Faculty & Staff
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
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
DIVISION DEAN
Dr. David Vakil
Dean, Mathematics, Sciences, and Engineering
College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
david.vakil@canyons.edu
661-362-3078
Office: BONH-247
Full-Time Faculty
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Instructor |
Courses Taught | Office/Phone | |
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Anna Jane Almeda, MS MORE INFO |
Anatomy and Physiology |
Valencia Campus ALLB 208 661-362-3006 |
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Jeannie Chari, MS MORE INFO |
Organismal, Evolutionary, and Environmental Biology |
Valencia Campus MENH 308 661-362-3383 |
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Kelly Cude, PhD MORE INFO |
Molecular & Cellular Biology, Cancer, and Genetics |
Valencia Campus BONH-319 661-362-5801 |
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Stephen Flanagan, PhD |
Anatomy & Physiology, and Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Canyon Country Campus CCLB 346-A 661-362-3893 |
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Rebecca Kochanowsky, PhD Rebecca.Kochanowsky@canyons.edu MORE INFO |
Microbiology |
Valencia Campus X9 #2 661-362-3339 |
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Alexandra Mokhnatkina, MS Alexandra.Mokhnatkina@canyons.edu |
General Biology & Biology for Health Professionals |
Valencia Campus MENH 314 661-362-5801 |
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Shane Ramey, PhD |
Microbiology, General Biology, and Genetics |
Canyon Country Campus CCLB336 661-362-3744 |
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Ricardo Rosales, MS |
Anatomy & Physiology |
Valencia Campus ALLB 209 661-362-3597 |
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Dilek Sanver-Wang, MS Dilek.Sanver-Wang@canyons.edu |
General Biology, Zoology, Botany, Environmental, & Marine Biology |
Valencia Campus HSLH 329 661-362-3589 |
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Erica Seubert, PhD Erica.Seubert@canyons.edu |
General Biology, Zoology, Marine Biology, & Microbiology |
Valencia Campus ALLB 207 661-362-3690 |
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Daniel Thomas, MS |
Biology for Health Professionals and Anatomy & Physiology |
Canyon Country Campus CCLB 346-B 661-362-3894 |
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Instructional Laboratory Technicians
| Name | Title | Office/Phone |
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Barbara Andrade, M.A.,NBCT, EdD |
Laboratory Operations Coordinator |
Canyon Country Campus CCLB-410B 661-362-3986 |
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Sarah Boyle, B.S. |
Senior Instructional Lab Technician Supporting Anatomy and Physiology Class (BIO 201, BIO 202, BIO 204, and BIO 205) |
Canyon Country Campus CCLB-339A 661-362-3529 |
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Norma Espinoza, A.S. |
Instructional Lab Technician Supporting Anatomy and Physiology Class (BIO 201, BIO 202, BIO 204, and BIO 205) |
Valencia Campus 661-362-3643 |
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Jenna King, B.S. |
Senior Instructional Lab Technician Supporting General Biology (BIO 100), Biology for Health Professionals (BIO 101), and Molecular Genetics (BIO 240) |
Valencia Campus |
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Rachel LaBrum, A.S. |
Instructional Lab Technician Supporting Organismal and Environmental Biology (BIO 106), and Molecular and Cellular Biology (BIO 107) |
Valencia Campus |
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Juliana Lima, M.S. |
Senior Instructional Lab Techician Supporting Microbiology (BIO 221) |
Valencia Campus 661-362-3518 |
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Angela Vela, M.S. |
Senior Instructional Lab Techician Supporting Microbiology (BIO 221) |
Canyon Country Campus |
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LaTisha Washington, A.S. |
Instructional Lab Technician Supporting General Biology (BIO 100), Zoology (BIO 115), Botany (BIO 116), Marine Biology (BIO 119) and Environmental Biology |
Valencia Campus |
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Shane Yerga-Woolwine, B.S. |
Instructional Lab Technician Supporting Evening Classes at CCC |
Canyon Country Campus |
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Brenda Thompson, B.A. |
Instruction Lab Technician Supporting Evening Classes at VCC |
