SDSU Helps Lead Effort to Increase Diversity in Collaborative Science

Oct 17, 2018 | Biology

The California State University and University of California systems are working together to encourage team science and diversity within teams. By Kellie Woodhouse   We’re thinking about the pathways to transformation and how we shift culture to support research...

SDSU Awarded Competitive $1.8 million Grant for Climate Change Research

Sep 17, 2018 | Biology, Climate

A San Diego State University team received one of the first grants from California’s Climate Change Research Program, created by the state legislature in 2017 to support research on reducing carbon emissions. The nearly $1.8 million award was the second largest of 10...

Welcome new faculty: Dr. Naveen Vaidya

Oct 25, 2017 | Biology, Mathematics and Statistics, News, –Archives

The Department welcomes a new faculty member in Biomathematics, Naveen Vaidya. Naveen comes to us from the University of Missouri –Kansas City. Before joining UMKC, he had four years of postdoctoral research experience in Mathematical Biology working with Dr....

Jimi Hendrix Lends New Plant Species His Name

Dec 14, 2016 | Biology

    A team of researchers has named a new, rare and endangered succulent found only in Baja California after the rock legend. By Michael Price   Jimi Hendrix may have died more than 45 years ago, but his botanical legacy will live forever. In a new study, a team of...

Going Tooth-to-Tooth with Dinosaurs

Dec 8, 2016 | Biology

An SDSU biologist helped describe an ancient marsupial that pound-for-pound had the strongest bite force of any known mammal. By SDSU News Team Move over, hyenas and saber-toothed cats; scientists have discovered a mammal with an even stronger bite. San Diego State...