Division of
Science and Environmental Policy


B.S. in
 Biology
 

SEP Directory

Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty Instructors
(see also, adjunct faculty list below-left)

Technical Support Staff

Office Staff
Adjunct Faculty
('I' denotes adjunct faculty who are also instructors)
Research, Watershed Institute
& other programmatic staff
('I' denotes part-time instructors)

+ Sabbatical

~ CWSP
 

All faculty & staff

Susan Alexander, Ph.D.
Faculty ~ CWSP Graduate Program Coordinator
Interests:
Ecology ~ ecosystem modeling ~ marine science
Course Pages:
ENVS 301 - Ecosystem Services: Scientific & Economic Analyses
ENVS 303/L California Transect
BIO 340 - Ecological Systems
Email: salexander@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3718. Fax: (831) 582-4122. Office: 53-S311

Pradyumna Amatya, Ph.D.
Instructor ~Environmental Economics and Policy
Interests:
Market and Non-market Valuations ~ Economic Governance
~ Economics of Invasive Alien Species
Courses:
ENVS 580 - Environmental & Resource Economics: Applications & Methods  
Email:
pamatya@csumb.edu
Sharon Anderson, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair, Division of Science and Environmental Policy
Faculty
Interests:
Environmental chemistry ~ water quality ~ soil chemistry ~ pesticide fate
Classes:
CHEM 109 - Chemistry & the Environment
CHEM 110 - Chemistry I
ENVS 300 - Major Proseminar
Email: shanderson@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3915
Thor Anderson
Science Lab Support Technician / CCoWS Research Staff
Office: E320
Email:
thanderson@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3684
Cell: (831) 901-9394

Lab support web site: http://sep.csumb.edu/tech
Ryan Bassett

Ryan Bassett
SEP Office Student Assistant
Building 53/S314
Phone: (831) 582 4120
Email: SEP_Office@csumb.edu

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Brenda Beech
Science Lab Support Technician
Office: E318
Building 53/E324
Phone: (831) 582-4075
Email: BBeech@csumb.edu

Lab support web site: http://sep.csumb.edu/tech 

Iryna Berezhna
SEP Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone:
(831) 582-4110
Email: iberezhna@csumb.edu

Carrie Bretz
SFML, Research Associate
Email: cbretz@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4197
Jessica Brown, M.S.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC)"
Email: jebrown@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4266
Carla Bundrick Benejam, M.A.
Instructor
Interests:
human evolution~primate behavior~science education
Course Page:
BIO 204-02 Introduction to Life Science
Email: cbenejam@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-5039
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Joel Casagrande
CCoWS Research Associate
Email: jcasagrande@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3688
Eddie Chavez
RISE counselor
Email: echavez@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-4556
Jon Detka
SEP Instructor ~ CCoWs Research Associate
Interests:
Watershed Assessment / Restoration ~ Botany/Ecology ~ Remote Sensing ~ Science Education ~ Online Resources / Web Design
Course Page: PHYS 122 - Integrated Physical Science
Home Page: http://home.csumb.edu/d/detkajon/world/
Email: jdetka@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-5178. Office: 53-E113

Daniel Fernandez, Ph.D.
Chair, Division of Science and Environmental Policy
Faculty
Interests:
Physics ~sustainability and alternative energy
    ~ ocean remote sensing ~ fog water collection
Courses:
PHYS 220 - Physics 1
PHYS 221 - Physics 2
Research Pages:
Innovative Coastal-Ocean Network (ICON) - http://www.oc.nps.navy.mil/~icon/
Email: dfernandez@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3786
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Ernesto Franco, Ph.D.
Instructor
Interests:
plant-soil relations ~ arid-land ecosystems.
Classes:
ENVS 300 - Major Proseminar
ENVS 212 - Ethics, Science and Environmental Policy: Food Ethics
Email: efranco@csumb.edu
Phone:
582-3218
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Jeanette Galinato
Lab Technician
Office: E313
Email:
jgalinato@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3212

Lab support web site: http://sep.csumb.edu/tec

 

Monica Galligan
Instructor ~ Graduate student
Email: mgalligan@csumb.edu
Phone:

Corey Garza, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests: marine landscape ecology ~ coastal policy and management
   ~ marine invertebrates  ~ statistics ~ geospatial technology
Email: cogarza@csumb.edu
Home page: http://sep.csumb.edu/staff/corey/
Phone:
(831) 582-3024

 

Margaret Geissler
Science Lab Manager
Office: E315
Email: mgeissler@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4213

Lab support web site: http://sep.csumb.edu/tec

 

Crystal Gonzalez, M.S.
Instructor
Interests:
science education ~ organic chemistry
Email:
crgonzalez@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3665

