Sonya Dyhrman

Sen. Sonya Dyhrman is Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a Senior Staff affiliation at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. On the University Senate, Dr. Dyhrman represents the Natural Sciences Division of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and serves on the Education Committee. 

Dr. Dyhrman She received her Ph.D. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and was a tenured scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution prior to coming to Columbia in 2013. Her research focuses on marine microbial ecology and biogeochemistry in a changing ocean, and she teaches classes in ecosystems, oceanography, and science communication.