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Faculty	Title	Discipline
Dr. Jon Aoki	Assistant Professor	Science Education
Dr. Maria Benavides	Assistant Professor	Chemistry & Physics
Dr. John Capeheart	Professor	Biology; BIOL Coord.
Dr. Byron Christmas	Professor	Chemistry
Dr. Vicky Estrera	Lecturer	Biology; S.A. Director
Dr. Jeff Flosi	Associate Professor	Biology/Microbiology
Dr. Janusz Grebowicz	Assistant Professor	Chemistry/Physics
Dr. Poonam Gulati	Associate Professor	Biology;MBIO Coord.
Dr. Brad Hoge	Assistant Professor	Science Education/Geology
Dr. Catherine Horton	Assistant Professor	Microbiology/Biochem.
Dr. Mian Jiang	Assistant Professor	Chemistry
Dr. Jerry Johnson	Assistant Professor	Biology/Biochemistry
Dr. Kenneth Johnson	Assistant Professor	Geology
Dr. Aaron Krochmal	Assistant Professor	Biology
Dr. Phil Lyons	Associate Professor	Biology
Dr. Deanna McCullough	Associate Professor	Biology
Dr. Glen Merrill	Professor	Geology
Dr. Tyra Montgomery	Associate Professor	Chemistry; Chem. Coord.
Dr. Lisa Morano	Associate Professor	BIO/MBIO; Environ. Sci. Coord.
Dr. Penny Morris-Smith	Associate Professor	Biology/Geology; BPS Coord.
Dr. Don Musselwhite	Lecturer	Geology/Physics
Dr. Larry Spears	Professor	Chemistry
Dr. Akif Uzman	Associate Prof./Dept. Chair	Biology/Biochemistry

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