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Teaching Associates

First Name Last Name Suffix Display Name Pronouns Title Email Program Enrolled Office Alt Text Image URL Page Slug
Jonah Alderson Jonah Alderson Teaching Associate jalderson@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jonah Alderson

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology


jalderson@sdsu.edu

Jenna Armstrong Jenna Armstrong Teaching Associate jrarmstrong@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jenna Armstrong

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


jrarmstrong@sdsu.edu

Olivia Baldwin Olivia Baldwin Teaching Associate olbaldwin@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/o.png

Olivia Baldwin

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology


olbaldwin@sdsu.edu

Elizabeth Barajas-Alonso Elizabeth Barajas-Alonso Teaching Associate ebarajasalonso@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/e.png

Elizabeth Barajas-Alonso

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


ebarajasalonso@sdsu.edu

Bryn Baxter Bryn Baxter Teaching Associate bbaxter@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/b.png

Bryn Baxter

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology


bbaxter@sdsu.edu

Brenna Blotz Brenna Blotz Teaching Associate bblotz@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/b.png

Brenna Blotz

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


bblotz@sdsu.edu

Chelsea Brown Chelsea Brown Teaching Associate cbrown14@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/c.png

Chelsea Brown

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Ecology


cbrown14@sdsu.edu

Alexander Carsh Alexander Carsh Teaching Associate accarsh@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/a.png

Alexander Carsh

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


accarsh@sdsu.edu

Karina Cerda Karina Cerda Teaching Associate kycerda@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/k.png

Karina Cerda

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


kycerda@sdsu.edu

Ty'Tianna Clark Ty'Tianna Clark Teaching Associate tmclark@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/t.png

Ty'Tianna Clark

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


tmclark@sdsu.edu

Alyssa Duenas Alyssa Duenas Teaching Associate adubord@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/a.png

Alyssa Duenas

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


adubord@sdsu.edu

Tamsen Dunn Tamsen Dunn Teaching Associate tdunn@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/t.png

Tamsen Dunn

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


tdunn@sdsu.edu

Jeffrey Farrow Jeffrey Farrow Teaching Associate jfarrow@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jeffrey Farrow

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Ecology


jfarrow@sdsu.edu

Craig Fischer Craig Fischer Teaching Associate cgfischer@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/c.png

Craig Fischer

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


cgfischer@sdsu.edu

Bhumika Gode Bhumika Gode Teaching Associate bgode2@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/b.png

Bhumika Gode

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology


bgode2@sdsu.edu

Kavana Gonur Kavana Gonur Teaching Associate kgonur@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/k.png

Kavana Gonur

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology


kgonur@sdsu.edu

Nicholas Griffith Nicholas Griffith Teaching Associate ngriffith@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/n.png

Nicholas Griffith

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology


ngriffith@sdsu.edu

Alexis Guzman Alexis Guzman Teaching Associate aguzman5@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/a.png

Alexis Guzman

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology


aguzman5@sdsu.edu

Timothaus Haddad Timothaus Haddad Teaching Associate tdhaddad@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/t.png

Timothaus Haddad

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology


tdhaddad@sdsu.edu

Ryan Hanscom Ryan Hanscom Teaching Associate rhanscom@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/r.png

Ryan Hanscom

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


rhanscom@sdsu.edu

Tobias Hays Tobias Hays Teaching Associate thays@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/t.png

Tobias Hays

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


thays@sdsu.edu

Allison Hedin Allison Hedin Teaching Associate alhedin@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/a.png

Allison Hedin

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


alhedin@sdsu.edu

Jessica Hill Jessica Hill Teaching Associate jlhill@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jessica Hill

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Ecology


jlhill@sdsu.edu

Macall Hock Macall Hock Teaching Associate mhock@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/m.png

Macall Hock

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


mhock@sdsu.edu

Erin Horkan Erin Horkan Teaching Associate ehorkan@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/e.png

Erin Horkan

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


ehorkan@sdsu.edu

Kristin Kabat Kristin Kabat Teaching Associate kkabat@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/k.png

Kristin Kabat

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


kkabat@sdsu.edu

Lukeman Kharrat Lukeman Kharrat Teaching Associate lkharrat@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/l.png

Lukeman Kharrat

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


lkharrat@sdsu.edu

Max Kirsch Max Kirsch Teaching Associate mkirsch@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/m.png

Max Kirsch

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology


mkirsch@sdsu.edu

Monica Klopp Monica Klopp Teaching Associate mklopp@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/m.png

Monica Klopp

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Ecology


mklopp@sdsu.edu

Molly Landon Molly Landon Teaching Associate mlandon@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/m.png

Molly Landon

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


mlandon@sdsu.edu

Yazmin Lommel Yazmin Lommel Teaching Associate ylommel@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/y.png

Yazmin Lommel

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


ylommel@sdsu.edu

Cassidy Lucht Cassidy Lucht Teaching Associate clucht@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/c.png

Cassidy Lucht

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


clucht@sdsu.edu

Sara Luedke Sara Luedke Teaching Associate sluedke@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/s.png

