Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Evolutionary Biology (EB) Program AreaSan Diego State University
Ph.D., Evolutionary and Population Biology
Washington University (1995)
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It is our mission in the Hedin lab to learn more about terrestrial arthropods (including insects, arachnids, millipedes and centipedes), the most species-rich and ecologically diverse group of animals on land. We do this via three primary types of study. First, we conduct studies that document the “who and where” of biodiversity (i.e., which species live where). Second, we rely upon a variety of modern research techniques to explore the evolutionary diversification mechanisms that underlie the tremendous taxonomic, ecological, and character diversity observed in these animals. Finally, we integrate our organismal, conceptual, and technical expertise into efforts of arthropod and habitat conservation.
Our research is inspired by the wondrous diversity of life on Earth. All such diversity needs to be studied and understood, at all levels of biological organization, if we are to truly comprehend and conserve the riches of this planet.
Marshal Hedin
Department of Biology
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
