Advising
Undergraduate Advising:
Academic advising:
If you are a Biology or ESTP major at CSUMB (or think you might want to become one), it's critical that you get good advice directly from the Science & Environmental Policy Department about what classes to take in what order from the moment you arrive on campus (ideally before that) -- neglecting to get this early advice could easily turn a 4-year science degree into a 6- or 7-year science degree!
A good place to start is with Karen Wallace in the SEP office. She can get you started out on the right path with your lower division courses. However, before you move into your upper-division courses, you will want to move from Karen to a faculty advisor who has interests, experience, and professional contacts closely aligned with your life/career goals. He or she can help you choose the right upper division courses to prepare you for your future and can put you in contact with people in the field who can help you get the experience you need to be successful.
My educational background and prior work experience make me an appropriate advisor for students who are interested in biology, zoology, veterinary medicine, marine biology, and electronics or robotics as applied to biology and medicine. If you'd like to meet with me to discuss your future goals and see if I'm the right advisor for you, feel free to contact me.
Capstone advising:
Each year I serve as mentor to several capstone students in Biology and ESTP. For a list of available capstone projects, please check out my list of Student Opportunities. If any of these look interesting to you, please feel free to contact me for additional information about these projects.
Graduate Advising:
Master's Theses:
Each year I also serve as mentor to one or more graduate students working on interesting master's thesis projects in CSUMB's Ecosystem Electronics Laboratory (EEL).