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Daniel Hernández

Professor of Biology, Biology

Education & Professional History

University of Minnesota, PhD

2016- 2025: Program Faculty, UC Santa Cruz Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

2022-2024: Board Member and Chair, Sharing Our Roots

2008-09: Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamline University

2007-08: Postdoctoral Scholar, UC, Santa Cruz Conservation Science and Stewardship Lab

2006: Visiting Instructor, St. Olaf College


At Carleton since 2009.

Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations

Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

Current Courses

  • Fall 2024
    BIOL 394: Directed Research in Biology
  • Winter 2025
    BIOL 394: Directed Research in Biology
  • Spring 2025
    BIOL 394: Directed Research in Biology
  • Fall 2025
    BIOL 399: Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
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    ENTS 250: Food, Forests & Resilience
  • Winter 2026
    BIOL 210: Global Change Biology
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    BIOL 399: Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
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    ENTS 251: Field Study in Sustainability in Oaxaca
  • Spring 2026
    IDSC 257: Sense of Place: Art and Ecology of Tallgrass Prairie