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

Back in the office 10/21 ...Mon: 1:00-3:00 & Wed: 10:30-12:00
Doctor, Katie Budget Analyst kdoctor 756-5241 33-272  
Nash, Andrea 

Administrative

Analyst

 anash 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

TUE: 9:30-11:00 & 1:00-2:00, WED: 11:00-12:00 & 1:00-2:00 & THUR: 12:00-1:00

or by appt
Bean, Tim Associate Professor wtbean 756-2662 33-276 TUE: 2:30-4:00 & WED: 2:00-3:30
Black, Michael Professor mblack 756-2894 33-380 MON & WED: 1:00- 2:30 & FRI: 1:002:00
Blank, Jason Professor jmblank 756-5629 33-377 MON, TUE & FRI: 10:10-11:00 & WED: 11:10-12:00
Chan, Lauren Associate Professor chanlm   33-265 TUE: 9:30-11:00 & THUR: 2:00-3:00 and by appt
Clement, Sandi Associate Professor slclemen 756-2154 33-269 MON & FRI: 9:--10:00 & TUE: & THUR: 4:00-5:00
Davidson, Jean Associate Professor jdavid06 756-7421 181-410  On sabbatical Fall 24, Winter 25
Fidopiastis, Pat Professor pfidopia 756-2883 33-374 MON: 11:10-12:00 & WED: 12:10-1:00
Francis, Clinton Professor cdfranci 756-5358 33-369 TUE: 9:30-11:00 & THUR: 11:10-12:00
Greenlee-Wacker, Mallary Associate Professor mcgreenl 756-2822 33-379 TUE & THUR: 1:45-3:15 & WED: 9:00-11:00 in 53-313
Grossenbacher, Dena Associate Professor dgrossen 756-2135 33-354 On sabbatical Fall 2024
Hardy, Kristin Professor kmhardy 756-2806 181-415 MON: 1:00-2:00 by Zoom link & TUE: 4:30-5:00 in 33-354
Himelblau, Ed Professor ehimelbl 756-2826   not on campus
Keeling, Elena Professor ekeeling 756-2175 33-271 or 53-313 MON: 10:00-12:00 & FRI: 12:00-2:00
Knight, Charles Professor knight 756-2989 33-364  MON: 3:30-4:00 & TUES & THUR: 4:10-6:00
Kolluru, Gita Professor gkolluru 756-2819 33-370 MON & WED: 2:10-4:00
Lema, Sean Professor slema 756-2802 181-417 TUE: 12:30-1:30 & WED: 12:10-1:00
Liwanag, Heather Associate Professor hliwanag 756-5202 33-375 TUE & FRI: 1:00-2:00 & WED: 9:00-11:00
Maj, Magda Assistant Professor mmaj 756-2368 33-275 TUE: 10:00-11:00 & WED: 10:10-12:00
Martinez, Nathaniel Professor nmarti32 756-2185 181-422 by appt.
Pasulka, Alexis Associate Professor apasulka 756-5399 181-414 TUE & THUR: 1:30-2:30 & WED: 1:00-2:00
Perrine, John Professor jperrine 756-2368   not on campus
Rajakaruna, Nishi Professor nrajakar 756-2836 33-367

by Zoom only - link

THUR: 4:00-6:00 & FRI: 9:00-11:00
Ritter, Matthew Professor mritter 756-2775 33-373 On sabbatical Fall 2024
Ruttenberg, Ben Professor bruttenb 756-2498 33-372  by appt only
Strand, Christy Professor cstrand 756-2207

33-266

 MON: 1:00-2:30, TUE: 10:00-11:00 & THUR: 12:00-1:00
Taylor, Emily Professor etaylor 756-2616 22-264 None
Tomanek, Lars Professor ltomanek 756-2437 181-418 TUE: 1:00 - 2:00 & wed: 2:00-3:00
Villablanca, Francis Professor fvillabl 756-2200 33-268 TUE & THUR: 11:10-1:00
Vredevoe, Larisa Professor lvredevo 756-7165 33-277  in 33-270 or 33-256 - MON & WED: 1:00-2:00
White, Crow Professor cwhite31 756-2950 33-378 TUE: 2:10-3:00
Winstead, Candace Professor cwinstea 756-2899 33-267 in 33-468 - MON & WED: 9:20-11:20
Yep, Alejandra Associate Professor yep 756-5355 181-321 MON: 12:00-1:00 & WED: 11:00-12:30
Yeung, Marie Professor pmyeung 756-5199 33-362 TUE: 10:10-11:00 & FRI: 3:10-5:00
Yost, Jenn Professor jyost 756-5869 33-361 or 33-354 On sabbatical Fall 2024

