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Main Lab BYKH-203
Lab Phone (661) 362-3372
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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 McGill  E-mail  Website
Carrie Carleton / E-mail   Website
Fritz Costa
/ E-mail  Website

Amy Foote / E-mail /Website
Greg Fox
/ E-mail

Phoebe Gimple  E-mail

Michael Jansen   E-Mail
Kim Jesu
/ E-mail
Cynthia Kay-Nishiyama / E-mail / Website
Jedi Lobos   E-mail  Website
Patricia Medina-Lopez
/ E-mail
Carri Musser E-mail
Julie Nguyen / E-mail / Website
Christopher Shane Ramey  E-mail
Kent Robbins  E-mail
Cindee Robinson
/E-mail / Website
Dilek Sanver-Wang
/E-mail
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 (Biology and Physical Science)
Jenny oversees the Biology 100, Marine, Zoology and Botany labs as well as the Physical Science lab at the Canyon Country campus.  She also maintains the live plant and animal collection at Canyon Country.