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Department Address 

Biological Sciences Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0401
805.756.2788
biosci@calpoly.edu

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Department Office Staff 
Faculty: Tenured and Tenure-Track
Faculty: Lecturers and Part-Time Faculty
Technical Staff & Grant Project Staff

Department Chair

Name Title Office & Hours Phone email
Kitts, Christopher L. Professor 33-274 756-2949 ckitts@calpoly.edu

Department Office Staff

Name Title Office & Hours Phone email
Calcagno, Ellen Budget Analyst 33-272 756-5241 ecalcagn@calpoly.edu
Gutierrez, Melanie Admin Support Coordinator 33-273 756-5242 malejand@calpoly.edu
Reid, Nancy Operations Supervisor 33-277 756-2662 nreid@calpoly.edu

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Faculty

Tenured and Tenure-Track

Name Title Office & Hours Phone Lab Lab 
Phone
 		 email
Adams, Nikki Professor 33-371 756-2943 53-317 & 53-107 756-2160 nadams@calpoly.edu
Black, Michael Professor 33-380 756-2894 33-394 756-6976 mblack@calpoly.edu
Blank, Jason Assistant Professor 33-377 756-5629 53-109 756-2505 jmblank@calpoly.edu
Clement, Sandra Assistant Professor 33-269 756-2154 33-386   slclemen@calpoly.edu
Fidopiastis, Pat Associate Professor 33-374 756-2883 33-460   pfidopia@calpoly.edu
Hardy, Kristin Assistant Professor 33-264  756-2806  33-473  756-2902 kmhardy@calpoly.edu
Hillers, Kenneth Associate Professor 33-369 756-1481 33-389 756-2297 khillers@calpoly.edu
Himelblau, Ed Associate Professor 33-365 756-2826 33-257 756-5293 ehimelbl@calpoly.edu
Keeling, Elena Professor 33-271 756-2175 53-306 756-5062 ekeeling@calpoly.edu
Keil, David Emeritus Professor 33-352A 756-2043 33-352 756-2043 dkeil@calpoly.edu
Knight, Charles Associate Professor 33-364 756-2989 33-355A 756-5830 knight@calpoly.edu
Kolluru, Gita Assistant Professor 33-367 756-2819 53-105 756-2791 gkolluru@calpoly.edu
Lema, Sean Assistant Professor 33-370 756-2802  33-473  756-2902 slema@calpoly.edu
McCauley, Shannon Assistant Professor on leave       smccaule@calpoly.edu
Nakamura, Royden Professor 33-366 756-2740 53-114 756-2950 nakamura@calpoly.edu
Perrine, John Assistant Professor 33-275 756-2368 33-254   jperrine@calpoly.edu
Ritter, Matthew Associate Professor 33-363 756-2775 33-318 756-2514 mritter@calpoly.edu
Steinmaus, Scott Professor 33-361 756-5142 33-262   ssteinma@calpoly.edu
Strand, Christy Assistant Professor 33-266 756-2207 33-471   cstrand@calpoly.edu
Taylor, Emily Associate Professor 33-265 756-2616 33-251 756-2609 etaylor@calpoly.edu
Tomanek, Lars Associate Professor 33-372 756-2437 33-317 756-2160 ltomanek@calpoly.edu
Villablanca, Francis Professor 33-268 756-2200 33-259 756-7397 fvillabl@calpoly.edu
Vredevoe, Larisa Professor 33-276 756-7165 33-355C 756-9756 lvredevo@calpoly.edu
Wendt, Dean Professor &
CSM Associate Dean		 25-231 756-2988 53A-23 756-7060 dwendt@calpoly.edu
Winstead, Candace Assistant Professor 33-263 756-2899 33-392   cwinstea@calpoly.edu
Yeung, Marie Associate Professor 33-362 756-5199 33-470   pmyeung@calpoly.edu
Yoshimura, Michael Emeritus Professor 33-396 756-2466 33-396 756-2466 mayoshim@calpoly.edu

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Lecturers and Part-Time Faculty

