Faculty and Staff

 

Biological Sciences Department 

California Polytechnic State University
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0401
805-756-2788
 
 
Name position email phone office

office hours

Hillers, Ken

Department Chair &

Professor

 khillers 756-1481 33-274

Mon: 1:00-3:00 & Wed: 10:30-12:00
Doctor, Katie Budget Analyst kdoctor 756-5241 33-272  
Wyzlic, Miranda

Administrative

Analyst

 mwyzlic 756-5242 33-273

 
Reeves, Kristin

Administrative

Support Coordinator

 kreeve01 756-2788

33-281

M-F 

9:00-12:00 & 1:00-4:00

Faculty - Tenured and Tenure-Track

Name position email phone office

office hours
Adams, Nikki Professor nadams 756-2943     33-371

 
Bean, Tim Associate Professor wtbean 756-2662 33-276  
Black, Michael Professor mblack 756-2894 33-380  
Blank, Jason Professor jmblank 756-5629 33-377  
Chan, Lauren Associate Professor chanlm   33-265  
Clement, Sandi Associate Professor slclemen 756-2154 33-269  
Davidson, Jean Associate Professor jdavid06 756-7421 181-410  On sabbatical Fall 24, Winter 25
Fidopiastis, Pat Professor pfidopia 756-2883 33-374  
Francis, Clinton Professor cdfranci 756-5358 33-369  
Greenlee-Wacker, Mallary Associate Professor mcgreenl 756-2822 33-379  
Grossenbacher, Dena Associate Professor dgrossen 756-2135 33-354  
Hardy, Kristin Professor kmhardy 756-2806 181-415  
Himelblau, Ed Professor ehimelbl 756-2826   not on campus
Keeling, Elena Professor ekeeling 756-2175 33-271 or 53-313  
Knight, Charles Professor knight 756-2989 33-364   
Kolluru, Gita Professor gkolluru 756-2819 33-370  
Lema, Sean Professor slema 756-2802 181-417  
Liwanag, Heather Associate Professor hliwanag 756-5202 33-375  
Maj, Magda Assistant Professor mmaj 756-2368 33-275  
Martinez, Nathaniel Professor nmarti32 756-2185 181-422  
Pasulka, Alexis Associate Professor apasulka 756-5399 181-414  
Perrine, John Professor jperrine 756-2368   not on campus
Rajakaruna, Nishi Professor nrajakar 756-2836 33-367  
Ritter, Matthew Professor mritter 756-2775 33-373  
Ruttenberg, Ben Professor bruttenb 756-2498 33-372   
Strand, Christy Professor cstrand 756-2207

33-266

  
Taylor, Emily Professor etaylor 756-2616 22-264  
Tomanek, Lars Professor ltomanek 756-2437 181-418  
Villablanca, Francis Professor fvillabl 756-2200 33-268  
Vredevoe, Larisa Professor lvredevo 756-7165 33-277   
White, Crow Professor cwhite31 756-2950 33-378  
Winstead, Candace Professor cwinstea 756-2899 33-267  
Yep, Alejandra Associate Professor yep 756-5355 181-321  
Yeung, Marie Professor pmyeung 756-5199 33-362  
Yost, Jenn Professor jyost 756-5869 33-361 or 33-354  

Lecturers - Full Time

Name position email phone office

office hours
Bunting, Jamie Lecturer bunting 756-2557 33-366  
Dann, Delaney Lecturer dcdann 756-2826 33-365

 
Jones, Michael Lecturer mjones99 756-2906 33-263  
Moniz, Haley Lecturer hmoniz   33-268  

Lecturers - Part Time & Guest Faculty

Name position email phone office

office hours
Babu, Praveen Lecturer pbabu 756-5376 53-220  
Davis, Aubrey Lecturer adavis99   20-119A  
Debruhl, Heather Lecturer hdebruhl 756-2877 33-257A also by Zoom link  
Gastall, Lauren Lecturer lgastall None 53-220  
Hendricks, Steve Lecturer srhendri None 33-383  
Huggins, Michael Lecturer mthugins None Conservatory  
Jew, Kara Lecturer kjew None 33-368  
McConnico, Laurie Lecturer lmcconni None 53-108  
Neal, Emily Lecturer erusch None 33-368  
Paolilli, Dena Lecturer dpaolill None Conservatory  
Polacek, Kelly Myer Lecturer kpolacek None 53-110  
Roest, Michele Lecturer mroest None 33-278  
Ryan, Sean Lecturer spryan 756-2514 53-318  
Spade, Timothy Lecturer spade None 53-115  
Trunzo, Juliana Lecturer jtrunzo      
VanderKelen, Jennifer Lecturer jvanderk 574-3015 181-301  
Weddige, Kristi Lecturer kweddige None 53-210G  

