Faculty & Staff

For information regarding faculty office hours please refer to the MSE Contact Faculty Page.

 

 

Department Chair

 


 

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Kelly Cude

Department Chair & Professor, Biological & Environmental Sciences

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Kelly.Cude@canyons.edu
661-362-5801
Office: VLC, BONH-319

 

 

 

Faculty

 


 

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Anna Jane Almeda, MS

Anatomy and Physiology

 

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Annajane.Almeda@canyons.edu
661-362-3006
Office: VLC, ALLB 208

 


 

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Jeannie Chari, MS

Organismal, Evolutionary, and Environmental Biology 

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Jeannie.Chari@canyons.edu

661-362-3383
Office: MENH 308

 


 

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Kelly Cude, PhD

Department Chair & Professor, Biological & Environmental Sciences

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

kelly.cude@canyons.edu
661-362-5801
Office: VLC, BONH-319

 


 

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Stephen Flanagan, PhD

Anatomy and Physiology 

College of the Canyons | Canyon Country Campus
17200 Sierra Hwy
Santa Clarita, CA 91351


Stephen.Flanagan@canyons.edu
661-362-3893
Office: CCLB 346-A

 


 

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Loni Hands, MS

Molecular & Cellular Biology, Microbiology

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Loni.Hands@canyons.edu
661-362-3929
Office: SSC 119-6

 


 

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Alexandra Mokhnatkina, MS

General Biology & Biology for Health Professionals

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Alexandra.Mokhnatkina@canyons.edu
661-362-5801
Office: MENH 314

 


 

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Shane Ramey, PhD

Microbiology

College of the Canyons | Canyon Country Campus
17200 Sierra Hwy
Santa Clarita, CA 91351

Shane.Ramey@canyons.edu
661-362-3744
Office: CCLB 336

 


 

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Ricardo Rosales, MS

Anatomy and Physiology

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Ricardo.Rosales@canyons.edu
661-362-3597
Office: ALLB 209

 


 

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Dilek Sanver-Wang, MS

General Biology, Zoology, Botany, Environmental, & Marine Biology

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Dilek.Sanver-Wang@canyons.edu 
661-362-3589
Office: HSLH 329

 


 

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Erica Seubert, PhD

General Biology, Zoology, Marine Biology, & Microbiology

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Erica.Seubert@canyons.edu 
661-362-3690
Office: ALLB 207

 


 

 

Daniel Thomas, MS

Anatomy and Physiology, Biology for Health Professionals, & Microbiology

College of the Canyons | Canyon Country Campus
17200 Sierra Hwy
Santa Clarita, CA 91351

Daniel.Thomas@canyons.edu
661-362-3894
Office: CCLB 346-B

 


 

 

 

 

Instructional Laboratory Technicians

Name Title Office/Phone

Barbara Andrade, M.A.,NBCT, EdD

Barbara.Andrade@canyons.edu

Laboratory Operations Coordinator

Canyon Country Campus CCLB-410B

661-362-3986

Sarah Boyle, B.S.

Sarah.Boyle@canyons.edu

Senior Instructional Lab Technician (Anatomy and Physiology)

Canyon Country Campus CCLB-339A

661-362-3529

Norma Espinoza, A.S.

Norma.Espinoza@canyons.edu

Senior Instructional Lab Technician (Anatomy and Physiology)

Valencia Campus
BYKH 214

661-362-3643

Jenna King, B.S.

Jenna.king@canyons.edu

Senior Instructional Lab Technician (General Biology)

Valencia Campus
BYKH 214

661-362-3574

Rachel LaBrum, A.S.

Rachel.Labrum@canyons.edu

Instructional Lab Technician  (Molecular and Cellular Biology)

Valencia Campus
BYKH 214

661-362-3660

Juliana Lima, M.S.

Juliana.Lima@canyons.edu

Senior Instructional Lab Techician (Microbiology)

Valencia Campus
BYKH 214

661-362-3518

Angela Vela, M.S.

Angela.Vela@canyons.edu

Senior Instructional Lab Techician (Microbiology)

Canyon Country Campus
CCLB-339C

661-362-3853

LaTisha Washington, A.S.

LaTisha.Washington@canyons.edu

Senior Instructional Lab Technician (General Biology)

Valencia Campus
BYKH-214

661-362-3778

Shane Yerga-Woolwine, B.S.

Shane.Yerga-Woolwine@canyons.edu

Instructional Lab Technician Supporting Evening Classes

Canyon Country Campus

Brenda Thompson, B.A.

