Option Representatives
A faculty member serves as the representative for an option. The option representative provides consultation on academic programs, degree requirements, financial aid, etc. and provides general supervision to undergraduate and/or graduate students in the option. A list of current faculty option representatives and their option administrators can be found below. In the cases where there are different reps/admins for the undergraduate and graduate programs, they are indicated by UG and GR, respectively.
| Option | Option Representative | Option Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Aeronautics and Space Engineering | Joanna Austin | Christine Ramirez |
| Applied & Computational Mathematics |
UG: Venkat Chandeasekaran GR: Yizhao (Thomas) Hou |
UG: Carmen Nemer-Sirois GR: Maria Lopez |
| Applied Mechanics | Nadia Lapusta | Jenni Campbell |
| Applied Physics | Andrei Faraon | Jennifer Blankenship |
| Astrophysics | Lynne Hillenbrand |
UG: Belen Maria GR: Mika Walton Both UG and GR: Nam Ung |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Rebecca Voorhees | Rebecca Fox |
| Bioengineering |
UG: Justin Bois GR: Long Cai |
UG: Kenya Zeigler |
| Biology |
UG: Kai Zinn GR: David Prober |
UG: Raina Beaven GR: Liz Ayala |
| Business Economics & Management | Jaksa Cvitanic | Sabrina Hameister |
| Chemical Engineering |
UG: Mike Vicic GR: Konstantinos Giapis |
Allison Kinard |
| Chemistry |
UG: Mitchio Okumura GR: Garnet Chan |
UG: Rebecca Fox GR: Alison Ross |
| Civil Engineering | Nadia Lapusta | Jenni Campbell |
| Computation and Neural Systems |
UG: Shin Shimojo GR: Thanos Siapas |
Lauren Breeyear |
| Computer Science |
UG: Adam Blank GR: Leonard Schulman |
UG: Carmen Nemer-Sirois GR: Maria Lopez |
| Computing & Mathematical Sciences | Joel Tropp | Maria Lopez |
| Control & Dynamical Systems | Aaron Ames |
UG: Carmen Nemer-Sirois GR: Maria Lopez |
| Economics | Kota Saito | Barbara Estrada |
| Electrical Engineering |
UG: Glen George GR: Victoria Kostina |
Tanya Owen |
| Engineering and Applied Science | EAS Deputy Chair, easdeputychair@caltech.edu | Tanya Owen |
| English | Catherine Jurca | Joanna Poon |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | Joern Callies | Julie Lee |
| Geological & Planetary Science | Heather Knutson | Julie Lee |
| Geology | Jean-Philippe Avouac | Julie Lee |
| Geobiology | Woody Fischer | Julie Lee |
| Geochemistry | Francois Tissot | Julie Lee |
| Geophysics | Zachary Ross | Julie Lee |
| History | Warren Brown | Fran Tise |
| History and Philosophy of Science | Diana Kormos-Buchwald | Sini Elvington |
| Information and Data Science | Konstantin M. Zuev | Carmen Nemer-Sirois |
| Materials Science | Katherine Faber | Jennifer Blankenship |
| Mathematics |
UG: Elena Mantovan GR: David Conlon |
UG: Belen Maria GR: Mika Walton Both UG and GR: Nam Ung |
| Mechanical Engineering |
UG: Aaron Ames UG: Guillaume Blanquart (Winter Term Only) GR: Nadia Lapusta |
Jenni Campbell |
| Medical Engineering | Wei Gao | Christine Garske |
| Neurobiology | Henry Lester | Lauren Breeyear |
| Philosophy | Frederick Eberhardt | Fran Tise |
| Physics |
UG: Jason Alicea GR: Ryan Patterson |
UG: Belen Maria GR: Mika Walton Both UG and GR: Nam Ung |
| Planetary Science | Konstantin Batygin | Julie Lee |
| Political Science | Mike Alvarez | Sabrina Hameister |
| Robotics | Gunter Niemeyer | Lynn Seymour |
| Social and Decision Neuroscience | John O’Doherty | Laurel Auchampaugh |
| Social Science | Marina Agranov | Laurel Auchampaugh |
| Structural Mechanics | Domniki Asimaki | Jenni Campbell |
| Visual Culture (minor) | Brian Jacobson | Joanna Poon |