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Water Acidification with Cabbage Juice and Carbon Dioxide

Spring 2023

Faculty: Bogdan Negru

two people collecting river water

Analysis of Water Quality Near Areas of Homeless Activity on Santa Rosa Creek and Russell Creek

Spring 2023

Faculty: Jackie Guilford

Partners: Sonoma Water, City of Santa Rosa, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, Laguna Treatment Plant

diagram of riffle, run and pool

Amphibian larvae partitioning in response to abiotic gradients

Spring 2023

Faculty: Derek Girman

Partners: Sonoma Water, Audubon Canyon Ranch, California State Parks

California red-legged frog on a hand

The importance of moisture corridors in the migration and dispersal of R. draytonii

Spring 2023

Faculty: Derek Girman

Partners: Sonoma Mountain Ranch Preservation Foundation

students look at insects next to a creek

Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Assess Freshwater Aquatic Habitat in Copeland Creek, an Urban Sonoma County Waterway

Spring 2023

Faculty: Nick Geist

Partners: Sonoma Water

block diagram of energy signal and power

Smooth Power

Fall 2022

Faculty: Mohamed Salem

Partners: Neil Hancock

Insects sensitive to water quality

Identifying Benthic Macroinvertebrates for Habitat Assessment of Copeland Creek, a Sonoma County Urban Waterway

Spring 2023

Faculty: Nick Geist

Partners: Sonoma Water

map of Russian River

Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) to Isolate and Evaluate Micron-sized Particles In the Russian River

Fall 2022

Faculty: Manza Atkinson

Partners: Catherine Kingsbury, Ryan Grumich, Sujan Bhattarai

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Assessing the Applicability of Seed Pelleting Technology for Milkweed Establishment

Fall 2022

Faculty: Michael Cohen

Partners: Alaric Balibrera at Rainforest Rising

chart and map of bee sites at Galbreath Preserve

Exploring the life history traits of wild, unmanaged honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County, CA

2021 - 2028

Faculty: N/A

Partners: Apis Arborea, Juliana Rangel - Professor of Entomology at Texas A&M University

Sonoma State University acknowledges the Coast Miwok, Central and Southern Pomo, and the Wappo as the traditional stewards of our preserved lands. Let it be acknowledged that the Sonoma State University campus is located within the traditional homelands of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. Sonoma State offers deep gratitude to the original stewards of this land and recognizes its immense historical, spiritual, and personal significance to the Native nations and peoples of this region.