Experts Directory: Environment and Sustainability
Larry G. Allen
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-3356
email:听larry.allen@csun.edu
- Marine fisheries
- Fish ecology
- Fish in bays and estuaries
- Fish life history
- Author: 鈥淭he Ecology of Marine Fishes鈥
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James David Ballard
Department of Criminology and Justice Studies
work: (818) 677-2009
email:听james.ballard@csun.edu
- Terrorism
- Criminology
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear waste
- Yucca Mountain, Nev., nuclear waste repository
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Larry Baresi
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-3495
email: larry.baresi@csun.edu
- Physiology and ecology of anaerobic bacteria鈥攎ethanogens and other extremeophiles
- Waste treatment processes
- Ethanolics
- Methanogenesis
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Chhandak Basu
Department of Biology
email:听chhandak.basu@csun.edu
- Plant biotechnology
- Genetically engineered plants
- Biofuel
- Plant molecular biology
- Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- Editor: 鈥淧CR Primer Design鈥
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Peter Bellin
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
work: (818) 677-4719
email: peter.bellin@csun.edu
- Industrial hygiene
- Safety
- Indoor air quality
- Toxic chemicals
- Hazardous waste management
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Claudia Fajardo-Lira
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 677-3021
email:听Claudia.fajardo@csun.edu
Also speaks: Spanish
- Food science and technology
- Food safety
- Nutrition
- Functional foods
- Food chemistry
- Biotechnology
- Sustainability
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Priya M. Ganguli
Department of Geological Sciences
work: (818) 677-4669
email:
- Mercury cycling in the environment
- Mining impacts
- Environmental remediation/restoration
- Groundwater-surface water interaction
- Contaminant transport and fate
- Technical consultant in 2010-2011 to the EPA Klau/Buena Vista Mercury Mine Superfund Site, specifically riparian and reservoir sampling design and remediation strategies
- From 1999-2006 served as engineering geologist and environmental specialist for the San Francisco Bay Water Board, specifically for environmental remediation for such areas as mine sites, streams, groundwater, wetlands/slough
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David Gray
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-7653
email:
- Evolutionary ecology
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Tom Hatfield
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
work: (818) 677-4708
email:
- Risk communication
- Risk assessment
- Environmental health
- Epidemiological and toxicological studies
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Scott Hauswirth
Department of听Geological Sciences
work: (818) 677-4880
email:听scott.hauswirth@csun.edu
- Groundwater contamination
- Contaminated site remediation
- Contaminant fate and transport
- Hazardous waste
- Groundwater听
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Tim. J. Karels
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-2990 /听3356
email:听karels@csun.edu
- Population ecology
- Arctic and alpine ecology
- Rodent ecology
- Ground squirrel and marmot biology
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Rodica Kohn
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 677-4485
email:听rodica.kohn@csun.edu
Also speaks: French, Hebrew, Romanian, Spanish
- Interior design
- Architecture
- Residential design
- Commercial design
- Portfolio design
- Product design
- Formal aspects of space as related to architecture and interior design
- Environmental design
- Psychology of space
- Sustainable and green design
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Antonio F. Machado
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
work: (818) 677-2065
email:
- Teratology (birth defects)
- Toxicology
- Environmental Health
- Genes and development
- Gene/environmental interactions and chemical interactions in the causation of birth defects
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Brian T. Malec
Department of Health Sciences
work: (818) 677-3143 / 4081
email:
- Health information management systems
- Healthcare economics and health policy
- Autor: "Careers in Health Information Technology"
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Kathleen Marie Marsaglia
Department of Geological Sciences
work: (818) 677-3541/6309
email: kathie.marsaglia@csun.edu
- Sedimentology
- Marine geology
- Deep ocean drilling
- Pacific Ocean basin geology
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Elena A. Miranda
Department of Geological Sciences
work: (818) 677-4671 /3541
email:
- Mid-ocean ridges
- Marine geology
- Detachment faults
- Shear zone development
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Kerry J. Nickols
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-6147
email:听kerry.nickols@csun.edu
- Marine ecology
- Oceanography
- Marine conservation
- Marine protected areas
- Ocean acidification
- Climate change
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Amalie J. Orme
Department of Geography
work: (818) 677-3864
email:
- Flooding
- 奥别补迟丑别谤鈥攕迟辞谤尘蝉
- Landslides
- Beach erosion
- Fire
- Gang prevention
- Earthquakes and climate change in Owens Valley
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Stewart P. Prince
Department of Mechanical Engineering
work: (818) 677-3514
email:听sprince@csun.edu
- Automotive engineering
- Machine design
- Emissions testing
- Alternative fuels
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Robert Ryan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
work: (818) 677-4555
email: robert.ryan@csun.edu
- Energy systems
- Alternative energy
- Thermodynamics
- Design
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Paula M. Schiffman
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-3350
email: paula.schiffman@csun.edu
- Terrestrial ecology
- Plant community ecology and vegetation dynamics
- Responses of vegetation to disturbances
- Grassland ecology
- Role of alien species in natural communities
- Conservation biology
- Ecology of Carrizo Plain National Monument
- Restoration ecology
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John Schillinger
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
work: (818) 677-3449
email:
- Water quality
- Indoor air quality
- Food-borne illness
- Measuring concentrations of airborne mold spores in indoor air
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Mark Steele
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-3340
email:
- Marine ecology
- Fish biology
- Fisheries
- Estuaries
- Artificial reef mitigation
- Wetland restoration
- Long-term ecological monitoring
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Ali Tabidian
Department of Geological Sciences
work: (818) 677-2536 / 3541
email:
Also speaks: Persian
- Hydrogeology
- Rivers and streams
- Environmental issues related to water
- Groundwater pollution and contamination
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Casey terHorst
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-3352 /3356
email:听casey.terhorst@csun.edu
- Ecology and evolution of microbial communities
- Evolutionary ecology
- Invasive species
- Community ecology
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Anubhuti Thakur
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 677-4962
email:听anubhuti.thakur@csun.edu
Also speaks: Hindi
- Social and psychological concerns in architecture and interior design
- Environmental psychology
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Veda E. Ward
Department of Recreation and Tourism Management
work: (818) 677-3202
email:
Also speaks: Spanish
- Parks, recreation and tourism curriculum development, assessment and national accreditation
- Women, leisure and family鈥攚ork life balance
- Community development鈥攏ew urbanism, facilities, open space, human potential
- Leisure and spirituality
- Leisure and aging鈥攏utrition, exercise and personal development
- Parks and recreation鈥攕tatewide master plans
- Recruiting minorities into the parks and recreation profession
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Erica L. Wohldmann
Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-6676
email:
Also speaks: Spanish
- Learning and memory
- Cognition
- Motor control
- Imagery
- Attention
- Decision making and food choices
- Obesity and the psychology of eating
- Ecopsychology
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Jeremy B. Yoder
Department of Biology
work: (818) 677-22158
email:听jeremy.yoder@csun.edu
- Evolution
- Genetics
- Coevolution
- Mutualism
- Plant-pollinator Interaction
- Yuccas
- Yucca moths
- Joshua trees