Welcome! ​​I am Chair and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University- Sacramento.

My research focuses on how environmental variation (in space and time) affects biodiversity and functioning of ecological communities.  Laboratory, mesocosm, field, and data mining studies are used with seasonal wetlands (primarily vernal pools and rock pools) to address questions at all ecological levels (individual to ecosystem).

My students and I research a variety of taxa, including bacteria, algae, plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Topics include metacommunities, spatial ecology, conservation biology, food webs, eutrophication, species invasions, restoration, endangered species, and disturbance ecology.  

​Jamie M. Kneitel, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor 
Department of Biological Sciences
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA 95819-6077

Office: TSC 3000
Lab: SQU 26
Office phone: 916.278.6535
Email: kneitel@csus.edu
Website: www.kneitel.weebly.com

Fulbright Alumni Ambassador (2022-4) 
(please reach out to me for Fulbright questions and to organize Fulbright informational event)

​Fulbright Scholar (2017-8)
​Department of Evolutionary & Environmental Biology, University of Haifa (Israel) & Laboratoire de Botanique, Mycologie et Environnement, Université Mohammed V- Rabat (Morocco)

Editorial Board:
Oecologia

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​Recent Books and Music ​
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Temporary pond in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
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Lab trip to Mather Field, Jan 2023
News (you can find past news here)
  • Congratulations to Scott and Eileen! Scott won first place and Eileen second place awards at the CSUS Research Symposium.  Scott heads to the Annual CSU Student Research Competition in San Diego in April! ! (3/7)
  • Jamie and Jasmine will be giving talks at SERCAL in April (3/6)
  • Congratulations to Eileen and Scott on giving talks at the CSUS Research and Scholarly Activity Symposium (3/6)
  • Jamie will be speaking about carnivorous and parasitic plants to the CSUS Plant Club on March 9 (2/18)
  • Jamie will be speaking about the Fulbright Program to CSU-Easy Bay on March 3 (2/16)
  • Welcome to the new undergrad researchers in the lab: Ryan Dooley, Minh Nguyen, Hailey Odell, Julia Martin, Abuzar Tanveer (2/9)
  • Monica will be presenting her fire retardant research at TWS (Western Section) Conference in Riverside, CA (2/3)
  • Nice lab trip to Mather Field pic pic (1/28)
  • Jamie will be giving a seminar in the Dept of Biology at Long Beach State on Feb 2 for World Wetlands Day (1/27)
  •  New paper out! Pires et al Searching for the Achilles heel(s) for maintaining invertebrate biodiversity across complexes of depressional wetlands: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1617138123000031 (1/7)