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Welcome to Biology at SSU!

The Department of Biology offers a dynamic learning environment, exciting research and training opportunities and intensive mentoring of students at all levels. Our faculty are not only dedicated educators but also active scholars who engage in primary research to address diverse topics in the biological sciences.

The overall mission of our undergraduate and graduate programs is to educate the next generation of scholars, professionals and citizens so that they are prepared to meet the biological, environmental and technological challenges of the future.

Areas of educational and research activities include ecology, conservation and evolutionary biology, genetics, molecular and cell biology, and physiology.

Please feel free to contact any of the department faculty or staff if you have questions about our programs, or email biology@sonoma.edu.  

 

California Sea Otters: Life on the Edge, featuring Dr. Brent Hughes

The Department of Biology is proud to announce Dr. Brent Hughes's research is featured in the PBS Documentary California Sea Otters: Life on the Edge!  Read more from SSU News.

Congratulations, Dr. Hughes! 

Announcements

Students in recording studio at KSUN
Ecosphere!

Check out Biology Grad Students radio show Ecosphere, every Tues 4 - 5 pm on KSUN radio! For more info visit Ecosphere's Substack.

3 portraits of Hua Lab members
October 2024

Congrats to Hua Lab members K. Chiddix, S. Sanchez Hurtado, & P. Swallow for being selected to represent SSU Biology at the 2024 COPLAC Conference! Watch their videos on our Student Highlights page!

Brent Hughes being interviewed by PBS
September 2024

The Department of Biology is proud to announce Dr. Brent Hughes and his lab team were featured in the PBS documentary California Sea Otters: Life on the Edge. For more information, visit SSU News. Congratulations Dr. Hughes!

Lisa Hua - b&w
August 2024

Huge Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Hua and the Hua Lab on receiving Sonoma State's first ever grant from the National Institutes of Health! The Hua Lab will use the funds to research chromosome organization and division. Way to go Hua Lab team!

 

 


Biology Department Highlights