Physics
Art
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Biological Sciences
Business Management Economics
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Community Studies
Computer Engineering Computer Science
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Dual-Degree Engineering
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Evolution
Economics
Education and Teaching
Electrical Engineering
Environmental Studies
Feminist Studies
Field and Exchange Programs
Film and Digital Media
German Studies
Global Economics
Health Sciences
History
History of Art and Visual Culture
Individual Study
Information Systems Management
Italian Studies
Language Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Literature
Marine Biology
Mathematics
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Music
Neuroscience
and Behavior
Philosophy
Physics
Physics
(Astrophysics)
Plant Sciences
Politics
Prelaw
Premedicine
Psychology
Sociology
Theater Arts
Writing
*This information covers areas of study.
Not all of the items in the above list are majors at UC Santa Cruz. |