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Science at Columbia — Brilliant Blue 2 Brilliant Science Is… Added 3/4 pt Stroke Science at Columbia — Brilliant Blue 2 Brilliant Science is… Studying Cutting-Edge Interdisciplinary Fields Page 8 Working with Engaging in Faculty at the Forefront Research of Discovery from Day One Page 14 Page 20 Columbia Blue Earning Joining a Core Distinction Community of in the Trailblazers World of Science Page 12 Page 26 Living in New York City — A Premier Science City Page 28 …the imagination, creativity, and innovation of Columbia students. 3 “ Research has been a defin ing aspect for me as a science major here at Col umbia. A year ago I could not have imagined that I would be flown out to Texas to be acknowled ged for the research I have been conducting. It is because of the opportunities I have been offered by Columbia and my professors that m y career as a successful scientist is already begin ning to take shape.” amanda olivo Biochemistry 4 “ Research has been a defin ing aspect for me as a science major here at Col umbia. A year ago I could not have imagined that I would be flown out to Texas to be acknowled ged for the research I have been conducting. It is because of the opportunities I have been offered by Columbia and my professors that m y career as a successful scientist is already begin ning to take shape.” amanda olivo Biochemistry 5 Join a rich tradition of discovery and innovation Among the many that has changed history and human understanding research opportunities available to Columbia of the world. students, the SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) program allows undergraduates to In recent years alone, eight of our faculty members pursue stipend- supported, hands-on, have won the Nobel Prize. This includes Martin biology-related lab research, as early as the Chalfie, Professor of Biological Sciences, who shared summer after their first year on campus. the 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize for his work in discovering and developing the green fluorescent protein (GFP), and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Richard Axel, CC ’67, who shared the 2004 Physiology Nobel Prize for his work in mapping the genes that govern the sense of smell. Modern genetics, plate tectonics, robotics, the environmental movement, pioneering stem cell research, the discovery of deuterium, the first supercomputer and personal computer, and climate science have all been born out of Columbia Blue. 6 Some students are $900 guaranteed research Top 91% experiences for admit rate for M.D./Ph.D. programs in the past Million Fellow- three years. in sponsored research 4 years ships projects each year. at time of admission. The Rhodes Scholarship, Hertz Fellowship and 200+ Columbia has over Gates-Cambridge research institutes and 82 Scholarship and multiple centers, including a wide Nobel Prize winners are 1,000 Fulbright Fellowships, range of world-class Columbia alumni, faculty, or active patents across the full Truman Scholarships, laboratories. former faculty. More Nobel spectrum of research areas. Goldwater Scholarships, Laureates have graduated Udall Scholarships and from or taught at Columbia National Science Foundation than any other university in Fellowships have been the Ivy League. awarded to recent Columbia science majors. 7 22 Majors, 10 Departments: World Renowned Science Columbia is at the center of many of the world’s most exciting scientific leaps. More than a third of Columbia College undergraduates choose science majors. When you include Columbia Engineering majors, half of all our undergraduates are majoring in science or related fields. Most science departments have a 3-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio. No matter your major or department, at Columbia you join a collaborative science community that emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of scientific inquiry. So your opportunities for research are never bound by departmental structures and majors. 8 6. 9. Areas of Study, Ecology, Evolution Psychology Interdisciplinary and Environmental Major Biology (E3B) Psychology Majors Subfields Research, behavioral neuroscience; Environmental cognition; cognitive and Subfields Biology, neuroscience; decision- Evolutionary making; motivation; Biology of the neurobiology; social 1. 