Faculty Advisers

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José L Avalos
BSE Adviser
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email
javalos@princeton.edu
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JC de Swaan
AB Adviser
Economics
Email
jdeswaan@princeton.edu
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Yaacob Dweck
AB Adviser
History
Email
jdweck@princeton.edu
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Annegret Falkner
AB Adviser
Neuroscience
Email
afalkner@princeton.edu
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Patricia Fernández-Kelly
AB Adviser
Sociology
Email
mpfk@princeton.edu
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Jennifer Gadd-Reum
AB Adviser
Genomics
Email
jgadd@princeton.edu
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Bill Gleason
AB Adviser
English and American Studies
Email
bgleason@princeton.edu
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Boris Hanin
BSE Adviser
Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Email
bhanin@princeton.edu
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Yibin Kang
AB Adviser
Molecular Biology
Email
ykang@princeton.edu
Ricardo Mallarino
Ricardo Mallarino
AB Adviser
Molecular Biology
Email
rmallarino@princeton.edu
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Simone Marchesi
AB Adviser
French and Italian
Email
simonem@princeton.edu
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Luigi Martinelli
BSE Adviser
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email
gigi@phantom2.princeton.edu
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Florent Masse
AB Adviser
French and Italian
Email
fmasse@princeton.edu
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Sophie Meunier
AB Adviser
Public and International Affairs
Email
smeunier@princeton.edu
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Zia Mian
AB Adviser
Public and International Affairs
Email
zia@princeton.edu
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Reza Moini
BSE Adviser
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email
reza.moini@princeton.edu
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Dan-el Padilla Peralta
AB Adviser
Classics
Email
dpadilla@princeton.edu
Marty Semmelhack
Martin Semmelhack
AB Adviser
Chemistry
Email
mfshack@princeton.edu
Joshua W. Shaevitz
Joshua Shaevitz
AB Adviser
Physics and Genomics
Email
shaevitz@princeton.edu
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Ali Valenzuela
AB Adviser
Politics
Email
aavalenz@princeton.edu
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Gerard Wysocki
BSE Adviser
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email
gwysocki@Princeton.EDU

Your faculty adviser will be your primary source of academic guidance for your first year (BSE) or first and sophomore years (AB). Your adviser knows not only his or her field, but also the general requirements of a Princeton undergraduate education, and can help you navigate the Princeton curriculum, plan according to your own ambitions, and take advantage of special opportunities. 

Your first academic program forms gives us an idea of your academic interests. With this information, we try to match students with advisers. This is not an exact science, nor is it meant to be. The adviser’s job is precisely that: to advise. Advisers provide general advice on constructing a program of study and are not authorities on every single course and major. They do not dictate programs of study, nor do they make choices for students between equally plausible alternatives. Advisers can make suggestions, offer opinions, and provide feedback on ideas related to your academic interests. They can warn against overly ambitious or unduly light programs of study. They can push for the fulfillment of requirements. In order to get the most from meeting with an adviser, however, students should come in with ideas, plans, and some possible course selections to discuss.

You’ll meet with your adviser each term before course enrollment, but for the best advising experience, make sure you see your adviser at other times of the term too! Please contact your adviser if you'd like to drop or add a course, if you think you might need academic support, or if you'd like to discuss the pros and cons of different majors, study abroad, or research.  Take advantage of your adviser’s office hours and advising meals at Rocky: share how you’re doing, benefit from your adviser’s experience, or just chat informally. It's worth investing some time to build this relationship; after all, the better your adviser knows you, the more able he or she will be to advise you!

Dean Levine and Dr. Medvedeva also provide supplemental academic advising and support for all Rocky students.