Department of Biology
Sonoma State University
Bentley, Lisa Patrick
Assistant Professor of Biology
lisa.bentley@sonoma.edu
Plant Ecophysiology, Plant Physiology, Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Tropical Ecology
Christian, Caroline E.
Assistant Professor
caroline.christian@sonoma.edu
Population & Community Ecology; Conservation Biology and Planning; Restoration Ecology, and...
Cohen, Michael F.
Professor of Biology
cohenm@sonoma.edu
Environmental Microbiology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sudden Oak Death, Nitric Oxide Biology;...
Crocker, Daniel E.
Professor of Biology
crocker@sonoma.edu
Comparative Physiology of Vertebrates; Physiological Ecology; Bioenergetics; Behavioral Ecology;...
Cushman, J. Hall
Professor of Biology
cushman@sonoma.edu
Population & Community Ecology; Biological Invasions; Plant-Animal Interactions; Mutualism &...
Enstam Jaffe, Karin
Professor of Anthropology & Adjunct Faculty in Biology
karin.enstam@sonoma.edu
Primate behavioral ecology, applied primate ethology, primate anti-predator behavior, human...
Geist, Nicholas R.
Professor of Biology
nick.geist@sonoma.edu
Paleobiology and functional morphology of vertebrates, evolution of reproductive behavior in...
Girman, Derek J.
Professor of Biology
irman@sonoma.edu
Evolutionary Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Conservation Biology & Genetics
Lin, Joseph
Associate Professor of Biology
joseph.lin@sonoma.edu
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Signal Transduction, Immunology
Pillai, Murali C.
Professor of Biology
pillai@sonoma.edu
Cell Biology and Physiology of Fertilization and Early Embryonic Development; Cellular and...
Place, Sean P.
Assistant Professor of Biology
places@sonoma.edu
Genomics and Transcriptomics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stress Response, Molecular and...
Rank, Nathan E.
Professor of Biology
rank@sonoma.edu
Evolutionary Ecology; Population & Evolutionary Genetics; Coevolution; Plant-Herbivore-Enemy Interactions
Zippay, Mackenzie
Assistant Professor of Biology
zippay@sonoma.edu
Environmental Physiology/Eco-Physiology; Comparative Physiology; Climate Change Biology