Faculty & Staff Directory

Faculty Office Hours

Dr. Jeremy James

(Department Head)

Phone: (805) 756-6391
Office: 180-209
jjames20@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: T 1-3pm, W 8-10am calendly.com/jeremy-james-calpoly

Dr. James' Areas of Focus

Restoration Ecology · Climate Change · Invasive Plant Ecology

Dr. Chip Appel

(Coordinator for EESS Major)

Phone: (805) 756-1691
Office: 180-515
cappel@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: Sabatical

Dr. Appel's Areas of Focus

Soil and Water Chemistry · Tropical Soils

Mr. Doug Aversano - Lecturer

Phone: (805) 756-6096
Office: 074M-A119
Email: raversan@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: MT 12:30-2pm, R 2-3:30pm

Mr. Aversano's Areas of Focus

Fire Management

Dr. Nicholas Babin

Phone: (805) 756-2373
Office: 10-239
Email: nbabin@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: TR 2:10-4pm

In person or email to Zoom

Dr. Babin's Areas of Focus

Agroecology · Sustainable Food Systems · Natural Resources Policy and Planning · Watershed Management · Political Economy

Dr. Yiwen Chiu

Phone: (805) 756-2972
Office: 180-504
yichiu@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: W 1-2:30pm, R 12-1:30pm on Zoom with appointments only.

calpoly.zoom.us/j/83658316668

Dr. Chiu's Areas of Focus

Environmental Management · Application of GIS · Life Cycle Analysis · Quantitative Simulation

Dr. Richard Cobb

Phone: (805) 756-6333
Office: 10-238
Email: rccobb@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: M 11-1pm, T 12-2pm

In person or email to Zoom

Dr. Cobb's Areas of Focus

Forest Pathology · Forest Entomology · Ecosystem Ecology · Epidemiology

Dr. Charlotte Decock

Phone: (805) 756-6360
Office: 180-415
Email: cdecock@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: M 2:10-4pm, R 1:10-3pm

In person or email to Zoom

Dr. Decock's Areas of Focus

Soil Health and Fertility Assessment · Soil Conservation · Fertilizer Management · Sustainable Agriculture

Dr. Chris Dicus

Phone: (805) 756-5104
Office: 180-506
Email: cdicus@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: MW 10-12pm

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

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Office Hours: M 11:10-1pm, T 3:10-4pm, R 10:10-11am and 3:10-4pm

In person or calpoly.zoom.us/j/83803833307

Dr. Gill's Areas of Focus

Forest Biometrics · Forest Mensuration · Geographic Information Systems

Ms. Rebecca Graham - Lecturer

Phone: (805) 756-2898
Office: 074M-A118
Email: rfgraham@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: Email for Appointment

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

Office Hours: By Appointment

Ms. Groom's Areas of Focus

Academic Advising

Dr. Lilli Kaarakka

Phone: (805) 756-6378
Office: 10-254
lkaarakk@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: TR 9:30-11:10am
In person or email to Zoom

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

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Office Hours: Sabatical

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. Yamina Pressler

Phone: (805) 756-6338
Office: 180-260
Email: ypressle@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: TW 10:10-11:00am on zoom https://calpoly.zoom.us/j/91087986835, in person by request

Dr. Pressler's Areas of Focus

Soil Ecology · Soil Food Webs · Soil Organic Matter · Fire Ecology · Pedology

Dr. Gordon Rees

Phone: (805) 756-6346
Office: 180-517
grees@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: M 2:10-4pm, R 9:40-11:30am

Email for a Zoom appointment

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

Interim Executive Director - UFEI

Dr. Deirdre Rogers

dsommerl@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: Email for appointment

Dr. Rogers' Areas of Focus

Environmental Behavior Analysis · Social Issues of Eco-Justice · Environmental Policy

Dr. Seeta Sistla

Phone: (805) 756-2059
Office: 180-514
ssistla@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: T 9:30-11am, R 9:30-12pm
Email for in person or to Zoom

Dr. Sistla's Areas of Focus

Soil and Ecosystem Ecology · Terrestrial Carbon and Nutrient Cycling · Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Soils · Global Environmental Change

Ms. Sarah E. Spann - Lecturer

Phone: (805) 756-2420
Office: 74M-A117
Email: sspann@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours:
Email for Appointment

Ms. Spann's Areas of Focus

Environmental Impact Analysis · Environmental Regulations and Permitting · Environmental Planning

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

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Office Hours:

M 9-11am,T 3:30 - 5pm, W 10:30-12pm
In person or email for a Zoom appointment

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: 22-301
ateleset@calpoly.edu

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Office Hours: MW 11-12pm, TR 1:10-2pm

Email for a Zoom appointment

Dr. Telesetsky's Areas of Focus

Environmental Law · International Environmental Law · Ocean Governance · Fisheries Law · Ecological Restoration · Climate Change Law · International Disaster Law