School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Myron Salamon, Dean

Myron B. Salamon, PhD, welcomes you to the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (message)

Kenneth J Balkus

Like the hunter who finally catches the fox, Kenneth Balkus, Jr., Ph.D., must be pleased whenever he develops a better chemical trap. He works with zeolite materials - porous crystalline metal oxides that act as ion-exchangers used in water softening and as absorbents and catalysts. (more)

Tour NSERL Bulding

UT Dallas vice president for research Bruce Gnade narrates this three-minute audio slideshow about the new Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory. (more)

Clark Summer Students Are Cream of the Crop

For a group of 20 inquisitive UT Dallas undergraduates, the slow pace of summer is the perfect time to experience the joys of science. The University’s Anson L. Clark Summer Research Program selects high-achieving incoming freshman and returning “Clark students” to pull on lab coats and conduct experiments. read more

Girls + Physics Summer Camp = Energy + Fun

University Student Club Hopes Program Helps Rewrite Science Gender Equation

From rockets to edible car races, middle-school girls are exploring the fun of physics at UT Dallas again this summer, courtesy of the university student group Women in Physics (WiP). This year’s theme is space, with a nod to the university’s mascot, the Comets. read more

Researchers Plan Voyage Near Bottom of Sea

An undersea voyage next month will give explorers at UT Dallas a chance to study rocks exposed in the Mariana Trench, the world's deepest geologic formation. Dr. Robert J. Stern, UT Dallas professor of geosciences, will meet graduate student Julia Ribeiro and other geoscientists for the two-week research cruise in mid-July. read more

Undergrad Puts the Heat on Cancer Cells

An undergraduate cell biology major was part of a team that had a paper published on carbon nanotubes and antibodies used to heat and kill cancer cells. read more