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 and 38
Office phone: 916.278.6535
Email: kneitel@csus.edu
Website: www.kneitel.weebly.com

Fulbright Alumni Ambassador (2022-4) 

​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 Boards:
Oecologia
Limnology

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Temporary pond in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
News (you can find past news here)
  • Jasmine starts her IPM experiment at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area and received a Northern California Botanist grant! (5/23)
  • Off to JASM 2022! (5/16)
  • Congratulations to Melanie and Abdul on graduating! Melanie will be back in Fall starting the MS program! (5/13)
  • Congratulations to Jasmine and Monica on receiving departmental scholarships!! (5/10)
  • Congratulations to Jasmine on receiving a California Native Grasslands GRASS Grant! (4/11)
  • Monica starts her pilot study of fire retardant effects on vernal pool communities (3/2)
  • Jamie has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador (2/3)
  • Epele + 25 co-authors "Perils of life on the edge: climatic threats on global diversity patterns of wetland macroinvertebrates" published at Science of the Total Environment (1/25)




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