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EDWARD
AGUADO
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
LETTERS, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Climatology and hydrology; precipitation
and runoff in the western United States; latitudinal and spatial
patterns of snow accumulation and melt, andthe temporal routing of
runoff; hydrologic issues in the Sierra Nevada.
Telephone: 619-594-5930, Fax: 619-594-4938, Email:
aguado@mail.sdsu.edu
STEVEN
B. BARLOW
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FACILITY, COLLEGE OF
SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Ultrastructure and systematics of
flagellated algae; microtubule structure and function; electron
microscopy of Salton Sea algae and invertebrates.
Telephone: 619-594-4523, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
sbarlow@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
ELLEN
T. BAUDER
LECTURER AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Plant ecology, rare plants-especially
edaphic and temporary wetlands specialists, vernal pools, effects of
exotic plants on natives, conservation and restoration ecology.
Telephone: 619-594-5032, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
ebauder@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
KATHE
BERTINE
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF
SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Geochemistry; assessment of sedimentation
rates in and metal pollution history of lagoons, offshore basins, and
reservoirs; selenium in Imperial Valley groundwaters.
Telephone: 619-594-6269, Fax: 619-594-4372, Email:
kbertine@geology.sdsu.edu
ANDREW
J. BOHONAK
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Population genetics, dispersal and
population ecology of freshwater invertebrates, particularly
crustaceans and water mites.
Telephone: 619-594-0414, Fax: 619-594-0712, Email:
bohonak@sciences.sdsu.edu
RICHARD
WEISS BIZZOCO
PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research interests: Physiological ecology of hot spring
organisms, particularly those in acid hot springs; fertilization and
water balance in green algae.
Telephone: 619-594-5396, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
rbizzoco@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
HOWARD
H. CHANG
PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Water resources engineering relating to
hydrology, river hydraulics,sedimentation and erosion; development
computer programs, including the FLUVIAL-12 program for river
sedimentation.
Telephone: 619-594-6380, Fax: 619-594-6005, Email:
changh@mail.sdsu.edu
LO-CHAI
CHEN
PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Ichthyology and aquaculture; systematics
and zoogeography of scorpanenid fishes; mechanisms of growth control
in fishes, diel variations in fish physiological processes, and
salinity acclimation; Chinese aquaculture.
Telephone: 619-594-5360, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
lchen@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
NORRIS
C. CLEMENT
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: International and development economics,
especially in Latin America; political economy of the U.S.-Mexico
border region; development of integrated, inter-regional economic
models of Southern California and Baja California.
Telephone: 619-594-5860, Fax: 619-594-5062, Email:
nclement@mail.sdsu.edu
BARRY
COSTA-PIERCE
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND GULF
COAST RESEARCH LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Research interests: Biology, ecology, and population dynamics
of fishes, esp. of the family Cichlidae; environmental impacts of
introduced fishes; fisheries/aquaculture of cichlid fishes worldwide;
environmental impacts of introduced Cichlidae in Africa and the
Pacific and aquaculture of theses fishes worldwide.
Email: b.costapierce@usm.edu
ANN
DE PEYSTER
PROFESSOR, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: General toxicology; environmental health
and risk assessment; chemical effects on mammalian reproduction and
their underlying mechanisms of action; assessment of excess morbidity
and mortality in tortoise and pelican populations.
Telephone: 619-594-3690, Fax: 714-824-3571, Email:
adepeyst@mail.sdsu.edu.
DOUGLAS
H. DEUTSCHMAN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Mathematical ecology; relation of
large-scale forest ecosystem behavior to the detailed interactions
among individuals of many species; integration of field studies with
detailed, data-defined simulation models; stream ecology.
Telephone: 619-594-5391, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
doug@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
DEBORAH
M. DEXTER
PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Marine invertebrate ecology, sandy beach
community ecology, ecology of the Salton Sea.
Telephone: 619-594-6379, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
ddexter@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
THOMAS
A. EBERT
PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Population biology; evolution of life
histories of animals and plants; application of demographic analysis
and models to the development of management plans for fisheries and
conservation of endangered species; marine invertebrates, desert and
tundra vegation, and the biota of vernal pools.
Telephone: 619-594-5965, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
tebert@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
ERIC
FROST
PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND DIRECTOR, CENTRAL ASIA RESEARCH
AND REMEDIATION EXCHANGE, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Structural geology; geometry and knematics
of regional, low-angle extensional faults, or detachment faults; use
of remote sensing and geographic information systems to produce 3-D
visualizations of regional geology; tectonic reconstruction of Salton
Trough in relation to historical levels of Salton Sea; environmental
assessment and remediation in Central Asia, especially the Aral Sea
region. distance learning.