Graduate Teaching Associates

Name position email phone LOCATION

office hours
Bachhuber, Owen Grad Student obachhub None 33-251  
Baldwin, Shannon Grad Student shcopela None 33-351  
Butler, Michael Grad Student mbutle21 None 33-355A  
Dutta, Hannah Grad Student hdutta None 33-473  
Gonor, Weston Grad Student wgonor None 33-260  
Hanshaw, Faith Grad Student fhanshaw None 33-260  
Ivie, Cole Grad Student civie None 33-459  
Jafari Jozani, Sepanta  Grad Student sjafarij None 53-308  
Johnson, Zoe Grad Student zjohns14 None 33-459  
Nielsen, Lily Grad Student linielse None 33-389  
Niknafs, Avin Grad Student asniknaf None 33-352  
Roberts, Max Grad Student mrober81 None 33-358 & 33-260  
Survilas, Rachel Grad Student rsurvila None 33-260  
Williamson, McKenna Grad Student mwill131 None 33-260  
Woodard, Isaiah Grad Student iwoodard None 33-459  
Wuelfing, Skylar Grad Student swuelfin None 33-358  
Yan, Alexander Grad Student ayan15 None 33-260  

Emeritus

Name position email phone office
Keil, David Emeritus Professor dkeil 756-2043 33-352A
Kitts, Christopher L. Emeritus Professor ckitts 756-2949 180-533A

Department Technical Staff

Name position email phone office
Bersin, Theresa Instr Support Tech I tbersin 756-62505 53-109
Clendenen, Dave Instr Support Tech II dclenden 756-2712 53-310
Jacobson, Craig Instr Support Tech II cjacobso 756-7520 33-458
Merriam, John Instr Support Tech III jmmerria 756-7531 53-310
Wacker, Mark Instr Support Tech III mwacker   33-466
Willey, Gage Instr Support Tech I gwilley 530-632-4615 72 - Conservatory

College Design & Fabrication Team

Name position email phone office
Brewster, Doug CSM Equip Tech III, Electromechanical dbrewste 756-2701 181 - shop
Brewster, Rob CSM Equip Tech III, Electromechanical rabrewst 756-2701 181 - shop
Dunham, Kevin CSM Equip Tech III, Electromechanical kedunham 756-2701 181 - shop

Cal Poly Pier

Name position email phone office
Felton, Jason Diving Safety Officer jfelton 756-6058 Pier
Moylan, Tom Marine Operations Manager tmoylan 756-0225 25-216

Affiliate Faculty, Research Staff & Others

Name position email phone office
Appleby, Scott Frost Post Doc sappleby   181-407
Carranza, Perla Ramos Frost Post Doc pramosca    
Castillo, Crystal Marine Sciences Outreach ccasti10    
Greenbaum, Shira Coordinator - CCMS & SRCF sgreen32 756-65376 53-218
Jandreau, Connor Conservation Coordinator for the California Central Coast Joint Venture cjandrea None 53-210C
Jennings, Sarah
 Research Fellow sjenni02 None 181-407
Johnson, Kevin CA Sea Grant Extension Specialist for Aquaculture kjohn263 None 53-219
Johnston, Erin  CCFRP Statewide Coordinator and Research Scientist ejohn122 756-2950 53-114
Pearson, Katie Herbarium Curator kdpearso   33-359
Robbins, Ian Senior Research Scientist, Walter Lab (Physics) irobbins

805-756-7131

805-481-1282

 181-402
Vanderkelen, Jennifer Research Associate, CAB jvanderk 756-6174 181-301
Wang, Yi-Hui Offshore Energy Postdoctoral ywang59 756-7131 53-106

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