Meet Us
Department Office
Dr. William DeGraffenreid
Interim Department Chair AY 24/25 / Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 230
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- physicschair@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Laser spectroscopy, atomic physics, instrumentation, scientific professionalism
Heidi Yamazaki
Administrative Support Coordinator II, Chair's Assistant
- Location: Sequoia Hall 230
- Phone: (916) 278-5675
- yamazaki@csus.edu
Claire Shudde
Planetarium Events Coordinator/Administrative Support Assistant II
- Location: Sequoia Hall 230
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- shudde@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her
Andrew Lozano
Instructional Support Technician II
- Location: Sequoia Hall 240
- Phone: (916) 278-6138
- a.lozano@csus.edu
Faculty
Dr. Malak Abou Faour
Lecturer
- Location: Sequoia Hall 410
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- malak.aboufaour@csus.edu
Dr. Rodolfo Barniol Duran
Associate Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 438
- Phone: (916) 278-5827
- barniolduran@csus.edu
Dr. Matt Block
Associate Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 442
- Phone: (916) 278-7237
- matthew.block@csus.edu
Dr. Jerome Buerki
Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 434
- Phone: (916) 278-6540
- jerome.buerki@csus.edu
- Website
Dr. William DeGraffenreid
Professor / Interim Department Chair AY 24/25
- Location: Sequoia Hall 230
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- degraff@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Laser spectroscopy, atomic physics, instrumentation, scientific professionalism
Dr. Christopher Hodges
Lecturer
- Location: Sequoia Hall 412
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- christopher.hodges@csus.edu
Dr. Mikkel Jensen
Associate Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 430
- Phone: (916) 278-7687
- mikkel.jensen@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Biophysics, Soft Condensed Matter
Dr. Vera Margoniner
Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 436
- Phone: (916) 278-6268
- vera.margoniner@csus.edu
Dr. Eliza Morris
Associate Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 432
- Phone: (916) 278-7687
- eliza.morris@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
Dr. Joshua Moss
Associate Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 440
- Phone: (916) 278-5600
- joshua.moss@csus.edu
Dr. Alexander Pettitt
Assistant Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 414
- Phone: (916) 278-6362
- pettitt@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Galactic structure, the Milky Way, star formation and the interstellar medium, numerical simulations
Dr. Michael Ray
Associate Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 402
- Phone: (916) 278-6501
- ray@csus.edu
- Website
Dr. Brianna Santangelo
Assistant Professor
- Location: Sequoia Hall 404
- Phone: (916) 278-1811
- brianna.santangelo@csus.edu
Dr. Christopher Taylor
Professor / Interim Associate Dean, Natural Sciences and Mathematics AY 24/25
- Location: TSC 5002
- Phone: (916) 278-4655
- ctaylor@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Galaxy evolution; dwarf galaxies; radio astronomy
Robert Utter
Lecturer
- Location: SQU 446 - inside to right, SQU 444A
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- r.utter@csus.edu
Dr. Kyle Watters
Lecturer, Planetarium Coordinator
- Location: Tschannen 2023
- Phone: (916) 278-5825
- kyle.watters@csus.edu
Kay Zora
Lecturer
- Location: Sequoia Hall 410
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- kay.zora@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Emeritus
Dr. Barbara Wheeler
Emeritus Professor