Directory of Faculty and Staff


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Brenda Andrade Rounds
Assistant Professor
323-343-2356
bandrad7@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCB 221C; Lab: ASCB 243

Dr. Andrade earned her Ph.D. at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2019. Organic/Physical Organic Chemistry. Supramolecular chemistry and the structure-function-relationship of cyclodextrins with the aim of scavenging toxic agents from different environments. Click here for her faculty research website.


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Yong Ba
Professor
323-343-2360
yba@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 308; Lab: ASCB 148/155

Dr. Ba earned his Ph.D. at Gerhard Mercator University, Duisburg in 1995. Physical/Biophysical Chemistry. Development and application of magnetic resonance techniques for the studies of important physicochemical properties of biological/biomedical, porous, includion, and nanostructured materials. Current research projects cover molecular mechanism of anti-freeze proteins and anti-freeze fluids for medical and industrial applications, and molecular drug carriers, nanoparticles, and hydrogels for drug delivery applications. Click here for his faculty research website.


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Krishna Foster
Professor (Department Chair)
323-343-2309
kfoster@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 336

Dr. Foster earned her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1998. Physical Chemistry- Characterization of environmentally significant aqueous phase photochemical reactions using ion chromatography and mass spectrometry. Click here for her faculty research website.


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Frank Gomez
Professor (Currently Executive Director of STEM-NET at California State University)
fgomez@calstatela.edu

Dr. Gomez earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles.  His primary area of specialization is inorganic chemistry.  Click here for his faculty research website.


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Michael L. Hayes
Associate Professor (Associate Chair)
323-343-2144
mhayes3@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 271/ Lab: ASCL 260/261

Dr. Hayes earned his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 2008. Biochemistry- Biochemistry of sequence specific RNA binding proteins and C-to-U RNA editing mechanisms. Investigating nuclear and organelle genome coordination. Development of new biotechnological tools that can specifically alter RNA transcripts. Click here for his faculty research website.


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Yangyang Liu
Associate Professor
323-343-2323
yliu114@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 221E/ Lab: ASCB 247

Dr. Liu earned her Ph.D. at Texas A&M University in 2014.  Inorganic/Materials Chemistry- Design and synthesis of nanoporous materials (e.g., Metal-Organic Frameworks) for applications, including energy storage, renewable energy, solar cells, carbon capture, catalysis, sensing, drug delivery, and semiconductors. Our group is also interested in exploring new hybrid materials and studying the structure-property relationship through collaborations with computational scientists and the industry. Click here for her faculty research website. 


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Alison McCurdy
Professor (currently Associate Dean for College of Natural and Social Sciences)
323-343-2362
amccurd@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall, Room 223

Dr. McCurdy earned her Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology.  Her primary area of specialization is organic chemistry. Click here for her faculty research website.


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Jamil Momand
Professor 
323-343-2361
jmomand@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 270 / Lab: ASCL 247/248

Dr. Momand earned his Ph.D. at the University of California Los Angeles.  His primary area of specialization is biochemistry. Click here for his faculty research website.


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Scott Nickolaisen
Professor
323-343-2382
snickol@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 122A/ Lab: ASCB 147/ 160

Dr. Nickolaisen earned his Ph.D. at the University of Southern California in 1991.  Physical Chemistry- Photolysis/infrared lasers to study the kinetics and mechanism of the photochemical reactions of alkyl peroxy radicals. Click here for his faculty research website.


 
 
Caitlin Scott

Caitlin Scott
Assistant Professor
323-343-2314
cscott37@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 251; Lab: ASCL 120

Dr. Scott earned her Ph.D. at California Institute of Technology in 2014. Computational and Biological Chemistry- development of drugs to target proteins in the brain using molecular dynamics, docking, and virtual ligand screening.


