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The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics welcomes new faculty members Dr. Peter Ramirez, Dr. Andrea Balbas, Dr. Amy Ricketts, Dr. Brian Katz, Dr. Kathryn McCormick, and Dr. Lihan Wang.

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is proud of each and every one of our graduating students. Our celebration of this highlight in your academic careers begins with this virtual recognition.

Geneticist and 2001 CSULB Distinguished Alumna, Dr. Bette Korber (B.S., Chemistry 1981) leads a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory that has identified a new strain of the coronavirus.

I would like to thank the students, faculty, staff, and community for all of your hard work and patience at this time of ever-changing directives regarding operations at Cal State Long Beach.

Dr. Fangyuan Tian is looking to nature in her research on new materials. One material could be used to create more safe and effective heart stents; another could filter greenhouse gases from landfills.

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics mourns the loss of Science Education Professor William C. Ritz. He founded the Science Education Department in the College and was a beloved science educator.

Our Biological Sciences Department conducts a wide variety of research throughout the year including projects designed to save our coastal wetlands, exploring the evolution of armored mammals, and discovering whether bees have an impact on native plant life.

Six CSULB students earned awards for their presentations at the 2019 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). There were over 2,400 poster presentations given primarily by undergraduates from across the country.

Dr. Whitcraft's lab focuses on quantifying the effects of human activities on the structure and function of wetlands. The lab also works with land owners and resource agencies to design solutions that prevent further degradation and restore these ecosystems.

Big changes are coming to the CSU system and our Math department is leading the charge. KPCC reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez spent the day at CSULB to see how students and faculty are adapting to the curriculum change and the introduction of MATH 104.

Biology Professor Amanda Fisher has received $1.8 million in NSF funding to digitize the university's plant collection as part of a large California-wide collaboration to understand the effects of climate change on flowering time.

Phil the corpse flower, a rare plant species known as Titan Arum, has bloomed after more than 10 years of care and growth in CSULB's greenhouse. The bloom has been a highly anticipated event for the last two weeks.