SDSU Courses

BIOL 101 World of Animals (Spring 2004)

BIOL 201B Principles of Organismal Biology - Invertebrate Animals Section  (Fall 2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2009; Spring 2009); Evolution Section (Spring 2009)

BIOL 202 Principles of Cell & Molecular Biology - Evolution Section  (Spring 2003)

BIOL 526 Terrestrial Arthropod Biology (Spring 2000, 2002, 2003; Fall 2003 -2009)

BIOL 596 Systematics & Biodiversity (Spring 2007, 2008)

BIOL 696 Evolutionary Perspectives on Biodiversity (Spring 2001, 2005)

BIOL 770 Graduate Seminar in Systematics & Evolution
  • Fall 2000 - Island Biogeography
  • Fall 2001 - Speciation
  • Spring 2009 - The Tree of Life - New Developments

Our Mission

We discover and describe arachnid biodiversity, rely upon modern research techniques to explore the evolutionary diversification mechanisms that underlie this amazing diversity, and apply our combined knowledge to efforts of arachnid and habitat conservation

Contact Information:

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4614
Office: Life Sciences North, Room 204F
Lab: Life Sciences North, Room 206
fax: 619.594.5676, voice: 619.594.6230
e-mail: mhedin@sciences.sdsu.edu