Faculty

Tenure-track Faculty

Archana Anand

Assistant Professor

Ph.D University of Hong Kong

archanand@sfsu.edu

Ivan Anastassov

Associate Professor

Ph.D. City University of New York

ianastassov@sfsu.edu

Robert Boria (He/Him/His)

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Merced

rboria@sfsu.edu

Katharyn Boyer

Professor; Interim Executive Director, EOS Center

UCLA (Ph.D.), San Diego State (M.S.), University of Maryland, College Park (B.S.)

katboyer@sfsu.edu

Jennifer Breckler (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

jbreck@sfsu.edu

Laura (Kai) Burrus (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin

lburrus@sfsu.edu

Jason Cantley (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa

cantley@sfsu.edu

Edward Carpenter (He/Him/His)

Professor

Ph.D. North Carolina State University

ecarpent@sfsu.edu

Yee-Hung (Mark) Chan (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Stanford, Postdoc UCSF

yhmchan@sfsu.edu

Jaime Chaves (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor

UCLA (Ph.D), San Francisco State University (M.S.), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (B.S.)

jachaves@sfsu.edu

Joseph Chen (He/Him/His)

Professor

Harvey Mudd College, Harvard University

chenj@sfsu.edu

Lily Chen (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo

lilychen@sfsu.edu

Diana Chu (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

chud@sfsu.edu

C. Sarah Cohen (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. University of Washington

sarahcoh@sfsu.edu

Robyn Crook (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor, Associate Dept. Chair

Ph.D. City University of New York

rcrook@sfsu.edu

Karen Crow (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz

crow@sfsu.edu

José R. de la Torre (He/Him/His)

Professor

Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco

jdelator@sfsu.edu

Wilfred Denetclaw (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

denetclw@sfsu.edu

Carmen Domingo (She/Her/Hers)

Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

cdomingo@sfsu.edu

Jenna Ekwealor (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor

ekwealor@sfsu.edu

Megumi Fuse (She/Her/Hers)

Professor; Director of SEO

Ph.D. University of Toronto; Program Director of the NIH Bridge to Doctorate program, BMS BE-STEM Scholars Program, VIR Biotechnology Scholars Program

fuse@sfsu.edu

Michael A. Goldman (He/Him/His)

Professor

Ph.D. Purdue University

goldman@sfsu.edu

Derrick Groom (He/Him/His)

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of Toronto

dgroom@sfsu.edu

Zheng-Hui He (He/Him/His)

Professor

Ph.D. University of Virginia

zhe@sfsu.edu

Gretchen LeBuhn (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara

lebuhn@sfsu.edu

Leticia Márquez-Magaña (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Stanford, UC Berkeley

marquez@sfsu.edu

Christopher Moffatt (He/Him/His)

Professor

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

moffatt@sfsu.edu

Sally G. Pasion (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

pasion@sfsu.edu

Pleuni Pennings (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich

pennings@sfsu.edu

Mitzy Porras (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

mitzyfpb@sfsu.edu

Blake Riggs (He/Him/His)

Professor; Associate Department Chair

Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz

riggs@sfsu.edu

Scott Roy (He/Him/His)

Professor

Ph.D. Harvard University

roy@sfsu.edu

Cathy Samayoa (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of Texas Health, San Antonio

csamayoa@sfsu.edu

Ravinder Sehgal (He/Him/His)

Professor

Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco

sehgal@sfsu.edu

Nicholas Silva (He/Him/His)

Assistant Professor

Ph.D University of Michigan

njsilva@sfsu.edu

Kevin Simonin (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

simonin@sfsu.edu

Jonathon Stillman (He/Him/His)

Professor and Chair of HRTP (Hiring, Retention, Tenure, Promotion)

Ph.D. Oregon State University

stillmaj@sfsu.edu

Andrea Swei (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. UC Berkeley

aswei@sfsu.edu

Kimberly Tanner (She/Her/Hers)

Professor

Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco

kdtanner@sfsu.edu

Jadelys Tonos (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Rice University

jade@sfsu.edu

Vance Thomas Vredenburg (He/Him/His)

Department Chair/Professor

Ph.D. University of California Berkeley

biology@sfsu.edu

Frances Wilkerson (She/Her/Hers)

Estuary and Ocean Science Center Research Professor

University of Bristol

fwilkers@sfsu.edu

Andrew Zink (He/Him/His)

Professor (on leave 2022-2025)

Ph.D. Cornell University

zink@sfsu.edu

Instructional Faculty

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Armin Akhavan (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

armin@sfsu.edu

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Noelle Anderson (She/They)

