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Faculty & Staff Directory

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Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty

Name	Title	Lab	Contact
Susan Alexander	Department Chair & Professor	CSUMB NASA Ames Cooperative Agreement	salexander@csumb.edu
Victoria Derr	Professor	Engagement Lab	vderr@csumb.edu
Jennifer Duggan	Associate Professor	Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab	jduggan@csumb.edu
Daniel Fernandez	Professor	Fernandez Lab	dfernandez@csumb.edu
James Guilinger	Assistant Professor	Watershed Geology Lab	jguilinger@csumb.edu
Seth Gustafson	Assistant Professor	N/A	sgustafson@csumb.edu
John Olson	Associate Professor	Watershed Environments and Ecology Lab	joolson@csumb.edu
Dan Shapiro	Professor	N/A	dshapiro@csumb.edu
Fred Watson	Professor	Watson Lab	fwatson@csumb.edu
Suzanne Worcester	Professor	N/A	sworcester@csumb.edu

Emeritus Faculty & Staff

Name	Job Title	Contact
William Head, PhD	Emeritus Faculty	whead@csumb.edu
Laura Lee Lienk, MS	Emerita Staff & Director, Habitat Stewardship Project Monterey Bay	llienk@csumb.edu
Doug Smith, PhD	Emeritus Faculty	dosmith@csumb.edu

Adjunct Research Faculty

Name	Title	Email
Sharon Anderson, PhD	Adjunct Research Faculty, Lecturer	shanderson@csumb.edu
Lee Johnson, MS	Adjunct Research Faculty	lejohnson@csumb.edu
Sean Fleming, PhD	Adjunct Research Faculty	sefleming@csumb.edu
AJ Purdy, PhD	Senior Research Scientist	adpurdy@csumb.edu
Hester Parker, PhD	Adjunct Research Faculty	hparker@csumb.edu
Robert Burton, PhD	Adjunct Research Faculty, Lecturer	rburton@csumb.edu
Jon Detka, PhD	AES Post-Doctoral Scientist	jdetka@csumb.edu

Academic Advisors

Name	Job Title	Email
Jesus Clemente, MA	Student Success Advisor: ENSTU & ESTP	jclemente@csumb.edu
Lauren Knottek, MSW	Career Advisor: ENSTU, ESTP, & ENSCI	lknottek@csumb.edu
Carmen Ramirez, MA	Academic Advisor: ENSTU & ESTP	carmramirez@csumb.edu

Lecturer Faculty

Name	Email
Alyssa Anzalone, MS	aanzalone@csumb.edu
Kelly Barr, PhD	kbarr@csumb.edu
Danielle Cantrell, PhD	dacantrell@csumb.edu
Monica Galligan, MS	mgalligan@csumb.edu
Dhan Khadka, PhD	dkhadka@csumb.edu
Scott Lydon, PhD	slydon@csumb.edu
Julie Martin, PhD	jumartin@csumb.edu
Rosemary Mena-Werth, MS	rmena-werth@csumb.edu
Abby Ostovar, PhD	aostovar@csumb.edu
Robin Pelc, PhD	rpelc@csumb.edu
Christopher Perle, PhD	chperle@csumb.edu
Cristina Robles-Beilby, MS	crobles-beilby@csumb.edu
Savannah Saldana, MS	sasaldana@csumb.edu
Ryan Solymar, MS	rsolymar@csumb.edu
Erin Stanfield, MS	estanfield@csumb.edu
Gabriel Stockdale, PhD	gstockdale@csumb.edu
Leslie Turrini-Smith, MS	lturrini-smith@csumb.edu
Natalie Zayas, PhD	nzayas@csumb.edu

Grant Research Staff

Name	Job Title	Lab	Email
Conor Doherty, PhD	Sensing Research Scientist	CSUMB NASA Ames Cooperative Agreement	cdoherty@csumb.edu
Alberto Guzman	GIS Programmer-NASA	CSUMB NASA Ames Cooperative Agreement	aguzman@csumb.edu
Hirofumi Hashimoto, PhD	Research Scientist-NASA	CSUMB NASA Ames Cooperative Agreement	hhashimoto@csumb.edu
Jose Rodriguez, PhD	Geospatial Data Scientist	CSUMB NASA Ames Cooperative Agreement	jrodriguezflores@csumb.edu

Administrative Staff

Name	Job Title	Email
Michelle Ericksen	Administrative Support Coordinator II	mericksen@csumb.edu
Kierra Rambonga, MS	Student Services Professional II	krambonga@csumb.edu

Technical Staff

Name	Job Title	Email
Jeremiah Bautista, MS	AES Instructional Technician	jebautista@csumb.edu
Jessica Valdez-Schulz	Biology Laboratory Support Technician	jschulz@csumb.edu

Programmatic Staff

Name	Job Title	Lab	Contact
Pam Hansen, MS	Senior Budget Analyst, NASA	CSUMB NASA Ames Cooperative Agreement	phansen@csumb.edu
Christina McKnew	Habitat Stewardship Project (HSP) Greenhouse Manager	Habitat Stewardship Project	cmcknew@csumb.edu
Stephanie Spross	NOAA Internship Coordinator	N/A	sspross@csumb.edu