Lecturers - Full Time

Name position email phone office

office hours
Bunting, Jamie Lecturer bunting 756-2557 33-366 TUE: 11:10-12:00 in 33-453 & WED: 2:10-4:00 in 33-351
Dann, Delany Lecturer dcdann 756-2826 33-365

MON: 11:00-1:00,

WED: 12:30-2:30 & FRI: 10:00-12:00
Jones, Michael Lecturer mjones99 756-2906 33-263

MON, TUE & THURS: 3:00-4:30
Moniz, Haley Lecturer hmoniz   33-268 MON: 1:10-3:00 & THUR: 2:10-3:00

Lecturers - Part Time & Guest Faculty

Name position email phone office

office hours
Babu, Praveen Lecturer pbabu 756-5376 53-220 TUE & THURS: 3:10-4:00
Davis, Aubrey Lecturer adavis99   20-119A MON: 12:00-1:00
Debruhl, Heather Lecturer hdebruhl 756-2877 33-257A also by Zoom link MON: 10:30-11:30, TUE: 9:30-10:30, THUR & FRI: 10:10-11:00
Gastall, Lauren Lecturer lgastall None 53-220 by appt
Hendricks, Steve Lecturer srhendri None 33-383 WED: 11:00-12:00 & 2:00-3:00 and FRI: 9:00-10:00 & 4:00-5:00
Huggins, Michael Lecturer mthugins None Conservatory MON: 1:00-2:00
Jew, Kara Lecturer kjew None 33-368 MON & WED: 10:30-11:30
McConnico, Laurie Lecturer lmcconni None 53-108 by appt after lecture on MON & WED: 7:30-8:30
Neal, Emily Lecturer erusch None 33-368 MON: 9:10-10:00, WED: 10:10-11:00 & THUR: 12:10-1:00
Paolilli, Dena Lecturer dpaolill None Conservatory MON: 12:00-+1:00 & 2:00-3:00
Polacek, Kelly Myer Lecturer kpolacek None 53-110 MON: 11:00-12:00 and by appt
Roest, Michele Lecturer mroest None 33-278 MON & WED: 9:00-10:00
Ryan, Sean Lecturer spryan 756-2514 53-318 MON: 11:00-12:00, TUE: 3:30-4:30 & THUR: 9:00-10:00
Spade, Timothy Lecturer spade None 53-115 MON: 4:00-6:00 & WED: 8:30-11:00
Trunzo, Juliana Lecturer jtrunzo     by appt
VanderKelen, Jennifer Lecturer jvanderk 574-3015 181-301 MON: 3:30-4:30 in 181-301 and FRI: 9:00-10:00 in 33-465
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  TUE: 10:10-11:00 & WED: 1:00-2:00
Baldwin, Shannon Grad Student shcopela None 33-351 MON: 1:00-3:00
Butler, Michael Grad Student mbutle21 None 33-355A MON: 3:10-4:10
Dutta, Hannah Grad Student hdutta None 33-473 WED: 11:10-12:00
Gonor, Weston Grad Student wgonor None 33-260 MON: 2:00-3:00
Hanshaw, Faith Grad Student fhanshaw None 33-260 MON: 3:00-4:00
Ivie, Cole Grad Student civie None 33-459 WED & THUR: 4:00-5:00
Jafari Jozani, Sepanta  Grad Student sjafarij None 53-308 MON: 12:00-3:00
Johnson, Zoe Grad Student zjohns14 None 33-459 MON & THUR: 3:30-4:30
Nielsen, Lily Grad Student linielse None 33-389 MON: 11:30-12:30 & THUR: 2:30-3:30
Niknafs, Avin Grad Student asniknaf None 33-352 MON: 11:10-1:00
Roberts, Max Grad Student mrober81 None 33-358 & 33-260 MON: 2:30-3:30 in 33-358 & WED: 12:30-1:30 in 33-260
Survilas, Rachel Grad Student rsurvila None 33-260 MON: 12:00-1:00
Williamson, McKenna Grad Student mwill131 None 33-260 MON: 3:00-4:00
Woodard, Isaiah Grad Student iwoodard None 33-459 MON & WED: 2:00-3:00
Wuelfing, Skylar Grad Student swuelfin None 33-358 MON: 2:30-4:30
Yan, Alexander Grad Student ayan15 None 33-260 WED: 9:00-10:00 

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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