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Main Lab BYKH-203
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Faculty & Staff

Full-time Faculty

Miriam Golbert / E-mail / Website
Department of Biological Sciences Chairperson

Biology Professor
Lead faculty for Study Abroad
Hite & Honors Co-Advisor
Phi Theta Kappa Advisor


Don Takeda  /  E-mail / Website
Biology Professor

Microbiology


Betty Rose / E-mail / Website
Biology Professor
Lead Faculty of Organismal & Environmental Biology, and Anatomy & Physiology

 Jim Wolf / E-mail / Website
Biology Professor
Lead Faculty of Outreach

Gregory Nishiyama / E-mail / Website
Biology Professor
Lead Faculty of General Biology & Environmental Science
Biology Club Faculty Advisor

Kelly Burke / E-mail / Website
Biology Associate Professor
Lead Faculty of Microbiology & Online Biology

Kelly Cude / E-mail / Website
Biology Associate Professor
Lead Faculty of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Jeannie Chari / E-mail / Website
Biology Assistant Professor
Environmental Biology

Teresa Ciardi/ E-mail / Website
Physical Sciences Professor
 

 
  Part-time Faculty


Taylor Anderson  E-mail
Carri Carleton / E-mail
Fritz Costa
/ E-mail  Website

Susan Crowther  E-mail  Website
Amy Foote / E-mail /Website
Greg Fox
/ E-mail / Website
Kim Jesu
/ E-mail
Cynthia Kay-Nishiyama / E-mail / Website
Jedi Lobos   E-mail  Website
Patricia Medina-Lopez
/ E-mail
Julie Nguyen / E-mail / Website
Shane Ramey  E-mail
Kent Robbins  E-mail
Cindee Robinson
/E-mail / Website
Dilek Sanver-Wang
/E-mail / Website
Kathy Sloan
/ E-mail

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  Laboratory Staff

Janet Cetrone / E-mail
Lab Coordinator (Biology)
Workspace BYKH-213; Lab BYKH-203
Phone 661.362.3986

Janet acts as lead technician and oversees all laboratory functions and the greenhouse within the department. 

Amy Foote, M.S. / E-mail / Course Website
Instructional Laboratory Technician (Biology)
Workspace BYKH-209; Lab BYKH-203
Phone 661.362.3574
Amy oversees non-majors, organismal, environmental science, botany, zoology, anatomy & physiology, and takes care of the animals. 

Jan Elam / E-mail
Instructional Laboratory Technician (Microbiology and Biotechnology)
Workspace BYKH-213; Lab ALLB-216
Phone 661-362-3529
Jan oversees microorganism culture acquisition and maintenance, and directs biochemical reagent and media preparation.  She is in charge of the laboratories for microbiology, biotechnology and molecular genetics.

Elizabeth Hernandez
/ E-mail
Instructional Computer Laboratory Technician
Workspace BYKH-209
Phone 661.362-5939
Elizabeth oversees the Biology Computer Lab and the design and maintenance of the Biology website.

Jenny Leadbetter / E-mail
Instructional Lab Technician for Biology and Physical Science at CCC.