In 2008, five new fellows joined CCST from the California State University (CSU) system. The CCST Fellows are top-level engineers, scientists, educators, analysts, and technical experts who have earned distinction in their respective fields. Fellows participate in CCST projects and help provide expertise as needed when CCST is called upon by the State. CSU is one of CCST's sustaining institutions; the addition of these leading figures from the CSU science and technology community is a significant benefit to CCST and to California.

Sheldon Axler is Dean of the College of Science & Engineering at San Francisco State University. He received his AB degree with highest honors in mathematics from Princeton University in 1971 and his PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1975. In 1997, Axler became Chair of the Mathematics Department at SFSU, and Dean in 2002.

Lynn Cominsky is Professor and Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sonoma State University. She has been analyzing data on neutron star binaries from X-ray astronomy satellites for more than 25 years. In 1993, she was named both SSU Outstanding Professor and California Professor of the Year.

Mirat D. Gurol was named Blasker Professor of Environmental Engineering at San Diego State University in 1997 after 17 years at Drexel University. She is the recipient of several awards including the 1987 "Best Research Paper Award." She is on the review panels of several funding agencies, including the NSF and EPA.

Mark Moline joined the faculty at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2001. His research areas include biological oceanography, bio-optics, remote sensing (autonomous underwater vehicles), and biogeochemistry. His awards include the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers and the NASA New Investigator Program Award.

John R. Weeks, Professor of Geography and Director of the International Population Center, San Diego State University, has more than 60 articles and book chapters, and nearly 40 research reports to his credit. He appears frequently in the media as an expert on demographics and immigration.