 

William Head, Ph.D.
Faculty ~ Director, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC)
Interests:
Marine ecology ~ marine policy ~ aquaculture ~ critical thinking ~ Internship Program
Student Opportunities Program: http://sep.csumb.edu/opportunities/
Email: whead@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3576
Todd Hilaker

Todd Hillaker
Microbiology Instructor
Courses:
BIO 320/320L - Microbiology
Buildings 53/E313
Phone: (831) 582-4030
Email: THillaker@csumb.edu

 

Pat Iampietro
SIVA Network Administrator
Email: piampietro@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4214

 

Megan Kelly
SEP Office Student Assistant
Email:
SEP_Office@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4120

Rebecca Kersnar, M.A.
Instructor
Interests:
Biology (Botany) ~ Academic Writing and Reading
   ~ Environmental Ethics ~ TESOL

Courses:
ENVS 202 - Human Interactions with the Environment
ENVS 211 - Introduction to Science and Policy: Campus Sustainability
ENVS 295 - Writing/Reading Tutorial for ENVS 300
ENVS 383 - Environmental Ethics and Environmental Policy
Email: rkersnar@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3207, Fax: (831) 582-4122
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Henrik Kibak, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests:
Biochemistry ~ Bioinformatics ~ Science Education
Course Pages:
BIO 241 - Introduction to Cell & Molecular Biology
BIO 310 - Biochemical Systems
Home Page: http://home.csumb.edu/k/kibakhenrik/world/
Email: hkibak@csumb.edu
Phone: Voice: (831) 582-4144 FAX: (831)582-4122
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Judith T. Kildow, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Interests: Science and Policy; Coastal and Marine Studies; Policy Analysis; Political Systems; Oceans and Coastal Economics; Coastal Management
Research / Education Page: National Ocean Economics Program
Email: Judy@OceanEconomics.org
Cell: (831)-402-5153
Web site: www.OceanEconomics.org
Rikk Kvitek, Ph.D.
Faculty - Seafloor Mapping Lab Director
Interests:
Marine science ~ geospatial technology (GIS/GPS) ~ seafloor mapping
Research Page:
Seafloor Mapping Lab (SFML)
Email:
rkvitek@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3529

Laura Lee Lienk, M.S.
Watershed Institute Co-Director, Return of the Natives Restoration Education Project Coordinator
Interests: Watershed restoration ~ service learning ~ science education
Research / Education Page: Return of the Natives (RON) Restoration Education Project
Bio Page: http://watershed.csumb.edu/wi/bios.htm#Lienk
Email: llienk@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3689

James Lindholm, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests:
Ecology of marine fishes ~ habitat response to fishing ~
  ~ design and efficacy of MPAs
Home page: http://sep.csumb.edu/staff/james/
Email:
jlindholm@csumb.edu
Institute for Applied Marine Ecology
Phone:
(831) 582-4662

Marc Los Huertos, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests: Agricultural water quality
Research Page:
http://science.csumb.edu/~ccows/marc
Email:
mloshuertos@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3209
Shae Maher

Shae Maher
SEP Office Student Assistant
Building 53/S314
Phone: (831) 582 4120
Email: SEP_Office@csumb.edu

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Don Mautner, M.S.
Instructor
Interests:
Meteorology~Oceanography
Email: dmautner@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4660

 

Christina McKnew
Watershed Institute Native Plant Greenhouse / Nursery Coordinator
Email: cmcknew@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3326

 

Steven Moore, Ph.D.
Interests: Zoology ~ biomechanics ~ developmental biology ~ electronics ~ nature photography
Course Pages:
ENVS 200 - Nature Photography
ENVS 330/330L
- Electronic Projects
BIO 346 - General Zoology
Research Page - EEL Lab: http://sep.csumb.edu/eel/
Home Page: http://sep.csumb.edu/staff/steve/
Email: stmoore@csumb.edu
Voice: (831) 582-3775

Wendi Newman
Science Lab Support Technician
Office:
E320
Email:
wnewman@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4431

Lab support web site: http://sep.csumb.edu/tech

 

 

Joy Nguyen
Lab Technician
Office: E324
Email: jnguyen@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4127

Lab support web site: http://sep.csumb.edu/tech
Billy Perry
CCoWS Research Associate
Email: wperry@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3682
Lars Pierce, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Interests:
fire ecology - agricultural irrigation efficiency - modeling - remote sensing
Home Page: http://home.csumb.edu/p/piercelars/world/
Email:
lpierce@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4187
Bobby Quinonez
RISE Program Coordinator
Email: rquinonez@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4556
Michelle Sandersfeld
SEP.org Budget Assistant
Email:
MSandersfeld@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3138
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Daniel Shapiro, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests:
Environmental ethics ~ environmental justice ~ environmental policy
                   service learning ~ senior capstone coordination ~ writing
Course Pages:
ENVS 212 - Environmental Ethics, Science, and Policy
ENVS 384SL - Environmental Justice and Environmental Policy Service Learning
ENVS 400/402/403 - Senior Capstone Seminars
Email: dshapiro@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3090

