College of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics

Contact Information

Office of the Dean	713-743-2611
Department of Biology and Biochemistry	713-743-2626
Department of Chemistry	713-743-2701
Department of Computer Science	713-743-3350
Department of Geosciences	713-743-3399
Department of Mathematics	713-743-3500
Department of Physics	713-743-3550
Health Related Professions	713-743-8987
Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Science	713-743-2611
Web Address    www.uh.edu/academics/nsm

Dean: John L. Bear, Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Associate Deans: John T. Hardy, Ph.D., Louisiana State University; Ian Evans, Ph.D., Texas A&M University; Stuart A. Hall, Ph.D., University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; B. Montgomery Pettitt, Ph.D., University of Houston

Assistant Dean: Laura I. Vailas, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Academic Coordinator: Cassandra Heavrin-Hamrick, M.A., Youngstown State University

Mission Statement

1. To provide a rich learning environment in which students may pursue programs of higher education that will advance their career objectives while at the same time instilling a broad perspective of society, a sense of values which will foster responsible participation in civil and public affairs, and the motivation to continue to learn and grow intellectually throughout life.

2. To strive for excellence in the creation of new knowledge through the quality of its faculty and their creativity in research and scholarly activities, and through the quality of its academic programs, which integrate the knowledge of mankind into productive use and benefit.