Biological Sciences Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

	Sandra A. Banack, Professor, Ph.D., U.C Berkeley
	Teaches: Evolution & Biodiversity, Ethnobotany
	Research: Integrative biology, plant animal interactions, pollination biology, ethnobotany
	Office: MH 301B, Phone: 278-4573, Email:sbanack@fullerton.edu
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	Jennifer Burnaford, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Oregon State University
	Teaches: Evolution & Biodiversity, Phycology, Population and Community Ecology
	Research: Marine Community Ecology, Species Interactions, Abiotic factors influencing species distributions
	Office: MH 286A, Phone: 278-2382, Email:jburnaford@fullerton.edu
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	Merri Lynn Casem, Associate Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Riverside
	Teaches: Elements of Biology, Cellular Basis of Life, Cellular Neurobiology
	Research: Biology education, spider silk
	Office: MH 387A, Phone: 278-2491, Email:mcasem@fullerton.edu
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	Esther Chen, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Teaches: General Microbiology
	Research: Molecular biology of microbe-host interactions; genes and signals in the symbiosis between Sinorhizobium meliloti and its host, Medicago sativa
	Office: MH 207C, Phone: 278-2543, Email:echen@fullerton.edu
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	Amybeth Cohen, Associate Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Riverside, Director, MARC Scholars Program
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Principles of Gene Manipulation, Plant Cell Physiology
	Research: Regulation of photosynthetic gene expression in plant cells, nuclear-chloroplast interactions, expression of foreign therapeutic proteins in the unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
	Office: MH 301A, Phone: 278-2178, Email:acohen@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Math P. Cuajungco, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Auckland, New Zealand
	Teaches: Cellular Basis of Life
	Research:Molecular, structural and cellular biology of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels; stem cells, zinc neurobiology, metallobiology of Alzheimer's disease
	Office: MH 207G, Phone: 278-8522, Email:mcuajungco@fullerton.edu
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	Kathryn A. Dickson, Professor, Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography, U.C. San Diego, Vice Chair
	Teaches: Principles of Physiology and Ecology, Human Physiology, Mammalian Physiology, Comparative Animal Physiology
	Research: Locomotion and endothermy in fishes: comparative physiology and biochemistry
	Office: DBH 117A, Phone: 278-5266, Email:kdickson@fullerton.edu
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	David Drath, Professor, Ph.D., New York University
	Teaches: Elements of Biology, Immunology, Biology of Cancer
	Research: Immune response to infection, immunotherapy, tumor metastasis, neuroimmune communication, stress and immune dysfunction
	Office: MH 307, Phone: 278-7294, Email:ddrath@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Douglas J. Eernisse, Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Santa Cruz
	Teaches: Evolution, Field Marine Biology, Molecular Systematics
	Research: Animal phylogeny; evolution of Mollusca; marine zoology; systematics; population genetics; bioinformatics
	Office: MH 217C, Phone: 278-3749, Email:deernisse@fullerton.edu
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	William J. Hoese, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Duke University
	Teaches: Elements of Biology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Professional Aspects of Biology: Teaching, Problems in Environmental Biology
	Research: Biology education, student learning, animal communication, functional morphology
	Office: MH 308, Phone: 278-2476, Email:bhoese@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Michael H. Horn, Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University
	Teaches: Biogeography, Ichthyology, Conservation Biology, Professional Aspects of Biology
	Research: Ecology and physiology of fish-plant interactions in coastal seas and tropical rain forests; fish herbivory; seabird feeding ecology; landscape-scale conservation biology
	Office: DBH 249, Phone: 278-3707, Email:mhorn@fullerton.edu
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	Anne M. Houtman, Associate Professor, D. Phil., University of Oxford, England, Director of General Education Biology Program
	Teaches: Elements of Biology, Principles of Evolution, Animal Behavior,Teaching Effectiveness
	Research: Behavioral ecology, sexual selection and reproductive behavior in birds, biology education
	Office: MH 361, Phone: 278-5491, Email:ahoutman@fullerton.edu
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	Hope A. Johnson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Microbiology
	Research:Microbial metal oxidation and reduction – the formation and dissolution of rocks. Identifying the function of bacterial proteins with no known function. Water quality and bioremediation.
	Office: MH 207F, Phone: 278-4529, Email:hajohnson@fullerton.edu
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	C. Eugene Jones, Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
	Teaches: Plant Taxonomy, Plants and Life, Survey of the Land Plants, Pollination Biology
	Research: Pollination ecology, ethnobotany
	Office: MH 201B, Phone: 278-3548, Email:cejones@fullerton.edu
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	Judith S. Kandel, Professor, Ph.D., M.P.H., U.C. Los Angeles
	Teaches: Microbiology, Virology
	Research: Microbiology education
