Faculty & Staff Directory

Dr. Gregory G. Brown

(Department Head)

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

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Dr. Brown's Areas of Focus

Environmental Planning and Policy · Natural Resource Management · Public Participation · Ecosystem Services

Dr. Chip Appel

(Coordinator for EESS Major)

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

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Dr. Appel's Areas of Focus

Soil and Water Chemistry · Tropical Soils

Doug Aversano - Lecturer

Phone: 756-6096
Office: 074M-A120
Email: raversan@calpoly.edu

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Areas of Focus

Fire Management

Dr. Nicholas Babin

Phone: 756-2373
Office: 074M-A122
Email: nbabin@calpoly.edu

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Areas of Focus

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

Ms. Miranda Canestro - Lecturer

Phone: 756-2702
Office: 180-209
Email: canestro@calpoly.edu

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Areas of Focus

Conservation Biology · Natural Resource Ecology

Dr. Yi-Wen Chiu

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

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Dr. Chiu's Areas of Focus

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

Dr. Richard Cobb

Phone: 756-6333
Office: 074M-A121
Email: rccobb@calpoly.edu

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Dr. Cobb's Areas of Focus

Forest Pathology · Forest Entomology · Ecosystem Ecology · Epidemiology

Dr. Stella Cousins

Phone: 756-2513
Office: 74M-A117
Email: scousins@calpoly.edu

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Dr. Cousins' Areas of Focus

Forest Ecology · Ecosystem Ecology · Natural History · Sustainable Resource Management · Applications of Dendrochronology

Dr. Charlotte Decock

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

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Dr. Decock's Areas of Focus

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

Dr. Chris Dicus

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

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Dr. Dicus' Areas of Focus

Wildland Fire · Fuels Management

Ms. Maurica Fitzgibbons - Lecturer

Phone: 756-2420
Office: 74M-A123
Email: mafitzgi@calpoly.edu

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Areas of Focus

Geographic Information Systems

Dr. Samantha Gill

(Coordinator for FNR Major)

Phone: 756-6205
Office: 180-507
Email: sgill@calpoly.edu

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Dr. Gill's Areas of Focus

Forest Biometrics · Forest Mensuration · Geographic Information Systems

Meagan Groom - Academic Advisor

Phone: 756-7574
Office: 074M-A
Email: groom@calpoly.edu

Areas of Focus

Academic Advising

Mr. Michael Jencks - Lecturer

Phone: 756-1183
Office: 074M-A120
Email: mjencks@calpoly.edu

Areas of Focus

Water Law · Environmental Law · Environmental Impact Reports

Dr. Daniel Johnson

Phone: 756-6064
Office: 180-260
Email: djohns92@calpoly.edu

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Areas of Focus

Soil Science

Mr. Trevor Keith - Lecturer

Phone: 756-2702
Office: 180-209
Email: tkeith@calpoly.edu

Areas of Focus

Environmental Planning

Dr. Cristina Lazcano

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

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Dr. Lazcano's Areas of Focus

Sustainable Soil Management · Belowground ecological interactions and their effect in biogeochemical cycles · Carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils · Use of organic waste materials as fertilizers in agriculture · Environmental impacts of different fertilization strategies

Dr. Bwalya Malama

(Soil Science Graduate Coordinator)

Phone: (805) 756-2971
Office: 180-516
bmalama@calpoly.edu

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Dr. Malama's Areas of Focus

Soil Biophysics · Groundwater Hydrogeology · Hydrogeophysics · Contaminant Transport

Dr. Gordon Rees

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: 756-1541
Office: 11-301
Email: jreimer@calpoly.edu

Areas of Focus

Technical Support · Urban Forestry

Ms. Sarah E. Spann - Lecturer

Phone: 756-2420
Office: 74M-A123
Email: sspann@calpoly.edu

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Areas of Focus

Environmental Impact Analysis · Environmental Regulations and Permitting · Environmental Planning

Craig Stubler - Technician

Phone: 756-2188
Office: 180-252A
Email: cstubler@calpoly.edu

Areas of Focus

Technical Support · Soil Science

Dr. Chris Surfleet

(Forestry Sciences Graduate Coordinator)

Phone: (805) 756-2743
Office: 180-518
csurflee@calpoly.edu

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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