Cohen Lab
LAB MEMBERS
C. Sarah Cohen
B.A., Biology, Swarthmore College
Ph.D., University of Washington
Postdoc, Stanford University Medical School
Postdoc, National Research Council, Environmental Protection Agency, Harvard University
Estuary and Ocean Science Center, Romberg Tiburon Campus, San Francisco State University
3150 Paradise Drive, Building 36
Tiburon, CA 92930
or at SFSU:
Hensill Hall Rm. 545
San Francisco, CA 94132
office phone: 415-338-3750; email sarahcoh (at) sfsu.edu
Current Graduate Students
M.S. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences, RIPTIDES
B.A.s, Biology and Studio Arts, Swarthmore College, 2012
NSF REU intern, SFSU/RTC, 2011
M.S. Candidate, Marine Science, RIPTIDEs
BS, UC Santa Cruz, 2019.
Cassie Vaniotis
M.S. Candidate, Biology
B.S., UCSC
Sett Aung
M.S. Candidate IMES
B.S., Salisbury University, Biology Major, Chemistry Minor; American University of Yangon (CONNECT)
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Berenice Baca-Ceballos
M.S. Candidate, Biology
B.S., Biology, SFSU
ARCS Awardee, BioLuminary Scholarship
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Dorhkas Ramos
M.S. Candidate, Biology
B.S., Biology, SFSU
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Hasna Akther
M.S. Candidate, IMES
B.Sc. Marine science, Institute of Marine and Fisheries Science, University of Chittagong.
M.Sc. Fisheries & Aquaculture Management and Economics, University of Tromsø.
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Community Researchers
B.A., UCB Zoology; M.A., CSU East Bay. copepod, acanthocephalan genetics, microscopy.
Elora Chatain
International student at SFSU
M.S. Biotechnology and engineering, Sup'Biotech Paris and Sorbonne University
B.S. Biotechnology, Biology and Chemistry, Sup'Biotech Paris and Paris-Est University
NSF ROA Fellow
Instructor in Biology at Santa Rosa Junior College
PhD. Ecology, University of California Davis
M.S. Biology, San Francisco State University
B.S. Marine Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
Current Undergrads
Emily Chapman, REU Intern
Ashley Meinke, SEO scholar
Kaz Davila, REU intern
Keezean Paguio, Genentech scholar
Naseebh Gill
Viviana Rios
Victor Gutierrez
Deannakayte Marucut
Kayla Wu
Former Graduate Students--where are they now???
Cecilia Hernández
M.S. 2020, Biology
B.S. SFSU 2017
BIOL 699 researcher, CSU STAR intern 2017, 2018.
Credential program, SFSU
Noyce Scholar, STAJES program
Gabrielle Rupert
M.S. 2020, Biology
B.S. Biology, Framingham State University, MA, 2018
NOAA
Research Assistant, UT Southwestern
M.S., Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, Summer 2019
B.S. Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, UCLA
Sea star phylogeography
PhD Candidate, UCBerkeley, ESPM
M.S., Marine Biology, Summer 2019
B.S. Marine Biology, SFSU.
Didemnum vexillum fusion experiments
M.S., Biology, Marine Science, Spring 2019
B.S. UC, Davis
COAST summer 2017 intern, Bay Institute
Climate Ready Sea Grant Fellow at California State Coastal Conservancy-2019
BCDC--2020
Environmental Scientist | Adapting to Rising Tides Program
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Monterey Bay Aquarium
M.S. Candidate in Marine Biology
B.S., Environmental Science Technology and Policy, CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
A.S., Biology and Chemistry, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
SFSU staff seawater technician
M.S., Marine Biology, SFSU 2018
B.S., Marine Biology, SFSU
Smithsonian Intern.
Undergraduate Projects: Experimental tunicate regeneration in the field, reproduction in Didemnids
M.S. Candidate at CAS, Marine Biology
B.S. Marine Biology and Limnology, San Francisco State University, 2018
Class WordPress master: https://marineinvertsecologysfsu.wordpress.com/
M.S. Marine Biology, SFSU, 2018.
B.S., Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, UCSD
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
Researcher in Kimmerer lab
ICF, Senior Biologist, Fish and Aquatic Sciences Team
Biologist, Rincon Consultants, Inc.