4. psychology; social Human Species cognitive neuroscience; Astronomy and Computer Science Subfields social relations; visual Astrophysics Majors animal behavioral biology perception Majors Computer and ecology; community, landscape and ecosystem 10. Astronomy, Science, ecology; conservation Astrophysics Information biology; demography Statistics Subfields Science and population biology; Major active galactic nuclei; Subfields evolutionary and Statistics galaxies; gamma-ray computational biology; population genetics; Subfields sources; large scale computer security; forensic osteology; actuarial science; data structure and cosmology; foundations of computer global change biology; mining; disease epidemic neutron stars and science; machine learning human evolution; and etiology analyses; supernovae; planetary natural language; paleoanthropology; plant financial mathematics; science; stars and stellar processing; network and animal systematics; neural coding; political evolution; surveys systems; software systems; skeletal biology; related data analysis; social vision and graphics fields including disease network analysis; 2. ecology and ethnobiology statistical genetics; Biological Sciences 5. statistical theory 7. Major Earth and Biology Mathematics Environmental Majors Subfields Sciences Interdisciplinary cell molecular biology; Mathematics, Majors developmental biology; Majors Applied Earth Science, neurobiology; structural Mathematics Biochemistry biology and molecular Environmental biophysics; systems and Subfields Biophysics computational biology Science algebraic geometry; Subfields geometric analysis; Chemical Physics aqueous geochemistry; mathematical finance; 3. atmospheric science; mathematical physics; Computer Science- Chemistry biogeoscience; number theory; partial Mathematics Majors climate science; differential equations; Chemistry, ecophysiology; geology; probability; representation Mathematics- marine geology and theory; string theory; Environmental geophysics; paleoclimate; topology Statistics Chemistry paleontology; physical Neuroscience and Subfields oceanography; 8. seismology and solid earth Behavior biological chemistry; Physics chemical physics; geophysics; solid earth environmental chemistry; geochemistry Major inorganic chemistry; Physics organic chemistry; Subfields materials chemistry; astrophysics; atomic, physical chemistry; molecular, and optical theoretical chemistry physics; biophysics; condensed matter physics; cosmology; high energy nuclear physics; high energy particle physics 9 “ What is most impressive to me about research at Columbia is that it is so d ynamic and so cutting edge in every field. If it’s in the news or being talked about by leading r esearchers, then someone is working on it at Columbia. Not only do I get to hear about and discuss with faculty some of the big issues in physics like dark matter, supersymmetry, and non -proliferation, but I have many friends who are do ing so many interesting things in other fields fro m differential geometry to gene therapy.” stephen chan Physics 10 “ What is most impressive to me about research at Columbia is that it is so d ynamic and so cutting edge in every field. If it’s in the news or being talked about by leading r esearchers, then someone is working on it at Columbia. Not only do I get to hear about and discuss with faculty some of the big issues in physics like dark matter, supersymmetry, and non -proliferation, but I have many friends who are do ing so many interesting things in other fields fro m differential geometry to gene therapy.” stephen chan Physics 11 Join a Community of Trailblazers Astronomy and Astrophysics Biological Sciences New research Chemical biologist simplifies examines equation to “undruggable” determine how proteins to stars help find new cures The synthetic compounds Associate originated for disease Professor of Chemistry Scott Snyder has developed can prevent ultraviolet sun damage and modulate neurodegenerative disease among other benefits. Chemistry Chemistry professor investigates ways nanoscience can increase solar cell efficiency Computer Science Computer scientist uses modeling to demonstrate A computer models the first star—the generator for elements that created planets and, eventually, life. Columbia’s Astrophysics Laboratory helped track a key chemical reaction after the Big Bang complex movement that allowed stars to emerge from clouds. It’s a significant contribution to cosmologists pursuing universal truths. through animation 12 As a Columbia scientist you are surrounded by trailblazing ideas on a daily basis in every field. Here are just a few of the breakthroughs by Columbia professors and researchers that made the headlines recently. Earth and Environmental Sciences Statistics Columbia geologists Professor uses discover that statistical analysis Antarctica ice sheets to examine voting refreeze and impact patterns glacial movements and reconstruct By studying certain finches, which learn to sing from their parents, Columbia climate history neuroscientist Sarah Wooley expands what we know about how we learn language. Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Neuroscientist studies songbirds Columbia geophysicist Robin Bell and Nick Frearson, lead engineer for Columbia’s to learn how polar research group, were part of a six-nation expedition to Earth’s last new languages
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