Telephone: 619-594-5003, Fax: 619-594-4372, Email:
frost@imagine.sdsu.edu
PAUL
GANSTER
DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL STUDIES OF THE CALIFORNIAS,
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research interests: Sustainable development, environment and
public policy in the U.S.-Mexican border region; environmental issues
in world border regions.
Telephone: 619-594-5423, Fax: 619-594-5474, Email:
pganster@sciences.sdsu.edu
RICHARD
M. GERSBERG
PROFESSOR AND HEAD, DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Constructed wetlands for wastewater
treatment, bioremediation, risk assessment of toxics in the aquatic
environment, and microbial water quality.
Telephone: 619-594-2905, Fax: 619-594-6112, Email:
rgersber@mail.sdsu.edu
MARIA REFUGIO GONZÁLEZ E.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY, AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER, CENTRO DE
INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTIFÍCA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR
DE ENSENADA (CICESE), BAJA CALIFORNIA
Research Interests: Limnology and oceanography; ecology of
phytoplankton in marine, estuarine and inland water environments;
ecology of the Salton Sea, Laguna Salada and other waterbodies of the
Salton Basin and Lower Colorado delta; effects of salinity and fish
grazing on algal populations.
Telephone: 52-617-45050 ext. 24277, Fax: 52-617-45154, Email:
mgonza@cicese.mx
MIRAT
D._GUROL
BLASKER PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Water pollution control; chemistry of
water quality; chemical oxidation forremoval of toxic chemicals from
water, air, sediments and soil; development of innovative
technologies for pollution control, reuse/recycle, and water and
waste treatment.
Telephone: 619-594-0391, Fax: 619-594-8078, Email:
mgurol@mail.sdsu.edu
BARBARA
B. HEMMINGSEN
PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, DIRECTOR, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Microbial ecology of soil, marine and
freshwater bacteria with emphasis on those of importance in the
bioremediation of petroleum and cyanide contaminated sites.
Telephone: 619-594-6275, Fax: 619 594-5676, Email:
bhemming@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
ALLEN
S. HOPE
PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY AND CO-DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR EARTH SYSTEMS
ANALYSIS RESEARCH (CESAR), COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Biophysical remote sensing for
environmental monitoring, surface energybalance and carbon flux
models. Hydrologic modeling of arid and semi-arid watersheds using
remote sensing and geographic information systems.
Telephone: 619-594-2777, Fax: 619-594-4938, Email:
hope1@mail.sdsu.edu
MELODY
J. HUNT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Fate and transport of organic
contaminants; biodegradtion; bioavailibity; biostimulation;
evaluation of techniques to measure in situ fate and transport;
eutrophication in freshwater and estarine environments; engineered
treatment technologies utilizing natural systems.
Telephone: 619-594-0137, Fax: 619-594-8078, Email:
mjhunt@mail.sdsu.edu
DAVID
HUNTLEY
PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Groundwater hydrology; distribution and
movement of light, non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) contaminants in
the subsurface; effects of geologic heterogeneities on solute
movement in fractured crystalline rock; evaluation of groundwater
recharge in desert environments.
Telephone: 619-594-5483, Fax: 619-594-4372, Email:
dhuntley@geology.sdsu.edu
STUART
H. HURLBERT
PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AND DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR INLAND
WATERS, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research interests: limnology, effects of salinity, nutrients,
and fish on lake ecosystems, restoration of Salton Sea, lakes of the
Central Andes, biostatistics
Telephone: 619-594-5409, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
shurlbert@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
JOSEPH R. JEHL, JR.
SENIOR RESEARCH BIOLOGIST, HUBBS-SEA WORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY.
Research interests: Biology, ecology, physiology, population
dynamics of birds at hypersaline lakes of western United States; 18
years of research at Great Salt Lake and Mono Lake.
Telephone: 619-226-3870, Fax: 619-226-3944, Email:
jjehl@hubbs.sdsu.edu
ALAN
E. KILPATRICK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND
LETTERS, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Environmental impacts on indigenous groups
living in U.S.- Mexico Border region.
Telephone: 619-594-1679, Email: akilpatr@mail.sdsu.edu
BORIS
KUPERMAN
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Parasitology of fish, crustacean and
mollusks from freshwater and saline water-bodies. Ecology and
functional morphology of parasites, and using them as bioindicators
of water quality, parasitic diseases; ultrastucture of Salton Sea
invertebrates.