Faculty Lecturer

noelleand@sfsu.edu

Chelsea Andreozzi

Faculty Lecturer

candreozzi@sfsu.edu

Hilary Benton (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

hpbenton@sfsu.edu

Aritra Bhattacharyya (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

aritrabhattacharyya1@sfsu.edu

Jessica Bolivar (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

jbolivar@sfsu.edu

Bradley Bowser (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

bowser@sfsu.edu

Amanda Carbajal (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

carbajal@sfsu.edu

Linda Chen (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer; Associate Director of SEO

linda@sfsu.edu

Betsabel Chicana (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

University of California Merced

bchicana@sfsu.edu

Joe Conaghan (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

conaghan@sfsu.edu

Gopal Dayaneni

Faculty Lecturer

gopaldayaneni@sfsu.edu

Lynne Dowdy (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

lmdowdy@sfsu.edu

Laurence Frabotta (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

frabotta@sfsu.edu

Brinda Govindan (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

brinda@sfsu.edu

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Holly Harris (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

hollyharrisms@gmail.com

Stephen Ingalls (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

singalls@sfsu.edu

Peter Ingmire (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

ping@sfsu.edu

Torey Jaques

Faculty Lecturer

tjacques@sfsu.edu

Jonathan Knight (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

jknight@sfsu.edu

Colin Leasure

Faculty Lecturer

cleasure@sfsu.edu

Candace Low (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

clowsf@sfsu.edu

Chuanyi Lu (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

cmlu@sfsu.edu

Lance Lund (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

lundsfstate@gmail.com

Amichai Lyons (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

alyons@sfsu.edu

Christine Manuguid (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer, Instructional Support Technician

cmanu@sfsu.edu

Heather Murdock (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

hmurdock@sfsu.edu

Joseph Musallam (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

musallam@sfsu.edu

Bellal Naderi

Faculty Lecturer

bnaderi@mail.sfsu.edu

Tania Pollak (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

tnpollak@mail.sfsu.edu

Erica Pulley

Faculty Lecturer

ericarp@sfsu.edu

Julio Ramirez (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

bacillus@sfsu.edu

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LeRoy Robinson (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

leroygr@mail.sfsu.edu

Jane Rudebusch (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

jrudebus@mail.sfsu.edu

Trenton Stewart (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

tstewar1@sfsu.edu

Aaron Sullivan (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

absullivan@sfsu.edu

Les Timpe (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

lct@sfsu.edu

Gerdi Weidner (She/Her/Hers)

Research Professor

gweidner@sfsu.edu

Brennan Wenck

Faculty Lecturer

wenck@sfsu.edu

Michael Yee

Faculty Lecturer

mikecyee@mail.sfsu.edu

EOS Center Faculty

Edward Carpenter; Microbial ecology

Andy Chang; Marine invasions and intertidal ecology

Richard Dugdale; Biological oceanography and biogeochemical cycling

Matt Ferner; Marine benthic ecology

Julie Gonzalez; Applied coastal ecology and socioecological integration

Sean Jungbluth; Environmental genomics and systems biology

Michelle Jungbluth; Biological oceanography and molecular biology

Wim Kimmerer; Biological oceanography

Stuart Siegel; Wetland geography and spatial planning

Anne Simonis; Acoustic ecology

Frances Wilkerson; Marine biology and biological oceanography

Chela Zabin; Coastal ecology and restoration

California Academy Research Faculty

Rebecca Albright, Invertebrate Zoology, Research Focus: Corals

Rayna Bell, Herpetology, Research Focus: Amphibians and Reptiles

Shannon Bennett, Microbiology, Research Focus: Virology

Pim Bongaerts, Invertebrate Zoology, Research Focus: Mesophotic corals

Jack Dumbacher, Ornithology & Mammology, Research Focus: Aves; (Jack Dumbacher Website)

Lauren Esposito, Entomology; Research Focus: Arachnology (Lauren Esposito Website)

Brian Fisher, Entomology; Research Focus: Myrmecology

Terrence Gosliner; Invertebrate Zoology, Research Focus: Malacology

Alison Gould; Ichthyology, Research Focus: Marine Bioluminescence (Alison Gould Website)

Sarah Jacobs; Botany; Research Focus: Plant speciation and systematics

Rebecca Johnson; Biodiversity & Community Science; Research Focus: Biodiversity and Community Science

Durrell Kapan; Entomology/O&M; Research Focus: Conservation Genomics (Xerces), Biodiversity & Resilience (Sierra Forests)

Elora Lopez-Nandam; Invertebrate Zoology; Research Focus: Evolution of resilience (Elora Lopez-Nandam Website)

Richard Mooi; Invertebrate Zoology; Research Focus: Echinoidea (extant & fossil), deep-sea biodiversity

Luiz Rocha; Ichthyology; Research Focus: Mesophotic reef fishes

Peter Roopnarine; Geology; Research Focus: Mesophotic reef fishes

Bart Shepherd; Ichthyology; Research Focus: Aquatic biology

Brian Simison; Genomics; Research Focus: Genomics, Phylogenetics

Michelle Trautwein; Entomology; Research Focus: Diptera

Shannon Tushingham; Anthropology; Research Focus: Anthropological archaeology, niche construction & cultural evolution

Matt Van Dam; Entomology; Research Focus: Curculionidae, Systematics, Genomics

Gary Williams; Invertebrate Zoology; Research Focus: Octocoral Systematics, Deep-Sea Biology

Adjunct Faculty

Vanessa Miller-Simms

Audrey Parangan-Smith

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