Academics

Academic Advising

    • Undergraduate Advising

    Departmental advisors are assigned to each of our majors: AP, AM, and MSE. The same advisors track students from their sophomore to junior to senior years; in other words, students have the same advisor for three years. General AP, AM, and MSE advisors can be contacted when the assigned advisor is not available.

    These advisors can give you advice about your major requirements and help you keep on track toward graduation. They can also offer advice about graduate school options and career directions; they are prepared to discuss other academic and career matters, as well. Academic questions outside your major should be addressed to academic advisor in the Center for Student Advising (CSA) in Lerner Hall. Answers to questions concerning career direction (involving nearer-term employment, professional schools, ...) can be sought from your Career Education advisor.

    First-year students with potential interest in majoring in AP, AM, or MSE are welcome to chat with the general advisor in their area.

    Second-year pre-major students are welcome to chat with the sophomore advisor in their area (Class of 2012).

    Students potentially interested in spending a junior term abroad should speak with an APAM advisor as soon as possible (even as first-year students) so they can chart a successful program.



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    Undergraduate Advisors


    Applied Physics (AP) Undergraduate Advisors

    General AP Undergraduate Advisors
    Irving P. Herman, Professor and Department Chair - Fall 2009
    Phone: 212-854-4950
    Email: iph1@columbia.edu
    Office: 208 Mudd / 905 CEPSR

    Thomas Pedersen, Associate Professor Spring 2010
    Phone: 212-854-6528
    Email: tsp22@columbia.edu
    Office: 204 Mudd

    Class of 2010 AP Undergraduate Advisor
    Latha Venkataraman, Assistant Professor
    Phone: 212-854-1786
    Email: lv2117@columbia.edu
    Office: 926 CEPSR

    Class of 2011 AP Undergraduate Advisosr
    Irving P. Herman, Professor and Department Chair - Fall 2009
    Phone: 212-854-4950
    Email: iph1@columbia.edu
    Office: 208 Mudd / 905 CEPSR

    Thomas Pedersen, Associate Professor Spring 2010
    Phone: 212-854-6528
    Email: tsp22@columbia.edu
    Office: 204 Mudd

    Class of 2012 AP Undergraduate Advisor
    Irving P. Herman, Professor and Department Chair
    Phone: 212-854-4950
    Email: iph1@columbia.edu
    Office: 208 Mudd / 905 CEPSR


    Applied Mathematics Undergraduate Advisors

    General AM Undergraduate Advisor
    Marc W. Spiegelman, Associate Professor
    Phone: 845-365-8425
    Email: mspieg@ldeo.columbia.edu
    Office: 211 Mudd

    Class of 2010 AM Undergraduate Advisors
    Marc W. Spiegelman, Associate Professor
    Phone: 845-365-8425
    Email: mspieg@ldeo.columbia.edu
    Office: 211 Mudd

    Lorenzo M. Polvani, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-7331
    Email: lmp3@columbia.edu
    Office: 216 Mudd

    Class of 2011 AM AM Undergraduate Advisor
    (for students with last names beginning with A-L)
    Guillaume Bal, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-4731
    Email: gb2030@columbia.edu
    Office: 206 Mudd

    Class of 2011 AM AM Undergraduate Advisor
    (for students with last names beginning with M-Z)
    Adam Sobel, Associate Professor
    Phone: 212-854-6587
    Email: ahs129@columbia.edu
    Office: 217 Mudd

    Class of 2012 AM Undergraduate Advisor
    Michael I. Weinstein, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-3624
    Email: miw2103@columbia.edu
    Office: 212 Mudd

    Chris Wiggins, Associate Professor
    Phone: 212-854-1114
    Email: chris.wiggins@columbia.edu
    Office: 205 Mudd


    Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Undergraduate Advisor

    General MSE Undergraduate Advisor
    Chris Marianetti, Assistant Professor
    Phone: 212-854-9478
    Email: chris.marianetti@columbia.edu
    Office: 1144 Mudd

    Class of 2010 MSE Undergraduate Advisor
    Siu-Wai Chan, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-8519
    Email: sc174@columbia.edu
    Office: 1136 Mudd

    Class of 2011 MSE Undergraduate Advisor
    Chris Marianetti, Assistant Professor
    Phone: 212-854-9478
    Email: chris.marianetti@columbia.edu
    Office: 1144 Mudd

    Class of 2012 MSE Undergraduate Advisor
    Chris Marianetti, Assistant Professor - Fall semester
    Phone: 212-854-9478
    Email: chris.marianetti@columbia.edu
    Office: 1144 Mudd

    James S. Im, Professor - Spring semester
    Phone: 212-854-8341
    Email: ji12@columbia.edu
    Office: 1111 Mudd

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    Graduate Advisors


    Applied Physics Graduate Advisor

    General AP/AM/MSE 1st Year Graduate Advisor
    (Ph.D. track or Ph.D. only)
    Michael E. Mauel, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-4455
    Email: mem4@columbia.edu
    Office: 213 Mudd

    Applied 1st Year Graduate Advisor
    (M.S., Ph.D. track or Ph.D.)
    Michael E. Mauel, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-4455
    Email: mem4@columbia.edu
    Office: 213 Mudd


    Applied Mathematics Graduate Advisors

    Applied Mathematics 1st Year Graduate Advisor
    (Ph.D. track or Ph.D. only)
    Chris Wiggins, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-1114
    Email: chris.wiggins@columbia.edu
    Office: 205 Mudd

    Applied Mathematics 1st Year Graduate Advisor
    (M.S. or CVN only)
    Guillaume Bal, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-4731
    Email: gb2030@columbia.edu
    Office: 206 Mudd



    Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Advisors

    Materials Science and Engineering 1st Year Graduate Advisor
    (Ph.D. track or Ph.D. only)
    Simon Billinge, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-2918
    Email: sb2896@columbia.edu
    Office: 1105 Mudd

    Materials Science and Engineering 1st Year Graduate Advisor
    (M.S. or CVN only)
    Siu-Wai Chan, Professor
    Phone: 212-854-8519
    Email: sc174@columbia.edu
    Office: 1136 Mudd


    Medical Physics Graduate Advisor (M.S. only)

    John C. Arbo, Associate
    Phone: 212-865-0497
    Email:
    Office: 287C Engineering Terrace 

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