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People in Biological Sciences

Who's Who in Biological Sciences:

Department Chair: Dr. Brian Livingston

Undergraduate Advisors:

Biology: David G. Huckaby
Botany, Ecology & Zoology: Dessie Underwood
Cell and Molecular Biology: Kay Lee Fruman
Marine Biology: Gwen Goodmanlowe
Microbiology: Vern Eveland
Physiology: Balwant Khatra

Graduate Advisors:

Christopher Lowe
Kay Belletti, Graduate Services Coordinator Email(preferred): kbellett@csulb.edu

Health Professions Advisors:

Francisco Castillo
L.K. (Vern) Eveland
Carol A. Itatani

Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Medical Technology Advisor: Carol A. Itatani

Biotechnology Certificate Advisor: Lisa Klig

Administrative Support Coordinator: Susan Suetsugu

Credential Advisor: Laura Henriques

Full Time Faculty:

Dr. Bengt Allen, Marine Community Ecology
Dr. James Archie, biostatistics, herpetology, population ecology
Dr Flora Banuett, genetics and cell biology of fungi
Dr. Judy Brusslan, genetics, plant physiology (Home Page)
Dr. Ashley Carter, theoretical and empirical evolutionary biology (Home Page)
Dr. Jesse Dillon, microbial ecology (Home Page)
Dr. Elizabeth Eldon, Developmental Biology
Dr. L.K. (Vern) Eveland, parasitology, mycology.
Dr. Henry Fung, microbiology (Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences)
Dr. Kay Lee-Fruman, Signal Transduction, Cell Biology, Immunology (Home Page).
Dr. Editte Gharakhanian, cell biology, general biology (Research page)
Dr. Eric Haas-Stapleton, virology, insect biology (Research page)
Dr. David Huckaby, vertebrate biology, mammalogy
Dr. Carol Itatani, hematology, immunology (Emerita 2007)
Dr. Kevin Kelley, comparative animal physiology and endocrinology. (Endo Lab Website)
Dr. Balwant Khatra, human physiology, Associate Chair
Dr. Laura Kingsford, microbiology, virology, Dean, School of Natural Sciences
Dr. Lisa Klig, molecular genetics
Dr. Brian Livingston, (Department Chair),Development and Evolution (lab website)
Dr. Christopher Lowe, ichthyology, (Shark Lab Site)
Dr. Simon Malcomber, Plant systematics and evolution. (Research Page)
Dr. Steven Manley, phycology, introduction to marine biology. (Research page)
Dr Donna Marykwas, Microbiology (on sabbatical)
Dr. Andrew Mason, cell biology, electron microscopy (Home Page)
Dr. Alan Miller, ecology, biostastics, field methods in ecology, tropical ecology (Emeritus 2005)
Dr. Bruno Pernet, Marine Invertebrate Biology,( Home page)
Dr. Bryan Rourke, physiology (Home page)
Dr. Kevin Sinchak, neurobiology
Dr. Terrence Shuster, physiology, endocrinology (Emeritus 2005)
Dr Houng-Wei Tsai, physiology,neuroendocrinology
Dr. Dessie Underwood, Ecology, Entomology (Research page)
Dr. Christine Whitcraft, wetlands plant ecology (Home page)
Dr. Raymond Wilson, ichthyology, fish population genetics
Dr. Kelly Young, Reproductive Physiology
Dr. Mason Zhang, Microbial Pathogenesis

Full Time Lecturers

Dr. Gwen Goodmanlowe, Biology, Ecology (Home page)
Dr. Jacqueline Pal, Anatomy, Pathophysiology
Dr. Shehnaz Rehmat, Microbiology
Dr. Gary Shin, General Biology

Part -Time Faculty

Angie Jones, Biology 200
Jennifer Kauk, Human Physiology
Dr. Christine Palmier, Cell & Molecular biology, Biochemistry
Jesus Reyes, Biology, Anatomy & Physiology
Dr. Albert Russo, Physiology for therapists, Physical Therapy
Kathy Sak, Physiology
Dr. Jackie Sussman, Biology
Dr. Marcus Young Owl, Human Biology, General biology, Anthropology

Staff

Kay Belletti: Student Advising Center Manager (email)
R. Denise DeGrazia: Department Webmaster (Web Support) /Anatomy & Physiology (email)
Thomas Douglass Electron Microscope Lab/ Computer Support (email)
Catharine Durham: Fiscal Manager (email)
Chris Frost: Instructional Support BIO211A (email)
Diane Graham: Microbiology Instructional Support (email)
Yvette Ralph Marine Biology Lab
Lisa W. Mastro: Instructional Support: BIO 200 & 211B (email)
Anne Staskewicz: Vertebrate Museum Manager (email)
Susan Suetsugu: Department Office Manager (email)
Brian Thorson: Instructional Support: Botany & Greenhouse (email)
Ronae Wilkes: Adminstrative Assistant (email)