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

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 2022-2026)

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

Hilary Benton (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

hpbenton@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

Joe Conaghan (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

conaghan@sfsu.edu

Lynne Dowdy (She/Her/Hers)

Faculty Lecturer

lmdowdy@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

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

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

Erica Pulley

Faculty Lecturer

ericarp@sfsu.edu

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LeRoy Robinson (He/Him/His)

Faculty Lecturer

leroygr@mail.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

Michael Yee

Faculty Lecturer

mikecyee@mail.sfsu.edu

EOS Center Faculty

Roger Bland; Underwater acoustics

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

Ellen Hines; Marine and coastal GIS and marine endangered species

Jaime Jahncke; Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

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

Tomoko Komada; Marine biogeochemistry

Stuart Siegel; Wetland geography and spatial planning

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

Past Instructors

Chelsea Andreozz
Aritra Bhattacharyya
Jessica Bolivar
Betsabel Chicana
Gopal Dayaneni
Laurence Frabotta
Stephen Ingalls
Chuanyi Lu
Bellal Naderi
Tania Pollak
Julio Ramirez
Jane Rudebusch
Trenton Stewart
Brennan Wrenk

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