	Office: MH 364, Phone: 278-2546, Email:jkandel@fullerton.edu
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	Robert A. Koch, Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, Department Chair & Director of the Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies (CABS)
	Teaches: Cellular Basis of Life, Biology of Aging, Introductory Electron Microscopy, Advanced Topics in Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Advances in Cell Biology
	Research: Cell biology and ultrastructure of ascidian gametes during fertilization
	Office: MH 282B, Phone: 278-3614, Email: rkoch@fullerton.edu
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	Alison Miyamoto, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stanford University
	Teaches: Intermediate Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
	Research: Molecular mechanisms of Notch receptor signaling by typical and atypical ligands; developmental and cell biology of elastic fiber proteins
	Office: TBA, Phone:278-2540, Email: almiyamoto@fullerton.edu
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	Steven Murray, Professor and Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ph.D., U.C. Irvine
	Teaches: Marine Phycology, Marine Ecology, Professional Aspects of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Intertidal Ecology
	Research: Marine ecology, human impacts on coastal ecosystems, effectiveness of marine life refuges, marine herbivory, physiological ecology and reproductive biology of seaweeds
	Office:MH 166, Phone: 278-2638, Email: smurray@fullerton.edu
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	Nikolas Nikolaidis, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics
	Research:Comparative genomics; bioinformatics; phylogenetics; molecular evolution and biochemistry of proteins involved in the innate and adaptive immune systems and stress response
	Office: MH 317A, Phone: TBA, Email:nnikolaidis@fullerton.edu
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	Nilay Patel, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
	Teaches: Genetics and Molecular Biology, Intermediate Cell Biology
	Research: Gene regulation of apolipoportein E (apoE), role of apoE in Alzheimer's Disease
	Office: DBH 111A, Phone: 278-2483, Email: npatel@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	William Presch, Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California
	Teaches: Herpetology
	Research: Research: Reptiles of the eastern Mojave Desert, Reptilian phylogenetics
	Office: MH 207B, Phone: 278-3774, Email: wpresch@fullerton.edu
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	Melanie A. Sacco, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of London
	Teaches:Intermediate Molecular Biology
	Research:Molecular biology of plant-pathogen interactions, protein-protein interactions and signaling in disease resistance
	Office: MH 207H, Phone: 278-2539, Email:msacco@fullerton.edu
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	Darren R. Sandquist, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah
	Teaches: Principles of Physiology and Ecology, Plant Physiological Ecology, Desert Ecology
	Research: Desert plant ecology; evolution and ecology of plant physiology; biogeochemistry; applications of stable isotopes in ecological research; invasive species
	Office: MH 313, Phone: 278-2606, Email: dsandquist@fullerton.edu
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	H. Jochen Schenk, Associate Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Santa Babara
	Teaches: Principles of Physiology and Ecology, Field Botany, Plant Ecology, Professional Aspects of Biology
	Research: Plant ecology, plant water relations, structure and function of plant hydraulic systems, root ecology, desert plant ecology.
	Office: MH 229A, Phone: 278-3678, Email: jschenk@fullerton.edu
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	Paul Stapp, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University
	Teaches: Principles of Physiology and Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Mammalology
	Research: Vertebrate population and community ecology; food webs; wildlife-habitat relationships; invasive species; ecology of insular, desert and grassland ecosystems; conservation biology
	Office: MH 207E, Phone: 278-2849, Email: pstapp@fullerton.edu
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	Marcelo E. Tolmasky, Professor, Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, Associate Director for Research Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies (CABS)
	Teaches: General Microbiology, Advances in Biotechnology Laboratory
	Research: Molecular genetics of mechanisms that contribute to the virulence pathogenic bacteria
	Office: MH 382, Phone: 278-5263, Email: mtolmasky@fullerton.edu
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	Sean E. Walker, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Miami University
	Teaches: Elements of Biology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Evolutionary Ecology, Advances in Evolution and Ecology, Entomology, Biostatistics
	Research: Evolutionary and behavioral ecology, evolution of sexual dimorphism, life-history evolution, sexual selection
	Office: MH 389, Phone: 278-3610, Email: swalker@fullerton.edu
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	Danielle C. Zacherl, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara
	Teaches: Evolution and Biodiversity, Marine Biology, Invertebrate Zoology, Marine Ecology
	Research: Effects of larval dispersal and recruitment on the population ecology and biogeography of marine invertebrates
	Office: MH 278A, Phone: 278-7510, Email: dzacherl@fullerton.edu
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Full-Time Lecturers

