University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences


The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park, is home to ten academic departments and a dozen interdisciplinary research centers and institutes. CMNS is one of 13 schools and colleges within the University of Maryland, College Park.
In January 2015, CMNS had 339 tenure/tenure-track faculty members, 39,380 alumni, 4,912 undergraduate students and 1,424 graduate students. In October 2010, the University of Maryland's College of Chemical and Life Sciences and College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences merged to form the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.
CMNS students receive national awards, including Rhodes, Truman, Goldwater, Fulbright and Hollings Scholarships; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships; and NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships. In addition, undergraduate and graduate students conduct research in faculty research laboratories on campus or in the wide range of federal laboratories, research institutes and private companies in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science is an academic department at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Affiliated institutions

The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center is a joint center between the Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Geology, and Geographical Science at the University of Maryland, in cooperation with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. ESSIC also administers the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, which is a joint center with the NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service.
The NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, which houses NCEP's Weather Prediction Center, the Climate Prediction Center, the Ocean Prediction Center, and the Environmental Modeling Center, as well as the Air Resources Laboratory, is located in the University of Maryland's research park M Square. The department has various collaborations with NOAA laboratories as well as NASA Goddard.

Rankings

In 2019, UMD was ranked 14th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities in atmospheric science. In 2018, it was ranked 9th. In the U.S. News & World Report rankings for best global universities in geosciences, UMD was ranked 12th in 2019. In the 2010 United States National Research Council rankings, the department was ranked in the top 10 national doctoral programs by both the average regression rank and the average survey rank.

Faculty

Notable alumni and former students

NameDegreeGraduation YearMajorAwards/HonorsNotes
Charles BennettB.S.1989Astronomy & PhysicsNational Academy of Sciences Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, Comstock Prize in Physics, Gruber Cosmology Prize, Shaw Prize, University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame, Harvey Prize, Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy and a Gilman Scholar at Johns Hopkins University
Sergey BrinB.S.1993Computer Science & MathematicsNational Academy of Engineering member, Marconi Foundation Prize recipientCo-founder of Google
R. Paul ButlerPh.D.1993AstronomyAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, Henry Draper MedalN/A
Constance CepkoB.S. & M.S.1937, 1940Industrial ChemistryNational Academy of Sciences Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, Alfred W. Bressler Prize Recipient, CMNS Circle of Discovery award recipientDevelopmental biologist and geneticist at Harvard Medical School
Gary ChristianPh.D.1964ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society Fisher Award in Chemistry recipient, CMNS Circle of Discovery award recipientProfessor Emeritus at the University of Washington and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland
George DantzigB.S.1936Mathematics & PhysicsNational Academy of Sciences Member, National Academy of Engineering Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, John von Neumann Theory Prize, National Medal of Science Developer of the Simplex Algorithm; The Mathematical Programming Society honored Dantzig by creating the George B. Dantzig Prize, bestowed every three years since 1982 on one or two people who have made a significant impact in the field of mathematical programming.
Raymond Davis Jr.B.S. & M.S.1937 and 1940Industrial ChemistryNobel Prize in Physics, Comstock Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science, Wolf Prize in Physics N/A
Charles FeffermanB.S.1966MathematicsFields Medalist, Alan T. Waterman Award, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, Salem Prize, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences Member, American Philosophical Society Member, Stefan Bergman Prize, Bocher Memorial Prize Princeton University Professor of Mathematics
Robert E. FischellM.S.1953PhysicsRecipient of TED Prize, National Academy of Engineering Member, Inducted into Space Technology Hall of FameN/A
Gary FlakePh.D.1993Computer ScienceN/AFounder of Clipboard
Herbert HauptmanPh.D.1955PhysicsNobel Prize in Chemistry, Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, National Academy of Sciences Member, Dirac Medal, Belden Prize , RESA Award in Pure Science, Patterson Award, Schoellkopf Award, Gold Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement, Medal from the Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Library of Medicine Medal N/A
Brendan IribeN/AN/AN/AN/AFounder of Scaleform and Oculus VR. Donor of $31 million to the University of Maryland to fund the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation.
Gina KolataB.S. and M.A.1969 and 1973Microbiology and Mathematics N/AScience Writer at The New York Times
Simon LevinPh.D.1964Mathematics2005 Kyoto Prize, National Academy of Sciences Member, A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award from the U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology N/A
Tobin MarksB.S.1966ChemistryAlfred P. Sloan Fellow, American Chemical Society Arthur K. Doolittle Award in Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry, Guggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, National Academy of Sciences Member, American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Award, F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society, Burwell Award from the North American Catalysis Society, Linus Pauling Award, American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal, Sir Edward Frankland Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame, Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Member, National Medal of Science, American Chemical Society Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society, American Chemical Society Arthur Cope Senior Scholar Award, Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences, Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, Royal Society of Chemistry Materials for Industry - Derek Birchall Award Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Professor of Material Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Willie MayPh.D.1977ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society Fellow, Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, National Bureau of Standards Equal Employment Opportunity Award, Department of Commerce Silver Medal, Arthur Flemming Award for Outstanding Federal Service, NOBCChE Percy Julian Award for Outstanding Research in Organic Analytical Chemistry, Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Federal Executive, Department of Commerce Gold Medal, American Chemical Society Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry Award, Council for Chemical Research Diversity Award, NOBCChE Henry Hill AwardDirector of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
C. Thomas McMillenB.S.1974ChemistryRhodes Scholar, University of Maryland College of Chemical & Life Sciences' Distinguished Alumni Award President, CEO and Chairman, Homeland Security Capital Corporation
Sujal PatelB.S.1996Computer ScienceN/AFounder of Isilon Systems
DJ PatilM.A. & Ph.D.1999 & 2001Applied MathematicsN/AU.S. Chief Data Scientist for the White House
Glenn RicartPh.D.1980Computer ScienceN/AFounder of US Ignite and CenterBeam
Shayan ZadehM.S.2002Computer ScienceN/AFounder of Zoosk and Gear Zero