Biology Department Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Danielle Dodenhoff
Danielle Dodenhoff
Lecturer in Biology
Phone (661) 654-2225
E-mail ddodenhoff@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~ddodenhoff/
Office SCI 1, 406

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Education:
The Ohio State University (Ph.D.)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (B.S. & M.S.)
Research:
Behavioral ecology and animal communication 

Michele Engel
Michele Engel
Lecturer in Biology
Phone (661) 654-2764
E-mail mengel@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 415

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Education:
University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)
University of California, Davis (B.S.)
Research:
DNA replication and plant gametogenesis

Isolde Francis
Isolde Francis
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-3976
E-mail ifrancis@csub.edu
Website https://sites.google.com/site/isoldefrancis/
Office SCI 1, 119

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Education:

Ghent University (Ph.D.)
University of Leuven (M.S.)
Hasselt University (B.S.)

Research:

Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Phytobacteriology


David Germano
David Germano
Professor Emeritus
Phone None
E-mail dgermano@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~dgermano
Office None

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Education:
University of New Mexico (Ph.D.)
University of Arizona (M.S.)
California State University, Northridge (B.A.) 
Research:
North American tortoises, turtles, lizard and desert mammal ecology

Jeroen Gillard
Jeroen Gillard
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-3367
E-mail jgillard@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 120

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Education:
Ghent University, Belgium (Ph.D. Biology)
Ghent University, Belgium (M.S. Biochemistry)
Hasselt University, Belgium (B.S. Biology)
Research:
Physiology and genomics of aquatic microbes

Lucas  Hall
Lucas Hall
Assistant Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-2471
E-mail lhall12@csub.edu
Website https://sites.google.com/csub.edu/hallwildlifeecologylab/home
Office SCI I, 205

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Education:

Brigham Young University (PhD & MS)
Weber State University (BS)

 

Research:

Conservation Biology, Ecology


Anna Jacobsen
Anna Jacobsen
Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-2572
E-mail ajacobsen@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~ajacobsen/
Office SCI 1, 213

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Education:
Michigan State University (Ph.D.)
Pepperdine University (B.S.)
Teaching:
 
Research:
Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a focus on evolutionary plant anatomy

Kane Keller
Kane Keller
Assistant Professor
Phone (661) 654-2499
E-mail kkeller4@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 217

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Education:
Michigan State University (Ph.D.)
University of Illinois (B.S.)
Teaching:

Plant Biology
Ecology
Research Design and Analysis

Research:
Community Ecology
Mutualisms
Evolutionary Ecology

Carl Kloock
Carl Kloock
Department Chair & Professor of Biology
Director of the Natural Sciences Program
Phone (661) 654-3021
E-mail ckloock@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~ckloock/
Office SCI 1, 147

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Education:

Michigan State University (Ph.D.)
University of California, Davis (B.S. & M.S.)

Research:

Behavioral Ecology, Biology and Natural History of spiders and scorpions


Antje Lauer
Antje Lauer
Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-2603
E-mail alauer@csub.edu
Website https://www.csub.edu/lauerlab/
Office SCI 1, 310

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Education:
University of Kiel, Germany (Ph.D.)
University of Oldenburg, Germany (M.S.)
Research:
Environmental microbiology, valley fever, marine biology

Rae McNeish
Rae McNeish
Assistant Professor Biology
Phone (661) 654-2568
E-mail rmcneish@csub.edu
Website http://remcneish.weebly.com/
Office SCI 1, 118

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Education:

University of Dayton (Ph.D.)
University of Dayton (M.S)
Millersville University of Pennsylvania (B.S.)

Research:
Aquatic ecosystem & restoration ecology, terrestrial-aquatic connections, anthropogenic contaminants

Jordan Mead Vaughn
Jordan Mead Vaughn
Lecturer in Biology
Phone 661-654-xxxx
E-mail Jmead1@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 403

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Education:

California State University, Bakersfield (B.S. and M.S.)


L. Maynard Moe
L. Maynard Moe
Professor Emeritus
Phone (661) 654-3169
E-mail lmmoe@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~lmmoe/
Office Science 1, Room 312

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Education:
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
California State University, Fresno (B.A., M.S.)
Research:
Plant taxonomy and ecology

R. Brandon Pratt
R. Brandon Pratt
Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-2033
E-mail rpratt@csub.edu
Website http://www.csub.edu/~rpratt/
Office SCI 1, 214

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Education:
Washington State University (Ph.D.)
Pepperdine University (B.S.)
Research:
Plant physiology and ecology

Paul Smith
Paul Smith
Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-2385
E-mail psmith3@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 126

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Education:
Kansas State University (Ph.D., M.S.)
California State University, Bakersfield (B.S.)
Research:
Insect systematics, molecular systematics, population biology

Robert Stark
Robert Stark
Lecturer in Biology
Phone (661) 654-6296
E-mail rstark2@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 404

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Education:
The Ohio State University, Columbus (Ph.D.)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (M.S., B.S.)

Amber Stokes
Amber Stokes
Associate Professor of Biology
Director of Biology Graduate Program
Phone (661) 654-2886
E-mail astokes2@csub.edu
Website https://sites.google.com/view/stokeslabcsub
Office SCI I, 219

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Education:
Utah State University (Ph.D., M.S.)
California State University, Bakersfield (B.S.)
Research:
Chemical ecology

Kathleen Szick
Kathleen Szick
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone (661) 654-6165
E-mail kszick@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 316

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Education:
University of California, Riverside (Ph.D.)
California State University, Dominquez Hills (B.S.)
Research:
Molecular genetics and mechanisms of gene expression

Michell Thomey
Michell Thomey
Lecturer in Biology
Phone (661) 654-xxxx
E-mail mthomey@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 146

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Education:

University of New Mexico (Ph.D.)

California State University, Fullerton (M.Sc. & B.Sc.)

Research:

Environmental plant physiology, ecology, global climate change


Staff

Julian  Castellanos
Julian Castellanos
Instructional Support Technician I
Phone (661) 654-6694.
E-mail jacasellanos10@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 114D

Vanessa Mayorga
Vanessa Mayorga
Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone (661) 654-3089
E-mail vmayorga@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 114A

Jana Simmering
Jana Simmering
Instructional Support Technician III
Phone (661) 654-2180
E-mail jsimmering@csub.edu
Office SCI 1, 114D