Brenda.Thompson@canyons.edu

Instruction Lab Technician Supporting Evening Classes

Valencia Campus

Adjunct Faculty

Environmental Science

odette.alsen@canyons.edu

General Biology

greg.avellis@canyons.edu 

RumaB

Botany, General Biology

ruma.banerjee@canyons.edu 

General Biology, Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Biology

kimberly.berthet@canyons.edu 

Serj

General Biology, Anatomy and Physiology

serj.danielian@canyons.edu 

 

Lafrance

Anatomy & Physiology

lafrance.daniels@canyons.edu 

Anatomy & Physiology

jonathan.dwilaksono@canyons.edu 

Anatomy & Physiology, General Biology

laura.feucht@canyons.edu 

Organismal Biology, Marine Biology

amy.foote@canyons.edu 

Anatomy & Physiology

sean.gandomi@canyons.edu 

Organismal, General, and Molec. & Cellular Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Microbiology

phoebe.gimple@canyons.edu 

MichaelH

Anatomy & Physiology

michael.habib@canyons.edu 

Organismal Biology, General Biology

jacob.holmes@canyons.edu 

General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology

jorge.iniguez@canyons.edu 

Anatomy & Physiology

amir.jahani@canyons.edu 

General Biology

michelle.le@canyons.edu 

Microbiology 

juliana.lima@canyons.edu 

 Nazanin

Environmental Sciences 

nazanin.naraghi@canyons.edu 

Organismal Biology, General Biology

daniel.nelson@canyons.edu 

General Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics, and Microbiology

julie.nguyen@canyons.edu 

NikkiO

Organismal Biology, General Biology 

nikki.osborn@canyons.edu 

Anatomy & Physiology 

behnaz.parhami-seren@canyons.edu 

General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology

mansour.rostami@canyons.edu 

General Biology, Organismal Biology

vijaya.shukla@canyons.edu 

Molecular & Cellular Biology, Organismal Biology, and Anatomy & Physiology

thomas.smith@canyons.edu 

Molecular & Cellular Biology

kate.song@canyons.edu 

Cellular and Molecular Biology

lucie.suchomelova@canyons.edu 

General Biology

christine.sukhdeo@canyons.edu 

Organismal Biology

naira.toyan@canyons.edu 

BenV

Organismal Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Genetics

ben.vallejo@canyons.edu 

General Biology

angela.vela@canyons.edu 

Jessicav

Environmental Science

jessica.vannatta@canyons.edu 

General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Molecular & Cellular Biology

adam.welday@canyons.edu 

MichelleZ

General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology

michelle.zakson@canyons.edu 

SaniaZaidiMerchant

Anatomy and Physiology

sania.zaidi-merchant@canyons.edu 

Emeriti

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James D.Boykin was the college's first biology professor. Tragically, Jim passed away in 1985 at the age of 59. Later that year the L Building, which housed the Biology Department, was renamed the James D. Boykin Laboratory Center. 

Jim always had a houseful of students, ranging from the more than 25 Micronesian students he sponsored and housed, to students who popped in for dinner and an impromptu teaching session. On his untimely passing, faculty and students honored him at that year's commencement ceremony, with the planting of cedar trees just outside the laboratory building, a memorial photo collage, and a scholarship in his name.

James D.Boykin was the college's first biology professor. Tragically, Jim passed away in 1985 at the age of 59. Later that year the L Building, which housed the Biology Department, was renamed the James D. Boykin Laboratory Center. 

Jim always had a houseful of students, ranging from the more than 25 Micronesian students he sponsored and housed, to students who popped in for dinner and an impromptu teaching session. On his untimely passing, faculty and students honored him at that year's commencement ceremony, with the planting of cedar trees just outside the laboratory building, a memorial photo collage, and a scholarship in his name.

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Greg Nishiyama joined the Biology Department in 1999 and he brought with him a wealth of knowledge and experience. A noted scholar in the field of Chemical Ecology with an impressive list of scholarly studies and published scholarly works to his name.Greg served as Faculty advisor to the Biology club, Lead Faculty for Environmental Biology, General Biology, Marine Biology, & Genetics and spearheaded the development of the Biology Department at the new Canyon Country Campus. Greg retired at the end of the Sping 2011 Semester.

After 25 years of exceptional teaching, mentoring and unsurpassed dedication to student success, Betty Rose retired at the end of the Spring 2011 semester. She has been an integral part of the faculty at College of the Canyons and a vital part of the Biology Department. Betty developed the curriculum for our highly successful biology majors Organismal & Environmental Biology course; expanded Anatomy & Physiology to be the most successfully enrolled sections within the Biological Sciences department.
After 25 years of exceptional teaching, mentoring and unsurpassed dedication to student success, Betty Rose retired at the end of the Spring 2011 semester. She has been an integral part of the faculty at College of the Canyons and a vital part of the Biology Department. Betty developed the curriculum for our highly successful biology majors Organismal & Environmental Biology course; expanded Anatomy & Physiology to be the most successfully enrolled sections within the Biological Sciences department.
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