The Eberly College of Science is the science college of Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania . It was founded in 1859 by Jacob S. Whitman, professor of natural science . The College offers baccalaureate, master's , and doctoral degree programs in the basic sciences. It was named after Robert E. Eberly .
Academics
Eberly College of Science offers sixteen majors in four disciplines: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies.[ 2]
The Life Sciences: Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology
The Physical Sciences: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Chemistry, Physics, Planetary Science and Astronomy
The Mathematical Sciences: Mathematics, Statistics, Data Sciences
Interdisciplinary Programs: General Science, Forensic Science, Premedicine, Integrated Premedical-Medical, Science BS/MBA
Faculty and Alumni
Current Eberly faculty members include fourteen members of the United States National Academy of Sciences ,[ 3]
considered one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a U.S. scientist, and three members of the British Royal Society . Eberly faculty members were the first to: "see" an atom (physicist Erwin Mueller ); formulate covariant quantum gravity (physicist Abhay Ashtekar ); discover practical synthesis of the pregnancy hormone progesterone (chemist Russell Marker );[ 4] and discover planets outside the Solar System (astronomer Alex Wolszczan ). University researchers also designed the world's largest optical telescope, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope .
College graduates include Nobel Prize winner Paul Berg and three U.S. astronauts. Langkilde was appointed the dean of the Eberly College of Science on October 1, 2020.<ref>http://science.psu.edu/about/meet-the-dean
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