College of Sciences

Website: sciences.sdsu.edu

College Administration

Dean: Jeffrey Roberts
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs: Catherine J. Atkins
Associate Dean for Graduate and Research Affairs: Tod W. Reeder
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs: Estralita M. E. Martin
Senior Director of Development: Stacy Carota
Director of College of Sciences Advising: Stacy Ochoa Director of Resource Management: Tony P. Carrasco

The College of Sciences, composed of eight departments and various subprograms, offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, and curricula for pre-professional students in medicine, veterinary medicine, and dentistry. The science curriculum is enhanced by research centers which provide field experience as well as special seminars with guest speakers. The off-campus sites include the Mt. Laguna Observatory, and about 5,000 acres in four biological sciences research stations. The majority of tenured sciences faculty have active research programs which offer student involvement.

College Centers and Institutes

• Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders (Inna Fishman, Director)
• Center for Behavioral Teratology (Edward P. Riley, Director, Sarah N. Mattson, Associate Director)
• Center for Energy Studies (Alan Gontz, Director)
• Center for Microbial Sciences (Anca M. Segall, Director; Stanley R. Maloy, Associate Director)
• Center for Regulatory Science (Catherine J. Atkins, Interim Director;  Lisa Dowdy, Associate Director)
• Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (Randolph A. Philipp, Director; William C. Zahner, Associate Director)
• Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Center (Karen D. Emmorey, Phillip J. Holcomb, Tracy E. Love-Geffen, Sarah Mattson, Ralph-Axel Müller, Lewis P. Shapiro, Executive Committee)
• Coastal and Marine Institute (Todd W. Anderson, Director)
• Computational Science Research Center (José E. Castillo, Director; Andrew L. Cooksy, Satchi Venkataraman, Associate Directors)
• Edwin C. Allison Center for Earth System History (Stephen A. Schellenberg, Director)
• Heart Institute (Chris Glembotski, Director)
• Institute for Behavioral and Community Health (Guadalupe X. Ayala, Director)
• Institute for Ecological Monitoring and Management (IEMM) (Rebecca Lewison, Director)
• Integrated Regenerative Research Institute (Mark A. Sussman, Director)
• Molecular Biology Institute (Greg L. Harris, Director)
• Visualization Center (Eric G. Frost, Director)
• Watershed Science Institute (Trent W. Biggs, Director)
• Field Stations Program (Paul Ganster, Director)