Last updated September 2007
FULL-TIME FACULTY ( Students should feel free to seek academic advise from any faculty marked with * ; they are academic advisors. )
Danielle Dodenhoff. Lecturer in Biology. BS & MS, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; PhD. The Ohio State University. Interests: Behavioral ecology and Bioacoustics:Animal communication. Recent publication: Dodenhoff, D.J., R.D. Stark., and E.V. Johnson. 2001. Do woodpecker drums encode information for species recognition? Condor 103:143-150 (a pdf file). Courses:General Biology and Integrated Science Life Science. e-mail. (661) 654-2225
* David Germano. Professor of Biology; Director of the Environmental Studies Area and Facility for Animal Care and Treatment. BA, California State University, Northridge; MS, University of Arizona; PhD, University of New Mexico. Interests: North American tortoises, turtles, lizard and desert mammal ecology. Courses: Animal Diversity, Zoology, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Research Methods. e-mail. (661) 654-2471
* Kenneth Gobalet. Professor of Biology. BS, MA, PhD, University of California, Davis. Interests: Fish paleontology and zooarchaeology of Western United States. Courses: Zoology, Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates, Functional Analysis of Vertebrate Structure, Evolution. e-mail. (661) 654-3038
* Carl T. Kloock. Assistant Professor of Biology. BS, MS University of California, Davis. PhD. Michigan State University. Interests: Science Education and Behavioral Ecology, particularly the evolution and ecology of predator-prey systems involving mimetic predators. Recent Publication: Diet and Insectivory in the "Araneophagic" spider, Mimetus notius (Araneae: Mimetidae). Am. Midl. Nat. 146:424-428, 2001. Courses: Integrated Science--Life Science Perspective, Practicum in the teaching of biology, Perspectives in Biology. e-mail. (661) 654-3021
Antje Lauer. Assistant Professor of Biology. MS, University of Oldenburg, Germany; PhD, University of Kiel, Germany; Interests: Environmental microbial ecology, Bacterial symbioses with invertebrates and vertebrates, Microbial Life in extreme environments, Natural products of microorganisms. Courses: General Microbiology, Allied Health Microbiology. e-mail . (661) 654-2603
* Todd McBride, Professor and Chair of Biology. BS, Washington State University; MS, PhD, University of California, Davis. Interest: Cellular adaptations in skeletal muscle following changes in workload and changes in muscle adaptation with aging. Recent publication: Increased depolarization, prolonged recovery and reduced adaptation of the resting membrane potential in aged rat skeletal muscles following eccentric contractions. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 155: 127-138, 2000. Courses: Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Pathophysiology, Human Biology. e-mail (my research lab is currently funded by an American Heart Association research grant.). (661) 654-3025
* L. Maynard Moe, Professor of Biology. BA, MA, California State University, Fresno; PhD, University of California, Berkeley. Interests: Plant taxonomy and ecology, flora of Kern County. Ancient publication: A Key to Vascular Plant Species of Kern County, California. California Native Plant Society. 1995. Recent publication: A Floristic Study of Fort Tejon State Historic Park, Kern County, California. Crossosoma 30(2):45-77. 2004. Courses: Botany, Ecology, Plant Taxonomy, Evolution, Plagues and People. e-mail. (661) 654-3169
* R. Brandon Pratt. Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. & Post-Doc Pepperdine University; PhD Washington State University. Interests: Plant physiological ecology, stress physiology, and plant structure and function. Recent publication: Pratt, RB, Ewers FW, Lawson MC, Jacobsen AL, Brediger M, and Davis SD. 2005. Mechanisms for tolerating freeze-thaw stress of two evergreen chaparral species: Rhus ovata and Malosma laurina (Anacardiaceae). American Journal of Botany 92: 1102-1113. Courses: General Physiology; Botany; Plant Physiology. e-mail. (661) 654-2033
Veronica L . M . Rundell. Lecturer in Biology, BA Northwestern University, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago. Interests: Cardiac adaptation in disease, mechanoenergetic coupling in myocardial tissue, heart failure. Courses: General Physiology, Comparative Physiology, Human Physiology Laboratory. e-mail (661) 654-2568
* Paul T. Smith, Associate Professor of Biology & Graduate Coordinator. BS, California State University, Bakersfield; MS, PhD, Kansas State University. Recent publication: Smith, P.T. and B.V. Brown. (2006). Molecular Evidence for the Family Classification of Tachinisca Kertesz, 1903 (Diptera: Tephritoidea). Studia Dipterologica 13(1): 149-154. Interests: Insect systematics and evolution. Courses: Animal Biology, Insect Biology & Diversity, and Genetics. e-mail. (661) 654-2385
Robert Stark. Lecturer in Biology. BS and MS California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Columbus. Interests: Vertebrate zoology and ecology, focusing on anatomy, physiology, and evolution. Recent publication: Stark, R.D., and D.J. Dodenhoff. 2004. The drum of red-cockaded woodpeckers, Picoides borealis. Proc. Red-cockaded Woodpecker Symposium IV. USFWS. Courses: Human Physiology, Human Biology. email. (661) 654-6296
* Kathleen Szick-Miranda, Assistant Professor of Biology. BS, CSU, Dominguez HIlls; PhD, University of California, Riverside. Interests: higher plant ribosomes, translation and translational regulation, including the analysis of the protein composition of Arabidopsis ribosomes and the role of heterogeneity of the ribosomal P-proteins in translation, stress responses and development. Courses: Introductory Biology-Cells, General Genetics, Molecular Biology. e-mail. (661) 654-6165
* Ted Weinheimer, Associate Professor of Biology. BS, PhD, University of Georgia. Interests: Cell biology, cell and plant physiology, and xerophyte water relations and seed germination. Courses: General Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Physiology, Developmental Biology. e-mail. (661) 654-2229
Terry Hansen, Department Secretary. e-mail. (661) 654-3089
Anna L. Jacobsen. Lecturer in Biology. BS Pepperdine University; PhD Michigan State University. Interests: Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a focus on evolutionary plant anatomy. Recent Publication: Jacobsen AL, Pratt RB, Davis SD, Ewers FW. 2007. Cavitation Resistance and seasonal hydraulics differ among three arid Californian plant communities. Plant, Cell and Environment 30:1599-1609. Courses: General Biology, Plant Biology. email. (661) 654-2572.
Miguel A. Piris, CLS, Instructional Support Technician email. (661) 654-2180
Ermelinda Martinez, MT (ASCP); BS- CSUB-Medical Sciences, Instructional Support Technician e-mail (661) 654-6694
Sharon K. Roberts, MT(ASCP), SBB. Professor of Biology (FERP). BA, San Jose State University; MA, Central Michigan University; PhD, Texas A & M University. Licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Interests: International Clinical Laboratory Science Education. Courses: General Microbiology, Immunology, Hematology/Immunohematology, and Medical Microbiology. e-mail . Click here for information on the Clinical Science Track in Biology (pdf file). (661) 654-2220
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