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Matthias Selke
Professor
323-343-2347
mselke@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 222B / Lab: ASCB 248/255

Dr. Selke earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995. Organic Chemistry- Mechanistic organic, bioorganic, and organometallic chemistry; detection of reactive intermediates in oxygenation reactions; models for oxygen activation in enzymatic reactions; organic and organometallic photochemistry, especially the chemistry of singlet oxygen; history and philosophy of science. Click here for his faculty research website.


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Olaseni Sode
Associate Professor
323-343-2372
osode@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 222C / Lab: BIOS 167

Dr. Sode earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2012.  Computational/Theoretical Chemistry- Development and implementation of ab initio electronic and vibrational structure methods for molecules and solids. Click here for his faculty research website.


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Linda Tunstad
Professor
323-343-2307
ltunsta@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 222D/ Lab: ASCB 241

Dr. Tunstad earned her Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990. Organic Chemistry- Host-guest complexation chemistry; synthesis of receptor compounds (hosts) for the recognition of charged or uncharged substrates (guests). Click here for her faculty research website.


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Robert L. Vellanoweth
Professor (current graduate advisor)
323-343-2148
vllnwth@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 272/ Lab: ASCL 241

Dr. Vellanoweth earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 1988. Biochemistry- Characterization and biochemical and molecular genetic events governing lifespan in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa. Click here for his faculty research website.


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Petr Vozka
Assistant Professor
323-343-2368
pvozka@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 122E / Lab: BIOS 346

Dr. Vozka earned his Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2019. Analytical Chemistry- Method development for complex chemical mixtures (e.g., alternative fuels, microplastics, oil spill) using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Click here for his faculty research website.


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Yixian Wang
Associate Professor
323-343-2353
ywang184@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 122D/ Lab: ASCB 153/161/162

Dr. Wang earned her Ph.D. at the City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center in 2013.  Analytical Chemistry- Development of novel analytical imaging and sensing tools for a broad range of applications in biomedical, nanomaterials, and environmental sciences. Click here for her faculty research website.


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Xin Wen
Professor
323-343-2310
xwen3@calstatela.edu

Office: Rosser Hall 122C/ Lab: ASCB 159/160

Dr. Wen earned her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester, New York in 2005.  Biophysical, Bioanalytical, and Bioinorganic Chemistry- Integration of chemical and biophysical tools to tackle biological problems. Protein-ligand interactions at solid-liquid interface and in solution and the applications in biomedical fields. Click here for her faculty research website. 


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Feimeng Zhou
Professor
323-343-2390
fzhou@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 305/ Lab: ASCB 162/258

Dr. Zhou earned his Ph.D. at the University of Texas, Austin.  His primary area of specialization is analytical chemistry. Click here for his faculty research website.


 

 
 

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Okezie Aruoma
Lecturer
323-343-2313
oaruoma@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 253


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Alfred Baca
Lecturer
323-343-2342
abaca3@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 157


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Mohammad Bahrami
Lecturer
323-343-2313
mohammad.bahrami@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 253


Inessa Bychinskaya

Inessa Bychinskaya
Lecturer
323-343-2327
ibychin@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


 
 
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Henry Choi
Lecturer
323-343-2327
hchoi27@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


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Manan Darbinian
Lecturer
323-343-2408
mdarbin2@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 254

 
 

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Harold Goldwhite
Lecturer
323-343-2356
hgolwh@calstatela.edu

Office: ACSB 222A


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Carlos Godinez
Lecturer
323-343-232
cgodine9@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCB 221F

 
 

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Mandy Hsia
Lecturer
323-343-2327
mhsia@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCB 356


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Jamie Hsiung
Lecturer
323-343-2313
jhsiung@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 253


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Mehdi Jalali Heravi
Lecturer
323-343-2408
mjalali2@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 254


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Myeong-ho Jeong
Lecturer
323-343-2327
mjeong2@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


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Dianlu Jiang
Lecturer
323-343-5587
djiang4@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 310


