Sonoma State University
Abbey D giving Colloquium presentation

Fall 2026 Biology Department Colloquium Series

Most Mondays
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Darwin Hall 103

Nov
9
Dr. Blake Riggs
Organelle Inheritance During Cell Division: New Frontiers in Mitosis
Dr. Blake Riggs

Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University

Nov
16
Dr. Matthew Clark
Spectrum of Life: How Ecoacoustics Supports NASA's Biodiversity Airborne Campaign in South Africa
Dr. Matthew Clark

Professor & Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis (CIGA), Dept of Geography, Enviroment & Planning, Sonoma State University

Nov
23
Dr. Laurel Koch
*Investigating the Role of Stress Granules in Aging and Proteostasis
Dr. Laurel Koch

Postdoctoral Fellow, Hansen Lab, Buck Institute

* This presentation is co-sponsored by MESA: https://stb.sonoma.edu/mesa
Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Blake Riggs Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University Organelle Inheritance During Cell Division: New Frontiers in Mitosis
Dr. Matthew Clark Professor & Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis (CIGA), Dept of Geography, Enviroment & Planning, Sonoma State University Spectrum of Life: How Ecoacoustics Supports NASA's Biodiversity Airborne Campaign in South Africa
Dr. Laurel Koch Postdoctoral Fellow, Hansen Lab, Buck Institute *Investigating the Role of Stress Granules in Aging and Proteostasis
Dr. Alexander Payumo Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, San Jose State University Hormonal Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Regenerative Potential
Dr. Annalise Schweickart Postdoctoral Fellow, Price Lab, Buck Institute *Computational Biology and Medicine: Harnessing Big Biological Data for Human Health and Disease

Past Colloquium Speakers

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Daniel Swezey Director for Oceans and Aquaculture Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria Restoration on the Kashia Coastline
Bill Keener Cetacean Field Research Associate, The Marine Mammal Center The Unusual Mating Behavior of Harbor Porpoises
Dr. Adrienne Correa Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley Thank you for biting? Understanding and Leveraging Microbial Symbioses to Mitigate Global Change Impacts
Campus Closed for Cesar Chavez Day Cesar Chavez Day
Russell Huddleston Ecologist Water Division, Wetlands & Oceans Section, Environmental Protection Agency Ecology and Conservation of Vernal Pools in the California Floristic Province
Campus Closed for Spring Break Spring Break
Lizzie Roeble PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Etienne group - Theoretical and Evolutionary Community Ecology, University of Groningen, Netherlands Asteraceae in Isolation: Island Biogeography of the Largest Plant Family
Nathan Cho PhD Candidate, Tetrad Graduate Program, Dumont Lab, University of California, San Francisco NuMA Mechanically Reinforces the Spindle Independently of its Partner Dynein
Christian Marsh, J.D. Downey Brand LLC Habitat Conservation Planning, a Legal Framework for Reconciling Development and Ecological Needs
Dr. Sean Reilly Rausser College of Natural Sciences, University of California, Berkeley Informing Better Forestry Management Techniques for Fire Hazard Mitigation Through Information and Tools that Managers Can Leverage in Real World Applications
Dr. Brad Balukjian Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences Hybrid Vigor: How to Chart a Career Path Doing What You Love, Studying Organisms Two-legged to Six
Dr. James Bagley Professor of Kinesiology, San Francisco State University Skeletal Muscle Cell Physiology, Plasticity, and Performance
Dr. Lisa Patrick Bentley Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University Colloquium Introduction
Dr. Benjamin Blonder Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley Why Do Plants Use Water?
Jack Hines SoundScape Ecologist and Science Communicator with Ear to the Wild, and GIS Specialist, Sonoma Ecology Center The Art and Science of Soundscape Ecology
Dr. Abby Buchwalter Cool Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco Exploring the Function and Dynamic Regulation of the Nuclear Lamina
Campus Closed November 11, 2024 - Veterans Day
Dr. Angelica Patterson Curator of Education and Outreach, Miller Worley Center for the Environment Seeing the Forest for the Trees: How Northeastern Temperate Trees Are Responding to a Changing Climate
Sahrye Cohen Environmental Protection Agency Government for the Greater Good: Working in Environmental Regulation
Shelby Hotz Sonoma State University Biology Graduate Program Effects of Thermal History and Biogeographic Location on the Heat Shock Response of Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) *This will be over Zoom*

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