Biology Department - Adjunct Faculty

In addition to the regular Biology faculty, the department maintains close associations with professionals in the community. More than two dozen local scientists, many of them internationally known, serve as Adjunct Faculty. Adjunct Faculty from the UC Medical Education Program, US Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service, Endangered Species Recovery Program, California Department of Fish and Game, several regional medical institutions, and other agencies and programs offer classes, advise CSU Fresno students, and sponsor cooperative research. Following is a list of some of the Adjunct Faculty.

Brian L. Cypher, [e-mail] [website] Ph.D. Zoology, 1991, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Research Ecologist for the Endangered Species Recovery Program. Current research efforts include ecology and conservation of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes.
Phone: 661-398-2201

Ellen A. Cypher, [e-mail] [website] Ph.D. in Plant Biology, 1993, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.  Principle plant ecologist for the Endangered Species Recovery Program.
Phone: 661-398-2201

Patric A. Kelly,  [e-mail] Ph.D. Zoology, 1990, University of California, Berkeley.  Director of the Endangered Species Recovery Program in Fresno, California.

Kathryn Purcell, [e-mail] Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno. Research Wildlife Biologist with the US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forestry Sciences Lab in Fresno, CA. Research interests include wildlife-habitat relationships, dealing with issues of habitat quality and response to habitat alteration.

Kent T. Yamaguchi Md, [e-mail] Md. University of California, San Francisco. Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of California,  San Francisco.  Chief of Plastic Surgery at the University Medical Center and the Veterans Medical Center in Fresno, California.