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Biology Faculty & Staff

Name Email Classification
Agostini, Aaron aagostini@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Boaz, Segal sboaz@laspositascollege.edu Full time Faculty
Carbone, Jill jcarbone@laspositascollege.edu Full time Faculty
Chovnick, Amy achovnick@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Dolan, Cheryl cdolan@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Fichmann, Jenny jfichmann@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Fitzgerald, Matthew mfitzgerald@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Gelinas, Katharine kgelinas@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Hight, Ann ahight@laspositascollege.edu Full time Faculty
Judd, Jeffrey jjudd@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Katz, Eric ekatz@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Kerr, Amber akerr@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Kuo, Jessica jkuo@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Lal, Ranjeeta rlal@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Margerum, Lisa lmargerum@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Mukherjee, Joydeep jmukherjee@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Nakase, Dana dnakase@laspositascollege.edu Full time Faculty
Okimura, Kristine kokimura@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Pasaoglu, Taliha tpasaoglu@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Peterson, David dpeterson@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Ponciano, Grisel gponciano@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Rakotorisoa, Jean jrakotoarisoa@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Riensche, David driensche@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Roghani, Parisa proghani@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Shuldman, Michal mshuldman@laspositascollege.edu Full time Faculty
Smith, Majella mpsmith@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Waters, Steven sbwaters@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty 
Wilkes, Gary gwilkes@laspositascollege.edu Science Education Technician
 Wilson, Wendy  wwilson@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
 Yancey, Danielle  dyancey@laspositascollege.edu Part time Faculty
Zingg, Barbara bzingg@laspositascollege.edu Full time Faculty

For more information please contact:

Dana Nakase
Biology Coordinator
  925.424.1394
  dnakase@laspositascollege.edu

Angel Contreras Cardenas
  925.424.1388
acontrerascardenas@laspositascollege.edu

Jill Carbone
  925.424.1308
  jcarbone@laspositascollege.edu

Barbara Zingg
  925.424.1387
  bzingg@laspositascollege.edu

Ann Hight
  925.424.1307
  ahight@laspositascollege.edu

Kai Blaisdell
  925.424.1305
  kblaisdell@laspositascollege.edu

Segal Boaz
  925.424.1393
  sboaz@laspositascollege.edu

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The primary goal of the Biology Club is to bring lovers of biology together. The Club is open to all students excited about making a difference, building friendships, serving the community, and exploring many opportunities for leadership and fun activities.

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