Research Opportunities
Biology faculty members will be conducting research with students in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024! Graduating BS students should plan to complete BIOL 494 or 496. Please visit the faculty webpages on the Biology website for more information on each professor's research interests - contact them directly for information on research options.
Updated: 07-19-23
| Professor | Location | Course/Units | Topic | #Students | Qualifications | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | Field/Sonoma County | 393/494, 1-3 units | Fire and forest ecology, remote sensing | 6 | Fall/Spring. Please email Dr. Bentley to apply. | |
| Crocker | Field/Lab | 393/494, 1-3 units | Marine Mammal Health and Physiology | 3 | Fall/Spring. Please email Dr. Crocker to apply. | |
| Geist | Field/Sonoma County | 393/494, 1-3 units | Freshwater ecosystem assessment and restoration | 3-4 | Fall/Spring. Please email Dr. Geist to apply. | |
| Girman | Field/Petaluma | 393/494, 1-3 units | Radio Telemetry tracking and conservation of threatened frogs | 2 | Fall only. Please email Dr. Derek Girman to apply | |
| Girman | Field/Rohnert Park | 393/494, 1-3 units | California Tiger Salamander larval predation | 2 | Fall and Spring. Please email Dr. Derek Girman to apply | |
| Girman | Field/Santa Rosa | 393/494 1-3 units | Sunday Herptofauna Surveys at Pepperwood Preserve | 2 | Fall and Spring. Please email Dr. Derek Girman to apply | |
| Girman | Field/Santa Rosa | 393/494 1-3 units | Behavioral Study of Rhinos at Safari West | 2 | Fall and Spring. Please email Dr. Derek Girman to apply | |
| Girman | Field/Santa Rosa | 393/494 1-3 units | Thermography and spatial movements of Giraffes at Safari West | 2 | Fall and Spring. Please email Dr. Derek Girman to apply | |
| Hua | Darwin 215 | 393/494, 1-2 units | Investigating the mechanisms of higher-order chromosome organization during the cell cycle and its function in development and cancer | Please email Dr. Lisa Hua for more information. | ||
| Hughes | Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino County Coastlines/Darwin 219 | 393/494, 1-3 units | Kelp forest ecology and Restoration. Also Lab activities at SSU and Bodega Marine Lab | 2 | FALL 2022! Please email Dr. Brent Hughes for more information. | |
| Rank | Darwin 224/In the field | 393, 2 units | Genetic analysis of insects and their microbiomes | 2 | Completion of BIOL 320 required, and BIOL 321 desired. | Please email Dr. Nathan Rank to apply |
| Rank | Darwin 224/In the field | 494, 1-2 units | Genetic analysis of insects and their microbiomes | 2 | Completion of BIOL 320 and 321 required | Please email Dr. Nathan Rank to apply |