About UCLA Physical SciencesThe Division of Physical Sciences under the leadership of Acting Dean Joseph Rudnick, is one of the four academic divisions of the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences. With 200 faculty members in six departments and several research institutes, the Division houses the disciplines of astronomy, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, chemistry and biochemistry, geology, geophysics, physics, planetary and space physics, mathematics and applied mathematics, and statistics, plus many related subspecialties. Its departments offer undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree programs, with a commitment to both undergraduate education and a strong graduate program anchored firmly in the research enterprise.Faculty in the Division are exceptionally well supported by extramural funding-a total of $70 million for 2003-04. The distinguished research of the faculty has led to national and international recognition, including four Nobel prizes, six National Medals of Science, and twenty current members of the National Academy of Sciences. |