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Richard Bray
760-750-4175     SCI 1 309A rbray@csusm.edu
Ecology, biostatistics, and population dynamics of marine and freshwater fishes.  
Tracey K. Brown
760-750-8017     SCI 1  318 traceyb@csusm.edu
 
Graduate Advisor                                                 Conservation, restoration and physiological ecology, with a focus on native reptiles.  
Matthew Escobar                     760-750-8083     SCI 2 123  mescobar@csusm.edu Plant molecular biology, plant pathology, and plant biotechnology, with a particular emphasis on perennial crop species.  
Victoria J. Fabry
760-750-4113     SCI 1  210 fabry@csusm.edu
 
Biological oceanography; sensitivity of calcareous organisms and marine ecosystems to elevated carbon dioxide and ocean acidification; dissolution kinetics of biogenic calcium carbonates in the upper ocean interactions between marine biota and elemental cycling.  
Denise Garcia         
760-750-4132     SCI 1  318 dgarcia@csusm.edu
 
Department Chair                                           Genetics; genome restructuring after viral pathogenesis and genetic factors controlling important traits in animals.  
Deborah M. Kristan
760-750-4638     SCI 1  315 dkristan@csusm.edu
 
Physiological ecology, biology of aging, and effects of domestication on morphology and physiology.  
William Kristan                        760-750-8096     SCI 2  127  wkristan@csusm.edu Population biology, biostatistics  
Bianca R. Mothé
760-750-4637     SCI 1  313C bmothe@csusm.edu
 
Biotechnology Program Coordinator                  Immunology and virology; novel vaccines for rapidly mutating viruses, including HIV and SIV.  
Brian Norris
760-750-4205     SCI 1  307 bnorris@csusm.edu
 
Neurophysiology; neural networks that produce simple behaviors in invertebrates.  
Betsy Read
760-750-4129     SCI 2  125 bread@csusm.edu
 
Molecular Cell Biology; plant molecular biology  
Victor Rocha
760-750-8525     SCI 2  119 vrocha@csusm.edu
 
Office for Biomedical Research & Training Director Developmental Biology  
Robert Sheath
760-750-8023     SCI 2  133 rsheath@csusm.edu
Ecology, evolution, and systematics of algae.  
George Vourlitis
760-750-4119     SCI 1  316A georgev@csusm.edu
 
Terrestrial ecology; energy exchange of terrestrial ecosystems globally, mathematical modeling techniques, spatial and temporal variations in trace-gas and energy fluxes.  
Thomas Wahlund
760-750-8042     SCI 2  131 twahlund@csusm.edu
 
Microbial physiology, genetics; genes involved in biomineralization and calcification in marine algae, molecular and biochemical characterization of genes and proteins involved in carbon aquisition and metabolism in photosynthetic microorganisms.  
Staff    
 
Catalina Huggins
760-750-4103     SCI 2  135
chuggins@csusm.edu
 
Administrative Coordinator  
Lyndsey Robertson
760-750-4294     SCI 1  314
lmrobert@csusm.edu
Instructional Support Technician  
Adjunct faculty

 
 
John Hakanson                         760-750-8137     SCI 2  141  hakanson@csusm.edu General biology for non-majors  
Alyssa Jacobs                       760-750-8025     SCI 2  115  ajacobs@csusm.edu Exercise physiology and nutrition  
Kevin Long                               760-750-4103     SCI 2  135  klong@csusm.edu Human physiology  
Andrew Lowe                            760-750-4103     SCI 2  141 alowe@csusm.edu Marine ecology, invertebrate zoology, science education  
Penny Perkins-Johnston           760-750-8140     SCI 2  115  pperkins@csusm.edu Anatomy and Physiology  
Seth Schulberg                         760-750-4103     SCI 2  115  schulber@csusm.edu Environmental biology, human impact.  
     
Special Programs    
Bianca R. Mothé                  760-750-4637     SCI 1  313C bmothe@csusm.edu Program Coordinator - Biotechnology Program  
Suzanne Hizer                      760-750-4032     SCI 1  309  shizer@csusm.edu Supplementary Instruction Supervisor
Faculty Emeritus  
Larry W. Cohen Founding Faculty - Emeritus 2000                              Gene expression, virus replication, and site directed mutagenesis and protein engineering.