Our Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Dr. Mike Cohen
Michael Cohen
Professor
(707) 664-3413
cohenm@sonoma.edu
Darwin 222
Focus
Environmental Microbiology, Plant-Microbe Interactions
Dr. Daniel Crocker
Daniel E. Crocker
Professor, Department of Biology Chair
(707) 664-2995
crocker@sonoma.edu
Darwin 242
Focus
Physiological & Behavioral Ecology, Marine Biology
Dr. Nick Geist outside holding baby turtles
Nicholas Geist
Professor
(707) 664-3056
nick.geist@sonoma.edu
Darwin 241
Focus
Functional Morphology of Vertebrates, Paleobiology
Dr. Derek Girman
Derek J. Girman
Professor
(707) 664-3055
girman@sonoma.edu
Focus
Vertebrate Biology, Conservation Genetics and Evolution
Lisa Hua
Lisa Hua
Assistant Professor
(707) 664-2339
hual@sonoma.edu
Darwin 216
Focus
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
Brent Hughes
Brent B. Hughes
Assistant Professor
707-664-2142
hughes@sonoma.edu
Darwin 219
Focus
Marine Community Ecology and Conservation
Joseph Lin
Joseph Lin
Professor
(707) 664-2931
linj@sonoma.edu
Darwin 211
Focus
Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Pre-Health Professions Coordinator
Dr. Lisa Bentley and Plant
Lisa Patrick Bentley
Associate Professor
(707) 664-2918
lisa.bentley@sonoma.edu
Darwin 238
Focus
Environmental Plant Physiology
Plant Biology
Sean Place
Sean P. Place
Associate Professor
(707) 664-3054
places@sonoma.edu
Focus
Genomics, Molecular and Cell Biology
Nathan Rank
Nathan E. Rank
Professor
(707) 664-3053
rank@sonoma.edu
Darwin 223
Focus
Population and Evolutionary Genetics, Entomology
Richard Whitkus
Richard Whitkus
Professor
(707) 664-2303
whitkus@sonoma.edu
Darwin 213
Focus
Plant Biology, Plant Evolutionary Genetics
Mackenzie Zippay
Mackenzie Zippay
Associate Professor, Biology Graduate Program Coordinator
(707) 664-4349
zippay@sonoma.edu
Darwin 235
Focus
Environmental Physiology

Lecturers

Man kneeling on beach with two dogs
Geno DeRango
Lecturer
(707) 664-2981
derangoe@sonoma.edu
Darwin 214
Rachel Donham
Rachel Donham
Lecturer
(707) 468-3169
donham@sonoma.edu
white orchid
Jasmine Geohegan-Poe
Lecturer
(707) 664-2981
geohegan@sonoma.edu
Darwin 214
Jackie Guilford
Jacquelyn Guilford
Lecturer
(707) 664-3835
guilforj@sonoma.edu
Darwin 236
Shannon at the Coast
Shannon Erickson Lee
Lecturer
(707) 664-2320
leesha@sonoma.edu
Darwin 239
Wendy St. John
Wendy St. John
Lecturer
(707) 664-2320
stjohnw@sonoma.edu
Darwin 239

Staff

Person and Dog
Rosemary Galten
Administrative Coordinator II
(707) 664-2189
galtenr@sonoma.edu
Darwin 200
Kandis
Kandis Gilmore
Lab Technician II
(707) 664-3157
kandis.gilmore@sonoma.edu
Liz Kettmann
Administrative Analyst
(707) 664-2535
elisabeth.kettmann@sonoma.edu
Stephanie Thibault
Lab Technician III
(707) 664-2949
thibault@sonoma.edu