Meet Us
Department Office
Dr. Christopher Taylor
Department Chair
![Photo of Dr. Christopher Taylor](_internal/photos/taylor-chris.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 230
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- physicschair@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Galaxy Evolution; dwarf galaxies; radio astronomy
Heidi Yamazaki
Administrative Support Coordinator II, Chair's Assistant
![Photo of Heidi Yamazaki](_internal/photos/heidi-yamazaki-two.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 230
- Phone: (916) 278-5675
- yamazaki@csus.edu
Claire Shudde
Planetarium Events Coordinator/Administrative Support Assistant II
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- Location: Sequoia Hall 230
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- shudde@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her
Andrew Lozano
Instructional Support Technician II
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- Location: Sequoia Hall 240
- Phone: (916) 278-6138
- a.lozano@csus.edu
Faculty
Sergio Aguilar Rudametkin
Lecturer
![Photo of Sergio Aguilar Rudametkin](_internal/photos/aguilar-sergio.jpg)
- Location: RVR 3017
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- SergioAguilarRu@csus.edu
Dr. Rodolfo Barniol Duran
Associate Professor
![Photo of Dr. Rodolfo Barniol Duran](_internal/photos/duran_rodolfo-barniol_dsc6398_web.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 438
- Phone: (916) 278-5827
- barniolduran@csus.edu
Dr. Matt Block
Associate Professor
![Photo of Dr. Matt Block](_internal/photos/block-matt.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 442
- Phone: (916) 278-7237
- matthew.block@csus.edu
Clayton Bratton
Lecturer
![Photo of Clayton Bratton](_internal/photos/bratton-clay.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 141
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- bratton@csus.edu
Dr. Jerome Buerki
Professor
![Photo of Dr. Jerome Buerki](_internal/photos/burki-jerome.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 434
- Phone: (916) 278-6540
- jerome.buerki@csus.edu
- Website
Dr. William DeGraffenreid
Professor
![Photo of Dr. William DeGraffenreid](http://www.csus.edu/faculty/d/degraff/images/degraff.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 404
- Phone: (916) 278-5938
- degraff@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Laser spectroscopy, atomic physics, instrumentation, scientific professionalism
Dr. Daria Eiteneer
Lecturer
![Photo of Dr. Daria Eiteneer](_internal/photos/eiteneer-harmon.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 410
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- eiteneer@csus.edu
Dr. Christopher Hodges
Lecturer
![Photo of Dr. Christopher Hodges](_internal/photos/hodges-chris.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 412
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- christopher.hodges@csus.edu
Dr. Mikkel Jensen
Associate Professor
![Photo of Dr. Mikkel Jensen](_internal/photos/jensen-mikkel.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 430
- Phone: (916) 278-7687
- mikkel.jensen@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Biophysics, Soft Condensed Matter
Charles Mallory
Lecturer
![Photo of Charles Mallory](_internal/photos/mallory.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 410
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- charles.mallory@csus.edu
Dr. Vera Margoniner
Professor
![Photo of Dr. Vera Margoniner](_internal/photos/margoniner-vera.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 436
- Phone: (916) 278-6268
- vera.margoniner@csus.edu
Dr. Roger Miller
Lecturer
![Photo of Dr. Roger Miller](_internal/photos/miller-roger.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 406
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- roger.miller@csus.edu
Dr. Eliza Morris
Associate Professor
![Photo of Dr. Eliza Morris](_internal/photos/morris-eliza.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 432
- Phone: (916) 278-7687
- eliza.morris@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
Dr. Joshua Moss
Associate Professor
![Photo of Dr. Joshua Moss](_internal/photos/moss-josh.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 440
- Phone: (916) 278-5600
- joshua.moss@csus.edu
Dr. Alexander Pettitt
Assistant Professor
![Photo of Dr. Alexander Pettitt](_internal/photos/pettitt-alexander-square.jpg)
- 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
![Photo of Dr. Michael Ray](_internal/photos/ray-michael.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 402
- Phone: (916) 278-6501
- ray@csus.edu
- Website
Dr. Brianna Santangelo
Assistant Professor
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- Location: Sequoia Hall 404
- Phone: (916) 278-1811
- brianna.santangelo@csus.edu
Dr. Christopher Taylor
Professor
![Photo of Dr. Christopher Taylor](_internal/photos/taylor-chris.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 406
- Phone: (916) 278-6518
- ctaylor@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Galaxy evolution; dwarf galaxies; radio astronomy
Robert Utter
Lecturer
![Photo of Robert Utter](_internal/photos/utter-robert.jpg)
- Location: SQU 446 - inside to right, SQU 444A
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- r.utter@csus.edu
Dr. Kyle Watters
Lecturer, Planetarium Coordinator
![Photo of Dr. Kyle Watters](_internal/photos/watters-kyle.jpg)
- Location: Tschannen 2023
- Phone: (916) 278-5825
- kyle.watters@csus.edu
Dr. Brenda Weiss
Lecturer
![Photo of Dr. Brenda Weiss](_internal/photos/weiss-brenda.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 410
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- b.weiss@csus.edu
Jared Young
Lecturer
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- Location: Sequoia Hall 44
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- jaredyoung@csus.edu
Kay Zora
Lecturer
![Photo of Kay Zora](_internal/photos/zora-kay-square.jpg)
- Location: Sequoia Hall 410
- Phone: (916) 278-6518 (Main Office)
- kay.zora@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Emeritus
Dr. Barbara Wheeler
Emeritus Professor
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