Morshed Khandoker

Morshed Khandoker
Lecturer
323-343-2327
mkhando@calstatela.edu

Office:  BIOS 224 or ASCL 127


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Boonta Klavetter
Lecturer
323-343-2327
bklavet@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 156

 
 

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Anthony Lee
Lecturer
323-343-2313
alee142@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 253


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Claudia Molina
Lecturer
323-343-2313
cmolin11@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 269


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Aleksandr Pikelny
Lecturer
323-343-2327
apikeln@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


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Mohammad Salameh
Lecturer
323-343-2321
msalame3@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCB 155


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Chatu Sirimmane
Lecturer
323-343-2327
csirima@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


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Andy Skauge
Lecturer
323-343-2362
askauge@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCB 221F


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James Stephenson
Lecturer
323-343-2327
jstephe6@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


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Daniel Truong
Lecturer
323-343-2327
dtruon10@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


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Jordan Vincent
Lecturer
323-343-2356
jvincen3@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCB 222A


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Mitch Voda
Lecturer
323-343-2408
mvoda3@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 269


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Eric Wong
Lecturer
323-343-2408
ewong51@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCL 269


Kimo Yap

Kimo Yap
Lecturer
323-343-2327
kyap6@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 224


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Dong Zhang
Lecturer
323-343-2335
dong.zhang6@calstatela.edu

Office: ASCB 248

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Mark Avellan
Lab Coordinator
323-343-2546
mavella4@calstatela.edu

Office: LA KRETZ 252


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Keith Clarke
Electronics Technician
323-343-2318
kclarke@exchange.calstatela.edu

Office: ROSSER HALL 253


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Maribel Estrada
Department Coordinator 
323-343-2300
mestrad2@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 336


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Helen Le
Instructional Support Technician
323-343-2345
hle67@calstatela.edu

Office: ROSSER HALL 251


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Floyd Nesbitt
Electronics Technician
323-343-2379
fnesbit@exchange.calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 344


 
 
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Mary Pace
Administrative Support Assistant 
323-343-2300
mpace2@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 336 


Tony Tran

Tony Tran
Instructional Support Technician
323-343-5648
ttran347@calstatela.edu
Office: LA KRETZ 132

 


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Lisa Bautista
MBRS-RISE Administrative Assistant
323-343-2395
lbautis3@calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 160


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Karla Carias
MBRS-RISE
323-343-2395
kcarias@cslanet.calstatela.edu

Office: BIOS 160


 

Faculty Emeritus

Andreoli

Anthony Andreoli 

Appointed Professor: 1955 
Emeritus: 1989


Casanova

Costello Brown

Appointed Professor: 1969
Emeritus: 2005


casanova

Joseph Casanova

Appointed Professor: 1961
Emeritus: 1994


Dea

Phoebe K. Dea

Appointed Professor: 1976
Emeritus: 1996


tikkanen

Lloyd N. Ferguson

Appointed Professor: 1965
Emeritus: 1986


Fratiello

Anthony Fratiello

Appointed Professor: 1963
Emeritus: 1999


garcia

Raymond E. Garcia

Appointed Professor: 1982
Emeritus: 2012


Grover

Scott D. Grover

Appointed Professor: 1983
Emeritus: 2013


grover

Carlos G. Gutierrez

Appointed Professor: 1976
Emeritus: 2015


Jaffe

Sigmund Jaffe

Appointed Professor: 1958
Emeritus: 1986


keys

Richard T. Keys
 

Appointed Professor: 1959
Emeritus: 1996


moye

Anthony Joseph Moye


Paulson

Donald R. Paulson

Appointed Professor: 1970
Emeritus: 2003


razouk

Rashad Razouk

Appointed Professor: 1968
Emeritus: 1978


Tikkenen

Wayne R. Tikkanen

Appointed Professor: 1986
Emeritus: 2017


 

The most up-to-date information about instructors' office hours is available at the department office at Biological Science 336 or call 323-343-2300. Click here for a PDF copy.