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

Schedule a 15-minute appointment during office hours: Click Here

Monday: 12:30-2:00

Tuesday: 2:00-3:30

Wednesday: 10:30-Noon
Doctor, Katie Budget Analyst kdoctor 756-5241 33-272 Click here for appt
Nash, Andrea 

Administrative

Analyst

 anash 756-5242 33-273

 
Reeves, Kristin

Administrative

Support Coordinator

 kreeve01 756-2788

33-281

 

Faculty - Tenured and Tenure-Track

Name position email phone office

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

Monday - 3:00-4:00 Zoom

Tuesday - 9:30-11:00 in person

Thursday - 10:00-11:00 & 1:00-2:00 Zoom

Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 920 949 776
Passcode: 062977 
Bean, Tim Assistant Professor wtbean 756-2662 33-276

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday - 

2:00-3:00
Black, Michael Professor mblack 756-2894 33-380

Monday & Wednesday - 6:00-7:00 Zoom

Tuesday - 1:00-2:00 In person

Friday - 4:00-5:00 Zoom

Zoom Meeting ID - 729298955  
Blank, Jason Associate Professor jmblank 756-5629 33-377

Monday & Tuesday - 1:00 - 2:00

Wednesday - 10:30-11:30

Friday - Zoom, email for link
Clement, Sandi Associate Professor slclemen 756-2154 33-269

Monday - 3:00-5:00

Wednesday - 9:00-10:00 Zoom Link        

Thursday - 4:00-5:00

Friday - by appt
Davidson, Jean Assistant Professor jdavid06 756-7421 33-267

Monday & Wednesday - 10:00-11:00

Tuesday & Thursday - 2:00-3:00

Friday - by appt
Fidopiastis, Pat Professor pfidopia 756-2883 33-374

Tuesday - 2:00-3:00

Wednesday - 11:00-12:00

Thursday - 1:30-2:30

Friday - by appt
Francis, Clinton Associate Professor cdfranci 756-5358 33-369  
Grossenbacher, Dena Assistant Professor dgrossen 756-2135 33-376

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday - 11:10-12:00 Zoom & In person            Zoom Link   

 
Hardy, Kristin Associate Professor kmhardy 756-2806 33-264 Wednesday - 12:10 -1:30 Zoom, email for link
Himelblau, Ed Professor ehimelbl 756-2826 33-365

Tuesday - 10:10-11:00 & 12:10-3:00

Wednesday - 8:00-9:00pm Zoom Link 

 
Keeling, Elena Professor ekeeling 756-2175 33-271

Monday - 1:00-3:00

Tuesdays & Thursday - 1:00-2:00

also by appt.
Knight, Charles Professor knight 756-2989 33-364

None

 
Kolluru, Gita Professor gkolluru 756-2819 33-368

Tuesday & Thursday -3:10-4:00 Zoom

  Mtg ID 87146438078

Wednesday - 2:00-4:00 Zoom

   Mtg ID 87146438078
Lema, Sean Professor slema 756-2802 33-370  
Liwanag, Heather Associate Professor hliwanag 756-5202 33-375

Tuesday & Friday - 1:00-2:00

Wednesday - 8:30-10:30
Martinez, Nathaniel Associate Professor nmarti32 756-2185 33-379 NONE
Pasulka, Alexis Assistant Professor apasulka 756-5399 33-265

Tuesday - 12:00-1:00 & by appt

Wednesday - 1:00-2:00 Zoom, email for link

Thursday - 11:00-12:00 & by appt
Perrine, John Professor jperrine 756-2368 33-275  
Rajakaruna, Nishi Professor nrajakar 756-2836 33-367

Tuesdays & Fridays - 4:30-6:00, outside     Yakitutu

Also, Zoom by appt
Ritter, Matthew Professor mritter 756-2775 33-373  
Ruttenberg, Ben Associate Professor bruttenb 756-2498 33-361 NONE
Strand, Christy Professor cstrand 756-2207 33-266

Tuesday - 10:00-11:00

Thursday- 2:00-3:30
Taylor, Emily Professor etaylor 756-2616 33-270

Tuesday - 3:00-4:00

Thursday - 1:00-3:00     Zoom Link    https://calpoly.zoom.us/s/96334323615?pwd=YVpiRVpVTVhlSkJHa3gweWlEZEozdz09pwd=YVpiRVpVTVhlSkJHa3gweWlEZEozdz09

