Faculty

Contacting potential advisors

Direct communication with potential faculty mentors is a key component of the application decision process for both PSM and Thesis applicants. We strongly encourage prospective students to visit our faculty directory and read about their areas of interest and ongoing research. Once you are familiar with their areas of specialty, please email professors to set up a time to either talk on the phone or meet with them here on campus.

Susan Alexander

salexander@csumb.edu

Lab: CSUMB NASA Ames Cooperative Agreement

Research Areas

Ecology
Environmental Science
Ecosystem processes

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Caetano Albuquerque

calbuquerque@csumb.edu

Lab: Crop Ecophysiology Lab

Research Areas

Plant physiology
Water relations
Plant structure and function

*Not taking students at this time

Elizabeth Alter

ealter@csumb.edu

Lab: The Alter Lab

Research Areas

Molecular ecology and population genomics of aquatic organisms (particularly fishes and marine mammals)
Environmental DNA
Phylogenetics

Jennifer Duggan

jduggan@csumb.edu

Lab: Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology

Research Areas

Conservation biology
Landscape ecology
Animal behavior

Jose Pablo Dundore-Arias

jdundorearias@csumb.edu

Lab: The Plant Pathology Lab

Research Areas

Plant pathology
Phytobiomes
Plant and soil health

Daniel Fernandez

dfernandez@csumb.edu

Lab: The Fernandez Lab

Research Areas

Physics
Sustainability and alternative energy
Fog water collection

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Jimmy Guilinger

jguilinger@csumb.edu

Lab: Watershed Geology Lab

Research Areas:

Process geomorphology in hillslope, riverine, and coastal systems; with an emphasis on disturbances related to climate change and human land use such as wildfires
Sediment dynamics, terrestrial remote sensing, and geospatial analysis
Watershed hydrology