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People in Biological Sciences

Who's Who in Biological Sciences:

Department Chair: Dr. L. K. (Vern) Eveland

Associate Chairs: Dr. Balwant Khatra, Dr. Steve Manley

Undergraduate Advisors:

Biology: David G. Huckaby
Botany, Ecology & Zoology: Dessie Underwood
Marine Biology: Gwen Goodmanlowe
Microbiology: Lisa Klig
Physiology: Balwant Khatra

Graduate Advisors:

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

Health Professions Advisors:

Eileen Tom
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. Rajen Anand, pathophysiology, mammalian physiology (Emeritus 2003)
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. Jesse Dillon, microbial ecology (Home Page)
Dr. Elizabeth Eldon, Developmental Biology
Dr. L.K. (Vern) Eveland, parasitology, mycology.(Department Chair) (Home Page)
Dr. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Behavioral Ecology, Conservation biology, (Home Page), (Behavior and Conservation Lab)
Dr. Henry Fung, microbiology (Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences)
Dr. Kay Lee-Fruman, Signal Transduction, Cell Biology, Immunology (Home Page). ( Sabbatical 2006-07)
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
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. Christopher Lowe, ichthyology, (Shark Lab Site)
Dr. Simon Malcomber, Plant systematics and evolution. (Research Page)
Dr. Steven Manley, phycology, introduction to marine biology. Associate Chair. (Research page)
Dr. Donna Marykwas, Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Genetics (Home page)
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. Dessie Underwood, Ecology, Entomology
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)

Part -Time Faculty

Kristen Bender , Biology.
Jim Haigwood, Human Physiology
Kim Johnson, Human Anatomy, Biology
Angie Jones, Biology 200
Dr. Larry Mai, Biology, Anthropology
Elizabeth Nash, Biology
Doug Neilson, Biology, Physiology
Jaqueline Pal, Anatomy
Dr. Christine Palmier, biology, cell biology, biochemistry
Tiffany Price, Physiology
Jesus Reyes, Biology, Anatomy & Physiology
Dr. Shehnaz Rehmat, Microbiology
Dr. Albert Russo, Physiology for therapists, Physical Therapy
Kathy Sak, Physiology
Cara Snellen, Biology
Jackie Sussman, Biology
Rhonda Wimmer, Anatomy & Physiology
Dr. Marcus Young Owl, Human Biology, General biology, Anthropology
Eric Zahn, Biology

Adjunct

Pat Baird

Staff

Kim Anthony: Marine Biology Lab (email)
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)
Diane Graham: Microbiology Instructional Support (email)
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)