Sara Luedke

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


sluedke@sdsu.edu

Emma McAndrews Emma McAndrews Teaching Associate emcandrews@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/e.png

Emma McAndrews

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Ecology


emcandrews@sdsu.edu

Alexandra Mcelwee-Adame Alexandra Mcelwee-Adame Teaching Associate anmcelweeadame@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/a.png

Alexandra Mcelwee-Adame

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


anmcelweeadame@sdsu.edu

Lily Mcintire Lily Mcintire Teaching Associate lmcintire@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/l.png

Lily Mcintire

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


lmcintire@sdsu.edu

Zimri Mena Zimri Mena Teaching Associate zmena@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/z.png

Zimri Mena

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


zmena@sdsu.edu

Cecylia Olivo Cecylia Olivo Teaching Associate crolivo@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Physiology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/c.png

Cecylia Olivo

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Physiology


crolivo@sdsu.edu

Talieh Ostovar Talieh Ostovar Teaching Associate tostovar@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/t.png

Talieh Ostovar

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


tostovar@sdsu.edu

Danielle Parsons Danielle Parsons Teaching Associate dparsons@sdsu.edu M.S. Microbiology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/d.png

Danielle Parsons

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Microbiology


dparsons@sdsu.edu

Ila J Peeler Ila J Peeler Teaching Associate ipeeler@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/i.png

Ila J Peeler

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology


ipeeler@sdsu.edu

Shelby Penn Shelby Penn Teaching Associate spenn@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/s.png

Shelby Penn

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


spenn@sdsu.edu

Niklas Perslow Niklas Perslow Teaching Associate nperslow@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/n.png

Niklas Perslow

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


nperslow@sdsu.edu

Sakshi Pradhan Sakshi Pradhan Teaching Associate spradhan@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/s.png

Sakshi Pradhan

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


spradhan@sdsu.edu

Niveditha Ramadoss Niveditha Ramadoss Teaching Associate nramadoss@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/n.png

Niveditha Ramadoss

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


nramadoss@sdsu.edu

Michael Remington Michael Remington Teaching Associate mremington@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/m.png

Michael Remington

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


mremington@sdsu.edu

Josefa Rivera Alfaro Josefa Rivera Alfaro Teaching Associate jriveraalfaro@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Josefa Rivera Alfaro

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology


jriveraalfaro@sdsu.edu

Ebru Robinson Ebru Robinson Teaching Associate eyildiz@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/e.png

Ebru Robinson

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology


eyildiz@sdsu.edu

Jesse Rojas Jesse Rojas Teaching Associate jrojas3@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jesse Rojas

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


jrojas3@sdsu.edu

Greta Schmidt Greta Schmidt Teaching Associate gmschmidt@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/g.png

Greta Schmidt

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


gmschmidt@sdsu.edu

Priyanshi Shah Priyanshi Shah Teaching Associate pshah3@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/p.png

Priyanshi Shah

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


pshah3@sdsu.edu

Cole Souza Cole Souza Teaching Associate csouza@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/c.png

Cole Souza

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


csouza@sdsu.edu

Peter Stella Peter Stella Teaching Associate pastella@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Molecular Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/p.png

Peter Stella

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Molecular Biology


pastella@sdsu.edu

Kristina Stodder Kristina Stodder Teaching Associate kstodder@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/k.png

Kristina Stodder

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Ecology


kstodder@sdsu.edu

Lauren Stoeltje Lauren Stoeltje Teaching Associate lstoeltje@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/l.png

Lauren Stoeltje

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


lstoeltje@sdsu.edu

Michael Tofflemire Michael Tofflemire Teaching Associate mtofflemire@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/m.png

Michael Tofflemire

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology


mtofflemire@sdsu.edu

Camille Traylor Camille Traylor Teaching Associate ctraylor@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/c.png

Camille Traylor

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


ctraylor@sdsu.edu

Nelson Vayda Nelson Vayda Teaching Associate nvayda@sdsu.edu M.S. Microbiology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/n.png

Nelson Vayda

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Microbiology


nvayda@sdsu.edu

Jordan Waits Jordan Waits Teaching Associate jwaits@sdsu.edu https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jordan Waits

Teaching Associate

Pursuing


jwaits@sdsu.edu

Nathen Walton Nathen Walton Teaching Associate nmwalton@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/n.png

Nathen Walton

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Evolutionary Biology


nmwalton@sdsu.edu

Jessica Weidenfeld Jessica Weidenfeld Teaching Associate jweidenfeld@sdsu.edu M.S. Biology Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jessica Weidenfeld

Teaching Associate

Pursuing M.S. Biology Ecology


jweidenfeld@sdsu.edu

Tallulah Winquist Tallulah Winquist Teaching Associate twinquist@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/t.png

Tallulah Winquist

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


twinquist@sdsu.edu

Jingwei Zhang Jingwei Zhang Teaching Associate jzhang11@sdsu.edu Ph.D. Ecology https://ackerman.sdsu.edu/_resources_insight_child/initials/j.png

Jingwei Zhang

Teaching Associate

Pursuing Ph.D. Ecology


jzhang11@sdsu.edu

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