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Department Leadership
Dr. Thomas Savage
Department Chair

- Location: Sequoia 508
- Phone: (916) 278-6893
- tjsavage@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Biochemistry
Dr. Roy Dixon
Professor, Assistant Chair

- Location: TSC 2005
- Phone: (916) 278-4061
- rdixon@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Analytical
Staff
Rachel Blackeye
Instructional Support Technician III

- Location: Sequoia Hall Rm 523
- Phone: (916) 278-6092
- rachel.blackeye@csus.edu
Jessica Hopper
Instructional Support Technician II

- Location: Sequoia Hall Rm 523A
- Phone: (916) 278-2187
- jessicamhopper@csus.edu
- Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Jonathan Martinez-Aguirre
Instructional Support Technician II

- Phone: (916) 278-5373
- jmmartinez-aguirre@csus.edu
- Pronouns: He/Him/His
Rebecca Vasquez
Instructional Support Technician II

- Location: TSC 1014B
- Phone: (916) 278-6372
- rebeccavasquez@csus.edu
- Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Laurel Ward
Instructional Support Technician II

- Location: Sequoia 429B
- Phone: (916) 278-7651
- laurelward@csus.edu
Valeria Cortez Delgado
Administrative Support Coordinator II

- Location: Sequoia Hall Rm 506
- Phone: (916) 278-6684
- valeriacortez@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/they/ella
Faculty
Dr. Johannes Bauer
Assistant Professor

- Location: Sequoia 524
- Phone: (916) 278-6455
- j.bauer@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Biochemistry
Dr. Susan Crawford
Professor

- Location: TSC 2019
- Phone: (916) 278-6542
- crawford@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Physical
Dr. Benjamin Gherman
Graduate Coordinator, Professor

- Location: TSC 2009
- Phone: (916) 278-6600
- ghermanb@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Computational
Dr. Monica Gonzalez
Professor

- Location: Sequoia 538B
- Phone: (916) 278-1152
- monica.gonzalez@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Biochemistry
Dr. Jacqueline Houston
Associate Professor

- Location: TSC 2021
- Phone: (916) 278-2583
- jhouston@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Inorganic
Dr. Cynthia Kellen-Yuen
Professor

- Location: TSC 2013
- Phone: (916) 278-3528
- ckyuen@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Organic
Dr. Yujuan Liu
Assistant Professor

- Location: Sequoia 526
- Phone: (916) 278-4175
- y.liu@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Chemical Education
Dr. Claudia Lucero
Associate Professor

- Location: TSC 2017
- Phone: (916) 278-6006
- cglucero@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Organic
Dr. Katherine McReynolds
Professor

- Location: Sequoia 534
- Phone: (916) 278-6551
- kdmcr@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Biochemistry
Dr. Justin Miller-Schulze
Associate Professor

- Location: TSC 2011
- Phone: (916) 278-7409
- j.miller-schulze@csus.edu
- Pronouns: He/Him/His
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Analytical
Dr. James Miranda
Professor

- Location: TSC 2015
- Phone: (916) 278-6189
- miranda@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Organic
Dr. Stefan Paula
Assistant Professor

- Location: TSC 2007
- Phone: (916) 278-4062
- stefan.paula@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Computational Biochemistry
Dr. Rebecca Peebles
Assistant Professor

- Location: Sequoia 510
- Phone: (916) 278-4534
- r.a.peebles@csus.edu
- Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
- Specialty & Interests: Physical
Dr. Linda Roberts
Professor

- Location: Sequoia 548C
- Phone: (916) 278-3892
- robertslm@csus.edu
- Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Biochemistry
Dr. John Spence
Professor

- Location: Sequoia 528
- Phone: (916) 278-4477
- jspence@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Organic