Faculty & Staff Directory
Dr. James' Areas of Focus
Restoration Ecology · Climate Change · Invasive Plant Ecology
Dr. Appel's Areas of Focus
Soil and Water Chemistry · Tropical Soils
Mr. Aversano's Areas of Focus
Fire Management
Dr. Babin's Areas of Focus
Agroecology · Sustainable Food Systems · Natural Resources Policy and Planning · Watershed Management · Political Economy
Dr. Chiu's Areas of Focus
Environmental Management · Application of GIS · Life Cycle Analysis · Quantitative Simulation
Dr. Cobb's Areas of Focus
Forest Pathology · Forest Entomology · Ecosystem Ecology · Epidemiology
Dr. Decock's Areas of Focus
Soil Health and Fertility Assessment · Soil Conservation · Fertilizer Management · Sustainable Agriculture
Dr. Dicus' Areas of Focus
Wildland Fire · Fuels Management
Dr. Samantha Gill
(Coordinator for FNR Major)
Phone: (805) 756-6205
Office: 180-507
Email: sgill@calpoly.edu
Dr. Gill's Areas of Focus
Forest Biometrics · Forest Mensuration · Geographic Information Systems
Ms. Graham's Areas of Focus
Soil Science – Lab Safety – Sustainable Agriculture
Ms. Meagan Groom - Academic Advisor
Phone: (805) 756-7574
Office: 074M-A
Email: groom@calpoly.edu
Ms. Groom's Areas of Focus
Academic Advising
Dr. Lilli Kaarakka
Phone: (805) 756-6378
Office: 181-254
lkaarakk@calpoly.edu
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Dr. Kaarakka's Areas of Focus
Forest Carbon Management · Forest Soils · Silviculture
Dr. Bwalya Malama
(Soil Science Graduate Coordinator)
Phone: (805) 756-2971
Office: 180-516
bmalama@calpoly.edu
Dr. Malama's Areas of Focus
Soil Biophysics · Groundwater Hydrogeology · Hydrogeophysics · Contaminant Transport
Cortney Newby - Admin. Supp. Coord
Phone: (805) 756-6392
Office: 180-209
Email: cfnewby@calpoly.edu
Areas of Focus
Administrative Support Coordinator
Dr. Pressler's Areas of Focus
Soil Ecology · Soil Food Webs · Soil Organic Matter · Fire Ecology · Pedology
Dr. Gordon Rees
(Coordinator for EESS Major)
Phone: (805) 756-6346
Office: 180-517
grees@calpoly.edu
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Dr. Rees' Areas of Focus
Pedology · Soil Mineralogy · Forest and Range Soils
Jeff Reimer - Technician
Phone: (805) 756-1541
Office: 11-301
Email: jreimer@calpoly.edu
Areas of Focus
Technical Support · Urban Forestry
Executive Director - UFEI
Lisa A. Rice - Admin. Supp. Coord
Phone: (805) 756-6390
Office: 180-209
Email: lirice@calpoly.edu
Areas of Focus
Administrative Support Coordinator
Dr. Rogers' Areas of Focus
Environmental Behavior Analysis · Social Issues of Eco-Justice · Environmental Policy
Dr. Sistla's Areas of Focus
Soil and Ecosystem Ecology · Terrestrial Carbon and Nutrient Cycling · Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Soils · Global Environmental Change
Craig Stubler - Technician
Phone: (805) 756-2188
Office: 180-252A
Email: cstubler@calpoly.edu
Areas of Focus
Technical Support · Soil Science
Dr. Chris Surfleet
(Graduate Programs Coordinator)
Phone: (805) 756-2743
Office: 180-518
csurflee@calpoly.edu
Dr. Surfleet's Areas of Focus
Hydrologic Change due to Land Management · Water Quality · Watershed Assessment and Monitoring · Hydrologic modeling · Hydrologic Effects due to Climate Change
Dr. Anastasia Telesetsky
Phone: (805) 756-6334
Office: 181-311
ateleset@calpoly.edu
Dr. Telesetsky's Areas of Focus
Environmental Law · International Environmental Law · Ocean Governance · Fisheries Law · Ecological Restoration · Climate Change Law · International Disaster Law
Dr. Priya Verma
(Coordinator for ENVM Major)
Phone: (805) 756-2773
Office: 180-505
pverma@calpoly.edu
Dr. Verma's Areas of Focus
Environmental Sociology · Governance for Sustainable Development · Corporate Environmental Management
Dr. Williams' Areas of Focus
Socio-ecological Systems · Rural Development · Political Ecology · Climate Change Adaptation · Agro-biodiversity Conservation
Dr. Wilson's Areas of Focus
Pedology · Soil Genesis and Mineralogy · Phosphorus Biogeochemistry · Digital Soil Mapping · Soil Data Science · Geoinformatics · Vineyard Soils
Mr. Yun's Areas of Focus
Certified GIS Professional (GISP) · Geographic Information Systems · Global Positioning System