Sonia M. Altizer (an haife ta a shekara ta 1970) wata farfesa ce kuma Mashawarcin Ilimi da kuma Kungiyar Wasannin Ilimin Jami'a a Jami'ar Georgia, Odum School of Ecology . An haifi Altizer a matsayin ɗiyar Jim da Chris Altizer na Watkinsville, Georgia . Sha'awarta ta ilmin halitta da duniyar ta fara ne lokacin da ta sami kyautar madubin hangen nesa da kuma kayan kara-girma-naka-kan-kan-kan-kan-ta a ranar haihuwar ta goma sha biyu. Altizer ta sami BS daga Jami'ar Duke a shekara ta 1992 da kuma Ph.D. daga Jami'ar Minnesota a shekara ta 1998. Ta kuma yi karatun digiri a Jami’ar Princeton da Jami’ar Cornell . Domin shekaru 20 tun a digiri na biyu dalibi na jami'ar Minnesota, Altizer tafiya cikin duniya zuwa binciken monarch malam hijirarsa, da lafiyar qasa, kuma interactions da protozoan m . Ta yi bincike kan yadda ƙaurawar lokaci-lokaci na waɗannan malam buɗe ido ke shafar yaduwar kwayar cuta, kuma ta haɓaka ɗakunan bayanai na haɗin gwiwa na cututtukan dabbobi masu ɗauke da dabbobi, kan halayen mai gida, ilimin ɗabi'a, da kuma tarihin rayuwa da ke hulɗa tare da sifofin ƙarancin yanayin duniya .