Michael Hedrick BS ’80

Mike Hedrick BS ’80 retired from the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University at East Bay after a 28-year career. Now a professor emeritus in the department, he continues to teach part time in the CSU Faculty Early Retirement Program. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A and recently stepped down from a three-year commitment as a councilor for the American Physiological Society. In his free time, he plays bass guitar in a Bay Area cover band called Take Cover. Check Instagram for videos: @takecovertheband.

Michael Hedrick BS ’80 is a professor of biology at California State University at East Bay. He is a fellow of the American Physiological Society and the California Academy of Sciences. He is also editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. He lives in Oakland, California, with his wife, Julie, and their three children, Alexander, Violet, and Summer.