California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA·Public
3 labs on PI Pages. It spends $34M a year on research and awards 19 research doctorates a year.
- Students
- 36,908: 33,342 undergraduates, 3,566 graduate
- Faculty
- 830 full-time
- Campus
- Residential
Labs here
Rodolfo Barniol Duran
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Build "meter-to-parsec" numerical simulations that follow neutron star–neutron star and neutron star–black hole mergers from the pre-merger state to the regions where observed light is produced.
Evangeline Ballerini
Ecology & Evolution
Describe nectar volume and chemistry in four Aquilegia species adapted to bees, hummingbirds or hawk moths, using developmental assays, transcriptomics and metabolomics.
Kelly McDonald
Education Research
Implement course-based Authentic Learning Experiences, in which students tackle questions with unknown outcomes as professionals do, across 67 courses at California State University, Sacramento and four Los Rios District community colleges.
Where its research money goes
A year of research spending, from the NSF survey every research university fills in.