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
Gutierrez, Melanie

Administrative

Analyst

 malejand 756-5242 33-273

For questions call

805-242-6580
Reeves, Kristen

Administrative

Support Coordinator

 kreeve01 756-7202

33-281

For general office questions call

805-295-8766

Faculty - Tenured and Tenure-Track

Name position email phone office

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

Mon & Wed:  Zoom 10-11

Meeting ID: 920 949 776 Passcode: 062977; Thurs: Zoom 12-1 Meeting ID: 920 949 776 Passcode: 062977 or by appointment.
Bean, Tim Assistant Professor wtbean 756-2662 33-276 Please email for an appointment.
Black, Michael Professor mblack 756-2894 33-380

Mon & Fri: 11:30-12:30

Tue & Thurs: 4:30-5:30

Zoom Meeting ID: 729 298 955 Password: 050971

 
Blank, Jason Associate Professor jmblank 756-5629 33-377 Please email for an appointment.
Clement, Sandra Associate Professor slclemen 756-2154 33-269 Please email for an appointment.
Davidson, Jean Assistant Professor jdavid06 756-7421 33-267

Tue: 1:30-2:30

Thur: 11:10 -12

Zoom
Fidopiastis, Pat Professor pfidopia 756-2883 33-374 Please email for an appointment.
Francis, Clinton Associate Professor cdfranci 756-5358 33-369 None
Grossenbacher, Dena Assistant Professor dgrossen 756-2135 33-376

Mon:1-3

Wed: 11-1

Zoom
Hardy, Kristin Associate Professor kmhardy 756-2806 33-264  
Himelblau, Ed Professor ehimelbl 756-2826 33-365 None
Keeling, Elena Professor ekeeling 756-2175 33-271

Mon & Wed: 10-11

Tue & Thur: 2-3:30

Zoom
Knight, Charles Professor knight 756-2989 33-364  
Kolluru, Gita Professor gkolluru 756-2819 33-368 Please email for appointment.
Lema, Sean Professor slema 756-2802 33-370  
Liwanag, Heather Associate Professor hliwanag 756-5202 33-375 Please email for appointment.
Martinez, Nathaniel Associate Professor nmarti32 756-2185 33-379 None
Pasulka, Alexis Assistant Professor apasulka 756-5399 33-265  
Perrine, John Professor jperrine 756-2368 33-275  
Rajakaruna, Nishi Associate Professor nrajakar 756-2836 33-367 None
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

Fri: 12-1

Zoom

Meeting ID: 840 8816 0546 Passcode: 256860
Taylor, Emily Professor etaylor 756-2616 33-270  
Tomanek, Lars Professor ltomanek 756-2437 33-372 None
Villablanca, Francis Professor fvillabl 756-2200 33-268

Tue & Thurs: 2-4

use Zoom meeting

822 2457 6932
Vredevoe, Larisa Professor lvredevo 756-7165 33-276 Please email for appointment.
White, Crow Associate Professor cwhite31 756-2950 33-378  
Winstead, Candace Professor cwinstea 756-2899 33-263 Please email for appointment.
Yep, Alejandra Associate Professor yep 756-5355 33-366

Tue & Thurs:

9-10:30

Zoom
Yeung, Marie Professor pmyeung 756-5199 33-362

Tue, Wed & Thurs: 10-11

Zoom
Yost, Jenn Associate Professor jyost 756-5869 33-363

Mon & Wed: 11-12

Zoom

Lecturers - Full Time

Name position email phone office

office hours
Bunting, Jamie Lecturer bunting 756-2557 33-383 Please e-mail for an appointment
Jones, Michael Lecturer mjones99 756-2906 33-382 Please e-mail for an appointment

Lecturers - Part Time

Name position email phone office

office hours
Babu, Praveen Lecturer pbabu 756-5376 53-218

Mon & Thurs:

12-1 - Zoom or by appointment
Debruhl, Heather Lecturer hdebruhl 756-2877 33-257A  
Goodman, Anya Lecturer agoodman     Please email for appointment.
Goschke, Grace Lecturer ggoschke 756-2454 33-278  
Jew, Kara Lecturer kjew   33-396 Please email for an appointment.
Love, Natalie Lecturer nllove    

Tue: 4-5 

Fri: 10-11

Zoom 
Maj, Magdalena Lecturer mmaj   53-220 Please email for appointment.
McConnico, Laurie Lecturer lmcconni 53-210C    
Nation, Jasmine Lecturer jmnation    

Tue: 9:30-11

Thur: 11-12:30

Zoom
Neal, Emily Lecturer erusch   53-220  
Needles, Lisa Lecturer lneedles 756-2896 53-219  
O'Neill, Megan Lecturer mboneill 756-2454 33-278 Please email for appointment.
Pisula, Anneka Lecturer apisula   180-535 Please email for appointment.
Polacek, Kelly Myer Lecturer kpolacek 756-2877 33-257A Please email for appointment.
Roest, Michele Lecturer mroest   53-210B  
Ryan, Sean Lecturer spryan 756-2514 53-318

Mon: 9-10

Zoom
Trunzo, Juliana Lecturer jtrunzo 756-6332 33-255A Please email for appointment.
VanderKelen, Jennifer Lecturer jvanderk 574-3015 180-535

Please email for appointment.

Graduate Teaching Associates

Name position email phone office

office hours
Abelli-Amen, Ella

Graduate 

Student

 eabellia      
Anderson, Kyra Graduate Student kande14      
Balderas, Eli Graduate Student ebaldera      
Bersin, Theresa Graduate Student tbersin      
Bills, Marissa Graduate Student mbills      
Bow, Hannah Graduate Student hbow    

by

appointment
Breit, Emma Graduate Student ebreit      
Brookwell, August Graduate Student abrookwe    

by

appointment
Calloway, Stephanie Graduate Student smcallow      
Castillo, Crystal Graduate Student ccasti10    

by

appointment
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    

Tues: 5-6

Zoom
Mapes, Hayley Graduate Student hmapes    

by

appointment
Messina, Stephanie Graduate Student smessina      
Mulroy, Michael Graduate Student mmulroy      
Murphy, Molly Graduate Student mmurph72      
Paolilli, Dena Graduate Student dpalill      
West, Samantha Graduate Student swest01    

Tue & Thurs:

Zoom Meeting ID: 865 3661 4679

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

Grant Project Affiliates

Name position email phone office
Castillo, Crystal NSF Fellow ccasti10   53-106
Pearson, Katelyn Manager, Herbarium
Digitization Project		 kdpearso 756-2043 33-352
Phillips, Jennifer Postdoc, Francis Lab jnphilli 756-2896 53-219
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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