Telephone: 619-594-0356, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
kuperman@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
VICTORIA
MATEY
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Aquatic toxicology, fish physiology,
functional morphology; effects of salinity, heavy metals, pesticides,
and low pH on the respiration, osmoregulation, behavior, and
ultrastructure of fish and invertebrates.
Telephone: 619-594-0356, Fax: 619-594-5676, Email:
kuperman@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
JAMES
L. MUELLER
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR HYDRO-OPTICS AND REMOTE SENSING
(CHORS) AND DEPARTMENT OF BHYSICS, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Physical oceanography; measurement of the
spectral reflectance of natural waters (ocean color) both remotely
from space and in situ; relation of spectral reflectance to the
optical properties of water, suspended particles including algae, and
colored dissolved materials.
Telephone: 619-594-2241, Fax: 619-594-8670, Email:
jmueller@chors.sdsu.edu
VICTOR
MIGUEL PONCE
PROFESSOR OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests:Surface water, computational, and
environmental hydrology; assessment of waterway projects in Brazil;
modeling of Salton Sea salinity and water level.
Telephone: 619-594-6070, Fax; 619-594-8078, Email:
ponce@kahuna.sdsu.edu
PHILIP
R. PRYDE
PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Policy and management issues regarding
protected natural areas; water resources and riparian zone
conservation in the arid Southwest; land use planning and endangered
species protection in California; environmental issues in the Former
Soviet Republics.
Telephone: 619-594-5525, Fax: 619-594-4938, Email:
ppryde@mail.sdsu.edu
RALF
RIEDEL
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND GULF
COAST RESEARCH LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Research Interests: Ecology of the Salton Sea fishery, effects
of fisheries on ecosystems, current fishing practices, and fishing
consequences detrimental to salt systems.
Email: ralf.riedel@usm.edu
SERGIO
J. REY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, SAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Regional socioeconomic modeling, spatial
econometrics and statistics, regional and urban economics
Telephone: 619-594-8029, Fax: 619-594-4938, Email:
serge@rohan.sdsu.edu
DOUGLAS
A. STOW
PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY AND CO-DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR EARTH SYSTEMS
ANALYSIS RESEARCH (CESAR), COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: remote sensing and GIS to study coastal
wetlands, riparian restoration sites and Mediterranean
ecosystems.
Telephone: 619-594-5498, Fax: 619-594-4938, Email:
stow@sdsu.edu
MARK
A. THAYER
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS,COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Environmental economics; estimation of the
economic value that society places on environmental outcomes;
integration of environmental values into decision making at the state
and federal level; valuation of air quality and estimation of damage
caused by air pollution.
Telephone: 619-594-5510, Fax: 619-594-5062, Email:
mthayer@mail.sdsu.edu
KATHRYN
W. THORBJARNARSON
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF SCIENCESSAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: Hydrogeology; field assessments of
contaminant transport through surface-and groundwater systems using
computer modeling and simulations; hydrologic assessment of wetland
sites with particular emphasis on groundwater contributions.
Telephone: 619-594-1392, Fax: 619-594-4372, Email:
thorbjar@geology.sdsu.edu.
CHARLES
C. TREES
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR HYDRO-OPTICS AND REMOTE SENSING
(CHORS) AND DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY
Research interests: bio-optical oceanography, with a focus on
biological processes related to the distribution of phytoplankton and
the vertical distribution of light in the water column.
Telephone: 619-594-2241, Fax: 619-594-8670, Email:
ctrees@chors.sdsu.edu
MICHAEL D. WHITE
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES, SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY; MANAGER, AQUATIC SCIENCES GROUP, OGDEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND
ENERGY SERVICES CO., INC.
Research interests: areas of limnology and riparian ecology,
watershed management, endangered species management and compliance,
and environmental restoration.
Telephone: 619-458-9044, Fax: 619-458-0943, Email:
mdwhite@oees.com
RICHARD
D. WRIGHT
PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY AND CO-DIRECTOR, OF THE CENTER FOR EARTH
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS RESEARCH (CESAR), COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS SAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Interests: geographic information systems and
automated cartography; use of GIS in land use modeling and sensitive
lands monitoring; and database development in the Salton Sea and
U.S.- Mexico border regions.
Telephone: 619-594-5466, Fax: 619-594-4938, Email:
wright@typhoon.sdsu.edu
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