	Jayson Smith, Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
	Teaches: Phycology, Coastal Ecology & Marine Ecology
	Interests:How anthropogenic disturbances impact marine environments.
	Office: DBH 246A, Phone: 278-4233, Email: jasmith@fullerton.edu
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	Megan Tommerup, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University/Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
	Teaches: Biology for Future Teachers, Life Science Concepts, Human Heredity and Development, Biology of Human Sexuality, & Elements of Biology
	Interests: Endangered species monitoring and restoration, Evolution of rare plant breeding systems, Science education
	Office: MH 236A, Phone: 278-5283, Email: mtommerup@fullerton.edu

Emeritus Faculty

	Bayard Brattstrom, Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
	Email: bayard@hughes.net

	Jack Burk, Professor, Ph.D., New Mexico State University
	Email: jburk@fullerton.edu

	David Fromson, Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles
	Email: dfromson@fullerton.edu

	Kenneth L. Goodhue-McWilliams, Professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
	Email: kg-mcwilliams@fullerton.edu

	Charles Lambert, Professor, Ph.D.
	Email: clambert@fullerton.edu

	Lon McClanahan, Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Riverside
	Email: lmcclanahan@fullerton.edu

	Joyce Ono, Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
	Office: MH 236B, Phone: 278-4235, Email: jono@fullerton.edu

	Marvin J. Rosenberg, Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University
	Email: mrosenberg@fullerton.edu

	Roger Seapy, Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California
	Email: rseapy@fullerton.edu

	Donald Sutton, Professor, Ph.D.
	Email: NA

	Barry Thomas, Professor, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
	Email: bthomas@fullerton.edu

	Joel D. Weintraub, Professor, Ph.D., U.C. Riverside
	Email: jweintraub@fullerton.edu

Biological Sciences Staff

	Marcelo Aguirre
	Title: Maintenance Mechanic, Desert Studies Center
	Office: DSC Email:maraguirre@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	John Chappell
	Title: Instructional Support Technician for animal care fascilities.
	Office: MH 513A Phone: 278-5388 Email: jchappell@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Norma Charest
	Activities: Secetary, Desert Studies Center
	Office: MH 387 Phone: 278-2428 Email:ncharest@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Andy Craddock
	Title: Instructional Support Technician for microbiology and for cell and molecular biology courses.
	Office: MH 354A Phone: 278-2130 Email: acraddock@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Jeanne Crawford
	Title: Administrative Support Assistant
	Office: MH 282 Phone: 278-3614 Email: jcrawford@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Rob Fulton
	Title: Manager, Desert Studies Center
	Office: DSC Email: rfulton@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Michele Garden
	Activities: Instructional Support Technician for general education biology labs.
	Office: MH 310 Phone: 278-5543 Email: mgarden@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Dawn Hendricks
	Activities: Instructional Support Technician for organismal biology and ecology courses
	Office: MH 310 Phone: 278-3703 Email: dhendricks@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Ernestine Hood
	Title: Administrative Support Assistant
	Office: MH 282 Phone: 278-3614 Email: ehood@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Stephen Karl
	Title: Instructional Support Technician for microscopy
	Office: MH 003 Phone: 278-2565 Email: skarl@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/em/index.html

	Karen Lau
	Title: Department Coordinator.
	Office: MH 282C Phone: 278-2461 Email: klau@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	John Luong
	Title: Instructional Support Technician
	Office: MH 013 Phone: 278-2463 Email: jluong@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Dayna Melton
	Title: Instructional Support Technician.
	Office: MH 377 Phone: 278-2780 Email: dmelton@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Trung Nguyen
	Title: Information Technology Consultant
	Office: MH 319A Phone: 278-2460 Email: trnguyen@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Vincent Nguyen
	Title: Instructional Support Technician for microbiology and immunology.
	Office: MH 354A Phone: 278-4096 Email: vknguyen@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Ed Read
	Title: Instructional Support Technician for the greenhouse.
	Office: MH 319A & Greenhouse Phone: 278-7059/2766 Email: eread@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

Adjunct Faculty

	Youssef C. Atallah, Ph.D.
	Activities: Works as a post-doctoral fellow on the ecological and genetic investigations of the endangered species, Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum in the laboratory and field.
	Email: yatallah@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Anna Gawlicka, Ph.D.
	Activities: Collaborates on cellular and molecular biology aspects of fish herbivory studies.
	Email: NA
	Web Page: Not Available

	Sarah Gilman, Ph.D.
	Activities: Collaborates with faculty on marine ecology aspects of native and invasive oyster species
	Email: N/A
	Web Page: Not Available

	Scottie Henderson, Ph.D.
	Activities: Collaborates with faculty on marine invertebrate life histories and the ecology of invasive species in intertidal systems
	Email: shenderson@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Stephen Koenigsberg, Ph.D.
	Activities: Collaborates, teaches and advises on issues and courses concerning microbial remediation and environmental biotechnology.
	Email: skoenigsberg@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Calvin Li, Ph.D.
	Activities: Collaborates, advises and teaches on issues of stem cell biology. Sponsors undergraduate and graduate student research at CHOC laboratory.
	Email: cli@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Richard McCaman, Ph.D.
	Activities: Collaborates with faculty and students on bioinformatics as it applies to on-going research activities. Assists in bioinformatics instruction.
	Email: rmccaman@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

	Francis Shropshire, Ph.D.
	Activities: Supports the operation and maintenance of the Fay A. MacFadden Herbarium.
	Email: fshropshire@fullerton.edu
	Web Page: Not Available

Part-Time Faculty

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