Advising Hours Spring '25 Semester

- Hours subject to change

  • Please select an advisor that matches with your concentration or "subject" as listed below.
  • To see all advisors' availabilities in your concentration, go to Navigator (https://sfsu.campus.eab.com/home) and select "Advising for Declared Major/Minor".
  • To see availability for a specific advisor on Navigator, use their Personal Availability Link (PAL), listed in the table below.
  • Not all advisors use Navigator for scheduling, so check the instructions provided for each faculty advisor. 

Undergraduate

                     

Subject

Advisor

Email

Office

M

T

W

TH

F

Notes

Planned Absences

Cell & Molecular/
Physiology

 

Ivan
Anastassov

ianastassov@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
214

 

 

10:30-
11:30
in person

10-
11
zoom

 

Please make a 
Navigator appointment 
and use the Zoom link. 
Navigator
 Zoom

 

Cell & Molecular/
GOLD

Mark
Chan

yhmchan@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
755

 

10-12
in
person 
or 
zoom

 

 

 

Please make a 
Navigator appointment 
and use the Zoom link.
Navigator
Zoom 

 

Cell & Molecular

Zachary
(Zheng-Hui)
He

zhe@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
550

11-12

 

11-12

 

 

In person or 
Zoom

 

Cell & Molecular 

Scott 
Roy 

roy@sfsu.edu 

Hensill 
Hall
406 

 

 

 

 

10-12

In Person

 

Cell & Molecular 

Cathy Samayoa 

csamayoa@sfsu.edu 

Hensill 
Hall
665 

1-3
In Person

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cell & Molecular, 
Biology Minor, 
Climate Change Certificate

Kai
Burrus 

lburrus@sfsu.edu 

Hensill 
Hall 
710

3-4

 

2-3

 

 

https://sfsu.campus.eab.com/pal/2UQGf8SF2F

 

Subject

Advisor

Email

Office

M

T

W

TH

F

Notes

Planned Absences

EECB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integrative Biology, 
Graduate Program Coordinator 

Andrea
Swei

aswei@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
664 

 

1-3

 

 

 

Please make a 
Navigator appointment 
and use the Zoom link.  
Navigator
Zoom

 

Ecology, Evolution,
and Conservation
Biology, Grad Program Integrative Biology 

Robert 
Boria 

rboria@sfsu.edu 

Hensill 
Hall
763

 

 

1-3

 

 

In Person

 

Ecology, Evolution,
and Conservation
Biology

Jenna 
Ekwealor

ekwealor@sfsu.edu 

Hensill 
Hall
432 

 

2-3
Zoom

2-3
In Person

 

 

Book 
Appointments
Drop-in
Welcome

 

Subject

Advisor

Email

Office

M

T

W

TH

F

Notes

Planned Absences

General Biology BA

Ravinder 
Sehgal

sehgal@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
723

 

 

 

4-6

 

In Person
or Zoom
Meeting ID: 
928 3417 1992
Passcode: 
468948

 

General Biology BA

Sally 
Pasion 

pasion@sfsu.edu

Zoom 

 

 

2:30-
3:30

4:30-
5:30

 

Please make a 
Navigator appointment 
Navigator
And a zoom link 
will be sent to you

 

General Biology BA

Kimberly 
Tanner

kdtanner@sfsu.edu 

SEPAL Lab 
Hensill 
Hall
243

2-3

 

3-4

 

 

If you’d like to 
meet by Zoom, 
please email in advance 
for an appointment.
Zoom 
Password: SEPAL
Almost anytime 
by advance 
appointment at 
kdtanner@sfsu.edu

 

General Biology BA

Gretchen 
Le Buhn

lebuhn@sfsu.edu

Zoom
Only

 

 

3-5

 

 

Zoom 

 

Subject

Advisor

Email

Office

M

T

W

TH

F

Notes

Planned Absences

Marine
Science

Sarah 
Cohen 

sarahcoh@sfsu.edu 

Hensill 
Hall
545

 

11:30-
12:30
In Person

 

8-9
Zoom

 

Zoom
Meeting ID: 612 406 202

 

Marine
Science

Karen
Crow

crow@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
705

 

3-5

 

 

 

In-Person

 

Subject

Advisor

Email

Office

M

T

W

TH

F

Notes

Planned Absences

Microbiology

José
de la Torre

jdelator@sfsu.edu 

Hensill 
Hall
760

 

 

10-12

 

 

In-Person
Only

 

Microbiology 

Joseph
Chen 

chenj@sfsu.edu 

Zoom
Only

 

 

3-5

 

 

Zoom
Meeting ID: 849 8845 1707
Passcode: 245565

 

Microbiology

Archana 
Anand

archanand@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
722

 

 

3:30-
5:30 
ZOOM

 

 

Zoom

 

Microbiology/
gSTAR/GOLD/PINC

Pleuni 
Pennings

pennings@sfsu.edu 

Zoom

11-1

 

 

 

 

Zoom

 

Subject

Advisor

Email

Office

M

T

W

TH

F

Notes

Planned Absences

Physiology
Climate Change Causes, 
Impact, and Solutions

Derrick
Groom

dgroom@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
419

 

 

2:30-
4:30
in person

 

 

Please make a 
Navigator appointment 
Navigator

 

Physiology

Christopher Moffatt 

moffatt@sfsu.edu

Zoom

 

5:15-
6:15

 

5:15-
6:15

 

Zoom
Meeting ID: 
942 4546 4409
Passcode: 
Moffatt

 

Physiology

Jonathon 
Stillman

stillmaj@sfsu.edu

Hensill
Hall
449

1-2
ZOOM

9:50-
10:50
In Person

 

 

 

Zoom

 

Physiology

Megumi
Fuse

fuse@sfsu.edu

Zoom
Only

 

 

1-3

 

 

First come 
first served
Zoom
Only

 

 

Physiology 

Robyn 
Crook

rcrook@sfsu.edu

Hensill 
Hall
421 

 

9-10
in person

 

9-10
in person

 

By appointment
on 
Navigator

 

Faculty on Leave/Sabbatical

Unavailable

Unavailable

Unavailable

Unavailable

Notes

Ecology, Evolution,
and Conservation
Biology

Jaime Chaves

jachaves@sfsu.edu

Unavailable

Sabbatical
Spring 2025

General Biology BA

Andy Zink

zink@sfsu.edu   

Unavailable

On Leave

Microbiology/
Biomedical Science/CIRM

Lily Chen 

lilychen@sfsu.edu 

Zoom 
By Appointment only

Sabbatical 
Spring 2025

Ecology, Evolution,
and Conservation
Biology

Kevin Simonin

Unavailable

Unavailable

Sabbatical 
Spring 2025

Ecology, Evolution,
and Conservation
Biology

Jason Cantley

Unavailable

Unavailable

Sabbatical 
Spring 2025

Cell & Molecular

Diana Chu

Unavailable

Unavailable

On Leave