M.S., Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, SFSU 2018
B.S. Animal Science, Cornell University
Environmental consultant.
Population genetics of the salt marsh harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys raviventris
Community College Instructor, Adjunct Professor at Santa Monica and Santa Ana College
M.S. in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, 2017.
B.S., Natural Resources, Central Michigan University
Thesis:
former RTC Genetics Facility Support Staff, former Associate Geneticist at NSF International, now Associate Scientist, Automation at LGC, Biosearch Technologies
M.S., Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, January 2016. Using genetic analysis to investigate invasion biology of a colonial ascidian, Didemnum vexillum.
B.S. Chemical Biology; B.A. Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
now, Technical Project Manager at Guardant Health
former, Research Associate, Research and Development at Counsyl
M.S. Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, SFSU, January, 2016.
B.S., Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
R&D Project Manager & Chief of Staff for VP of R&D at Memphis Meats
M.S. Marine Biology, SFSU, January 2016.
B.S. UC Berkeley 2011
now, Contractor, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Natural History, Molecular Lab
former, Biotech researcher, Bellingham, WA
BS, University of Washington, Seattle and Friday Harbor Labs
MS, San Francisco State University
Smithsonian Institution, Research staff in core genetics facility
Postdoc, UC Merced
PhD, Simon Fraser University
M.S., Marine Biology, SFSU
now, Research Associate, Assembly Biosciences, Inc.
former, Quintara Biosciences, Inc., Laboratory Technician
M.S., Marine Biology, SFSU
Thesis: Responses to Change: Asexual and Sexual Reproductive Patterns of Eelgrass (Zostera marina) in San Francisco Bay
B.S., Aquaculture, Dalian Fisheries University, Dalian, China
MD (2017)--University of South Carolina, Columbia; Medical Resident--LSU, New Orleans
Anatomy and Physiology instructor
M.S., Ecology and Systematic Biology, SFSU
Thesis: Phylogenetic analysis of bicoastal parasite diversity in three brooding bivalves
B.S., Biology, The Citadel
Postdoc, CNRS, Banyuls Sur Mer, France
Ph.D., MARES program, joint doctorate with University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris (Sorbonne) and the University of Bologna, Italy
M.S., Conservation Biology, San Francisco State University
Thesis: Distinct phylogeographic patterns of sympatric West Atlantic exploited seahorses
B.S., Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela
Postdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian Institution
Postdoctoral Researcher, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Ph.D., University of California, Merced; Penn State University
M.S., Marine Biology, San Francisco State University
Thesis: Phylogeography of a thorny-headed worm infecting mole crabs: a cosmopolitan marine parasite or cryptic species complex?
B.A. Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara
Postdoc, East Carolina University
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab
Ph.D. 2017, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
M.S., Conservation Biology, San Francisco State University
Thesis: Investigating recent invasions of a colonial tunicate using a polymorphic fusion locus
B.S., UC Davis
Romberg Tiburon Center, Research Technician, Carpenter lab. Scientific translator.
M.S., San Francisco State University
Thesis: Variation in the Major Histocompatibility class IIDB gene region between polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated and reference populations of the mummichog fish, Fundulus heteroclitus.
B.A., UC Santa Barbara
National Park Service, Ecologist and Science Communicator
M.S. Marine Biology , San Francisco State University, 2013. Outdoor science educator.
Thesis: Using behavioral and genetic studies to investigate the impact of temperature on the brooding and reproductive abilities of sea stars in the genus Leptasterias.
B.S., Integrative Biology, University of Florida
Bioinformatician, Computational Genomics Platform, UCSC Genomics Institute (2019 - current).
Lab Manager, Palumbi lab, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University (2014-2019).
M.S. Ecology and Systematic Biology, 2013, SFSU.
Thesis: Using a multi-gene approach to investigate population structure of the colonial ascidian Botrylloides nigrum
B.S. Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Co-advised graduate students
Dr. Renate Eberl, SFSU joint grad with Carpenter lab, PhD from UC Davis, lecturer College of the Redwoods and Oregon Institute of Marine Biology-University of Oregon. Visiting Assistant Professor Oklahoma State University. Adjunct faculty, Santa Rosa Junior College.
Allegra Briggs, SFSU joint grad with Kimmerer lab.
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