Valencia Campus |
Part-Time Faculty
| Instructor | Courses Taught at COC | |
| Odette Alsen odette.alsen@canyons.edu | Environmental Science | |
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Danielle Amoroso danielle.amoroso@canyons.edu | General Biology |
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Greg Avellis |
General Biology | |
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Shahram Bakhtiari shahram.bakhtiari@canyons.edu | Anatomy & Physiology |
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Ruma Banerjee ruma.banerjee@canyons.edu | Botany, General Biology |
| Stephanie Benseman stephanie.benseman@canyons.edu | General Biology | |
| Kimberly Berthet kimberly.berthet@canyons.edu | General Biology, Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
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Carri Biggle |
General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology | |
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Serj Danielian serj.danielian@canyons.edu | General Biology |
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Lafrance Daniels lafrance.daniels@canyons.edu | Anatomy & Physiology |
| Jonathan Dwilaksono jonathan.dwilaksono@canyons.edu | Anatomy & Physiology | |
| Amy Foote amy.foote@canyons.edu |
Organismal Biology, Marine Biology | |
| Laura Feucht laura.feucht@canyons.edu |
Anatomy & Physiology, General Biology | |
| Sean Gandomi sean.gandomi@canyons.edu |
Anatomy & Physiology | |
| Phoebe Gimple phoebe.gimple@canyons.edu |
Organismal, General, and Molec. & Cellular Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Microbiology |
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Michael Habib michael.habib@canyons.edu | Anatomy & Physiology |
| Loni Hands loni.hands@canyons.edu |
General Biology, Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Jacob Holmes jacob.holmes@canyons.edu | Organismal Biology, General Biology | |
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Devin Humpal devin.humpal@canyons.edu |
Organismal Biology, General Biology, and Anatomy & Physiology |
| Jorge Iniguez jorge.iniguez@canyons.edu | General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology | |
| Amir Jahani amir.jahani@canyons.edu |
Anatomy & Physiology | |
| Ossana Kosoyan ossan.kosoyan@canyons.edu | General Biology | |
| Michelle Le michelle.le@canyons.edu |
General Biology | |
| Juliana Lima juliana.lima@canyons.edu |
Microbiology | |
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Nazanin Naraghi nazanin.naraghi@canyons.edu | Environmental Sciences |
| Daniel Nelson daniel.nelson@canyons.edu |
Organismal Biology, General Biology | |
| Julie Nguyen julie.nguyen@canyons.edu | General Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics, and Microbiology | |
| Nikki Osborn nikki.osborn@canyons.edu |
Organismal Biology, General Biology | |
| Behnaz Parhami-Seren behnaz.parhami-seren@canyons.edu |
Anatomy & Physiology | |
| Shannon Patel shannon.patel@canyons.edu | General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology | |
| Mansour Rostami mansour.rostami@canyons.edu |
General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology |
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| Cindee Robinson cindee.robinson@canyons.edu | Microbiology | |
| Vijaya Shukla vijaya.shukla@canyons.edu | General Biology, Organismal Biology | |
| Thomas Smith thomas.smith@canyons.edu |
Molecular & Cellular Biology, Organismal Biology, and Anatomy & Physiology |
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| Samantha Stack samantha.stack@canyons.edu | Microbiology | |
| Christine Sukhdeo christine.sukhdeo@canyons.edu | General Biology | |
| Don Takeda don.takeda@canyons.edu |
Microbiology | |
| Naira Toyan naira.toyan@canyons.edu |
Organismal Biology | |
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Ben Vallejo ben.vallejo@canyons.edu |
Organismal Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Genetics |
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Jessica Vannatta jessica.vannatta@canyons.edu |
Environmental Science |
| Angela Vela angela.vela@canyons.edu |
General Biology | |
| Adam Welday adam.welday@canyons.edu |
General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Molecular & Cellular Biology |
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Michelle Zakson michelle.zakson@canyons.edu | General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology |
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