Name Office & Hours Phone email
Altermann, Susanne 33-375 756-2557 salterma@calpoly.edu
Anderson, Eric 53-114 756-2950 eander05@calpoly.edu
Babu, Praveen 33-257A 756-2877 pbabu@calpoly.edu
Baker-Branstetter, Ryan 33-378 756-2954 rbakerbr@calpoly.edu
Barbier, Janelle 33-368 756-2836 jbarbier@calpoly.edu
Bergen, Anne Marie 53-210A 756-2759 ambergen@calpoly.edu
Cello, Sally 33-378 756-2954 scello@calpoly.edu
Cromwell, Avery 33-355B 756-5202 acromwel@calpoly.edu
Crow, Taylor 53-318 756-2514 tmcrow@calpoly.edu
Daugherty, Melissa 53-106 756-7131 mdaugher@calpoly.edu
DeBrish, Andrea 33-378 756-2954 adebrish@calpoly.edu
DeLea, Michael 33-251 756-2609 mdelea@calpoly.edu
Dillard, Joshua 33-383 756-5202 jdillard@calpoly.edu
El Adaimi, Jad 33-257A 756-2877 jeladaim@calpoly.edu
Fogg, Leanne 33-257F no phone lfogg@calpoly.edu
Frazier, Tony 33-373 756-2948 jafrazie@calpoly.edu
Gallagher, David 33-355B no phone dwgallag@calpoly.edu
Galland, Lanie 33-389 no phone lgalland@calpoly.edu
Gilmore, William 33-267 756-5358 wbgilmor@calpoly.edu
Goschke, Grace 33-278 756-2454 ggoschke@calpoly.edu
Griffiths, Jessica 33-260 no phone jgriff02@calpoly.edu
Heiken, Kory 33-251 756-2609 kheiken@calpoly.edu
Henninger, Brett 33-267 756-5358 bhenning@calpoly.edu
Hodges, Corbin 33-373 756-2948 chodges@calpoly.edu
Howes, Amy 33-257A 756-2877 alhowes@calpoly.edu
Johnson, Kaitlin 33-267 756-5358 kjohn105@calpoly.edu
Kelley, James 33-106 756-7131 jakelley@calpoly.edu
Longmore, Camille 33-260 no phone clongmor@calpoly.edu
Lucca, Julie 33-115 no phone jlucca@calpoly.edu
Meyers-Cherry, Natasha 53-114 756-2950 nmeyersc@calpoly.edu
Mintz, Ellen 33-378 756-2954 emintz@calpoly.edu
Neal, Emily 33-267 756-5358 erusch@calpoly.edu
Needles, Lisa 53A-23 756-7060 lneedles@calpoly.edu
O’Neill, Megan 33-278 756-2454 mboneill@calpoly.edu
Price, Heather 33-378 756-2954 hlprice@calpoly.edu
Ryan, Sean 33-318 756-2514 spryan@calpoly.edu
Shields, Cammy 33-368 756-2836 cshields@calpoly.edu
Stein, Lesley 33-383 756-5202 lmstein@calpoly.edu
Trunzo, Juliana 33-260 no phone jtrunzo@calpoly.edu
Vaiente, Matteo 33-383 756-5202 mvaiente@calpoly.edu
Weichert, Kyle 33-251 756-2609 kweicher@calpoly.edu

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Technical Staff

Name Title Office Phone email
Brewster, Doug Equipment Tech II, Electromechanical 53A-009 756-2701 dbrewste@calpoly.edu
Brewster, Rob Equipment Tech II, Electromechanical 53A-009 756-2701 rabrewst@calpoly.edu
Curto, Michael Info Tech Consultant 53-310 235-5506 mcurto@calpoly.edu
Hamrick, Alice Instructional Support Tech II 53-309 756-2164 ahamrick@calpoly.edu
Jacobson, Craig Instructional Support Tech II 53-309 756-2164 cjacobso@calpoly.edu
Merriam, John Instructional Support Tech III 33-466 756-7531 jmmerria@calpoly.edu
Stiles, Michael Instructional Support Tech II 33-458 756-7520 mstiles@calpoly.edu

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Grant Project Staff

Name Title Office Phone email
Blakeslee, Sam Adv Tech & Public Policy Institute 33-270 756-1694 sblakesl@calpoly.edu
Brewer, Lenora Research Assistant 53A-23 756-7060 lbrewer@calpoly.edu
Needles, Lisa Research Assistant 53A-23 756-7060 lneedles@calpoly.edu
Rebik, Leslie SLOSEA Coordinator 53A-23 756-6068 lrebik@calpoly.edu
Robbins, Ian Senior Research Scientist 53-106 756-7131 irobbins@calpoly.edu
Vanderkelen, Jennifer CAB Research Associate 33-387A 594-3015 jvanderk@calpoly.edu
Zuzow, Marcus Research Associate 53-317 756-2160 mzuzow@calpoly.edu

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