Zachary Sharrett

Zachary Sharrett
Chemistry Lab Instructor
Building 53/E311
Phone: (831) 582 4510
Email: zsharrett@csumb.edu
 

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Michal Sipal
ENVS 300L Instructor
Phone: (831) 582 4079
Building 84E Room 101

Email: MSipal@csumb.edu


Douglas Smith, Ph.D.
Faculty ~ Watershed Institute Co-Director
Interests:
Watershed processes & restoration ~ geology ~ sedimentation
Courses:
GEOL 260/260L
- Geology and Hydrology: Earth Systems Applications
GEOL 360/360L Geomorphic Systems
GEOL 460/460L River Hydrology, Assessment, and Monitoring
ENVS 560/560L - Watershed Systems
ENVS 660/660L - Advanced Watershed Science and Policy
Research:http://hydro.csumb.edu/html/doug.htm
Email: dosmith@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-4696

Emily Smith
Watershed Institute
Return of the Natives Education Coordinator
Email:
esmith@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-3687

 

Aparna Sreenivasan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Interests:
Cell Cycle ~ Fungal pathogenesis ~ molecular biology ~
               ~ science writing and education
Courses:

BIO 240/240L
- Biology I
BIO 241/241L - Biology II
Bio 300: Issues and Ethics in Biology
Bio 311: Genetics
Bio 314: Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology
Home page: http://sep.csumb.edu/staff/aparna/
Email: asreenivasan@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831)582-3210

Kate Thomas
SFML Research Associate: Hydrography Program Manager.
Email: kthomas@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-4441
Brad Travers
CCoWS Research Associate
Email: btravers@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-5217
Rushia Turner Rushia Turner
Instructor
CHEM 111/L - General Chemistry 2
Email: rturner@csumb.edu
 
Barbara Vella
Seafloor Mapping Lab and SEP.org Budget Analyst
Email: bvella@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582 3608
Karen Wallace
Science Advisor
Email:
kwallace@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831) 582-4739
Heather Ward Heather Ward, Ph.D.
Instructor
ENVS 211 - Intro. to Science and Env. Policy
WRT 95 - Integrated Reading Writing
Email: hward@csumb.edu
 

Fred Watson, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests:
Hydrology ~ ecology ~ modeling ~ monitoring ~ software development
Home Page: http://science.csumb.edu/~fwatson/
Classes:
ENVS 303/L California Transect
ENVS 436/L 536/L Remote Sensing and Image Processing

ENVS 440 / 540 Environmental Modeling
ENVS 550/L Research Methods
ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems
ENVS 660/660L - Advanced Watershed Science and Policy
Email:
fwatson@csumb.edu
Phone: +1 831 582 4452.Fax: +1 831 582 3691. Office: 53-E112

Photo NA Camilia Webb
SEP.org Budget Assistant
Phone: (831) 582-3225
Email:
cwebb@csumb.edu
 

Myriam Weber, M.S.
Instructor
Interests:
earth science ~ water issues ~ science education
                   ~ environmental science ~ sustainability ~ climate change.
Courses:

GEOL 210 Introduction to Earth Science
ENVS 201 Environmental Science (Nature of Science)
ENVS 201Lab Environmental Science (Nature of Science)
ENVS 309 Science and Policy of Climate Change
ENVS 387 Water Resource, Assessments, Policy, and Law
Email:
mweber@csumb.edu
Phone:
(831)582-3975

 

Swarup Wood, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests:
science of learning ~ recycling ~sustainability
Courses:
CHEM 110 - Chemistry 1
CHEM 109 - Chemistry and the Environment
Building 53/E207
Email: swood@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3926

Suzanne Worcester, Ph.D.
Faculty
Interests:
Biology ~ field ecology ~ wetlands ~ marine biology
Classes:
BIO 240 - Biology 1 (taught by Aparna Sreenivasan in Spring 2008)
BIO 240L - Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Lab
ENVS 349S - Interpreting Monterey Bay
ENVS 350 - Quantitative Field Methods
ENVS 442 / ENVS 542- Vernal Pools of Ft Ord
Email: sworcester@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-3840
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Natalie Zayas, M.S.
Instructor
Interests:
Online Education~Water Quality~Science Education
Email: nzayas@csumb.edu
Phone: (831) 582-5008 Fax (831) 582-4673
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