CAS Faculty Natural Sciences
Peter Walker
Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4541
Office: 100 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Political ecology, environmental politics, climate change adaptation, wildfire, collaborative and community based resource management, land use, American West, Africa
Paul Wallace
Professor
Earth Sciences
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5985
Office: 220 Cascade Hall, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: Igneous petrology, volcanology, geochemistry
Hailin Wang
Professor
Alec and Kay Keith Chair in Physics
OMQ, Physics
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4758
Office: 274 Willamette Hall, 1274 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: Experimental optical and condensed matter physics; quantum optics with spins, excitons, and nanomechanical oscillators, quantum information processing
Micah Warren
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5618
Office: 318 Fenton Hall, 1222 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1222
Office Hours: Tuesday: 3-4
Thursday 12:30 - 1:30
Philip Washbourne
Associate Professor
Biology, Neuroscience
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4138
Office: 321B Huestis Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Maya Watts
OIMB Education Program Coordinator
Senior Career Instructor
Biology, OIMB
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-7277
Office: Oregon Inst of Marine Biology, PO Box 5389, Charleston OR 97420-0605
Research Interests: Marine Parasitology, Invertebrate Zoology, Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Mike Wehr
Professor
College Scholars, Neuroscience, Psychology
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5866
Office: 213 LISB, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Systems Neuroscience
Frances White
Professor
Faculty Curator of Biological Collections, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5278
Office: 302C Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Spring 2026 Thursday 2 to 4 pm (Zoom link in Canvas sites)
Research Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, primate evolution
Julia Widom
Assistant Professor
Division of Physical Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry, OMQ
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4670
Office: 139 Klamath Hall, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1253
Research Interests: RNA, ultrafast spectroscopy, single-molecule microscopy
Brad Wilkins
Assistant Professor
Director of the Oregon Performance Research Laboratory
Human Physiology
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-1570
Research Interests: Human Performance, Exercise Physiology, and Bioenergetics
Ariel Williamson
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 971-342-4004
Research Interests: Clinical, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Community-Engaged Research, Health Disparities, Sleep Medicine, Implementation Science
Eric Wills
Teaching Professor
Computer Science
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-3954
Office: 156 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1202
Office Hours: MWF 11:30-12:30
Research Interests: Computational Biomechanics, Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Architecture
Christopher Wilson
Associate Professor
Computer Science
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-3412
Office: 326 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1202
Office Hours: MWF 2:30-3:30pm
Research Interests: Computational Complexity, Models of Computation
David Wineland
Philip H. Knight Distinguished Research Chair
Research Professor, Department of Physics
OMQ, Physics
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 3035068896
Office: 261 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: High-resolution atomic spectroscopy, quantum information, quantum-limited metrology
Cathy Wong
Associate Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, OMQ
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-7323
Office: 143 Klamath Hall, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1253
Michelle Wood
Professor
Biology
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-0454
Office: 475 Onyx Bridge, 1210 University Hall, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Global Studies
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Folklore Program, Food Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5299
Office: Agate Hall 205, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12- 2pm or by appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
Blanche Wright
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4831
Research Interests: Clinical psychology, equity in evidence-based mental health care, dissemination and implementation science, youth mental health, minority stress, family/parent engagement, Latinx/Latiné diaspora, mental health policy/financing