Friday - 10:00-11:00
Tomanek, Lars Professor ltomanek 756-2437 33-372

Wednesday - 10:00-11:00  Zoom Link 

Thursday - 2:00-3:00 Zoom Link 

 
Villablanca, Francis Professor fvillabl 756-2200 33-268 NONE
Vredevoe, Larisa Professor lvredevo 756-7165 33-276 Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 11:00-12:00,           In-person & Zoom Link
White, Crow Associate Professor cwhite31 756-2950 33-378  
Winstead, Candace Professor cwinstea 756-2899 33-263 Monday & Wednesday - 9:10-11:00
Yep, Alejandra Associate Professor yep 756-5355 33-366 NONE
Yeung, Marie Professor pmyeung 756-5199 33-362

Tuesday - 12:10-1:00 Zoom link

Wednesday - 12:10-2:00 In-person

Thursday - 10:10-11:00 Zoom link
Yost, Jenn Associate Professor jyost 756-5869 33-363  

Lecturers - Full Time

Name position email phone office

office hours
Bunting, Jamie Lecturer bunting 756-2557 33-383  
Jones, Michael Lecturer mjones99 756-2906 33-382  

Lecturers - Part Time

Name position email phone office

office hours
Babu, Praveen Lecturer pbabu 756-5376 53-218  
Debruhl, Heather Lecturer hdebruhl 756-2877 33-257A  
           
Goschke, Grace Lecturer ggoschke 756-2454 33-278  
Jew, Kara Lecturer kjew   33-396  
Love, Natalie Lecturer nllove      
Maj, Magdalena Lecturer mmaj   53-220  
McConnico, Laurie Lecturer lmcconni 53-210C    
           
Neal, Emily Lecturer erusch   53-220  
Needles, Lisa Lecturer lneedles 756-2896 53-219  
           
           
           
Ryan, Sean Lecturer spryan 756-2514 53-318  
           
VanderKelen, Jennifer Lecturer jvanderk 574-3015 180-535  

Graduate Teaching Associates

Name position email phone office

office hours
Althaus, Kieran

Graduate 

Student

        
Anderson, Kyra Graduate Student kande14      
Bedard, Robin Graduate Student ebaldera      
Bow, Hannah Graduate Student hbow      
Dotterweich, Megan Graduate Student ebreit      
  Graduate Student abrookwe      
  Graduate Student smcallow      
Castillo, Crystal Graduate Student ccasti10      
Dotterweich, Megan Graduate Student mdotterw      
Fisher, Ashley Graduate Student afishe08@calpoly.edu      
Fryer, Emma Graduate Student erfryer      
Housh, Madeline Graduate Student mhoush      
Kahn, Elias Graduate Student elkahn      
Mapes, Hayley Graduate Student hmapes      
Messina, Stephanie Graduate Student smessina      
Mulroy, Michael Graduate Student mmulroy      
Murphy, Molly Graduate Student mmurph72      
           
West, Samantha Graduate Student swest01    

 

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
Clendenen, Dave Instrctnl Support Tech II dclenden 756-2712 53-309
Hamrick, Alice Instrctnl Support Tech II
CAB Research Associate		 ahamrick 756-2164 53-309
Jacobson, Craig Instrctnl Support Tech II cjacobso 756-7520 33-458
Merriam, John Instrctnl Support Tech III jmmerria 756-7531 33-466
Willey, Gage Instrctnl Support Tech I gwilley 530-632-4615 48-112

College Design & Fabrication Team

Name position email phone office
Brewster, Doug CSM Equip Tech III, Electromechanical dbrewste 756-2701 52-D24
Brewster, Rob CSM Equip Tech III, Electromechanical rabrewst 756-2701 52-D24
Dunham, Kevin CSM Equip Tech III, Electromechanical kedunham 756-2701 52-D24

Cal Poly Pier

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

Affiliate Faculty, Research Staff & Others

Name position email phone office
Jandreau, Connor Conservation Coordinator for the California Central Coast Joint Venture cjandrea   53-210B
Johnson, Kevin Cal Poly - CA Sea Grant Extension Specialist for Aquaculture kjohn263    
Love, Natalie Frost Postdoctoral Fellow nilove 756-2896 53-219
Pearson, Katie Herbarium Curator kdpearso    
Robbins, Ian Senior Research Scientist, Walter Lab (Physics) irobbins 756-0530
471-1042		 180-530
Vanderkelen, Jennifer Research Associate, CAB jvanderk 574-3015 180-535
Waltz, Grant Research Associate, Wendt Lab gwaltz 756-2950 53-114
Wang, Yi-Hui Offshore Energy Postdoctoral ywang59 756-7131 53-106

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