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Core Faculty
Christoph Adami
Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Physics and Astronomy
Evolution of behavior and intelligence
Kelly Aho
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Integrative Biology
Aquatic biogeochemistry and air-water gas exchange
Wolfgang Banzhaf
Professor
John R. Koza Chair
Computer Science and Engineering
Bio-inspired computation and self-organizing systems
Jerrold Belant
Professor
Boone and Crockett Chair in Wildlife Conservation
Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife ecology and conservation, sustainable use
M. Eric Benbow
Professor
Entomology
Osteopathic Medical Specialties
Invertebrate-microbial community interactions
James Bence
William E. Ricker Professor of Fisheries Management
Co-Director, Quantitative Fisheries Center
Fisheries and Wildlife
Quantitative fish population dynamics
Christopher Blackwood
Professor
Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences
Community and ecosystem ecology of plants and soil microorganisms
Gregory Bonito
Associate Professor
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Fungal ecology, bacterial-fungal interactions
Janette Boughman
Professor
Integrative Biology
Rapid diversification in a changing world
Ingo Braasch
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Vertebrate evo-devo and comparative genomics
Anne Bronikowski
Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Evolution of life histories, physiological ecology
Lars Brudvig
Professor
Plant Biology
Plant community, restoration, and landscape ecology
Andrea Case
Chair of Department, Professor
Plant Biology
Plant evolutionary ecology, mechanisms of population differentiation
Jiquan Chen
Professor
Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations
Ecosystem processes and feedbacks
Kendra Cheruvelil
Professor
Dean of Lyman Briggs College
Fisheries and Wildlife
Aquatic ecology, macrosystems limnology, and team science
Henry Chung
Assistant Professor
Entomology
Molecular and physiological mechanisms of insect adaptation
Jeffrey Conner
Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant Biology
Mechanisms of adaptation to changing environments
Kyla Dahlin
Assistant Professor
Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Earth systems modeling and remote sensing
Emily Dolson
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Digital evolution in complex ecological communities
Fred Dyer
Professor
Integrative Biology
Ethology and behavioral ecology, evolution of communication
Diane Ebert-May
University Distinguished Professor
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Plant Biology
Science education and plant ecology
Heather Eisthen
Professor
Integrative Biology
Neuroethology, chemical ecology and chemical communication
Sarah Evans
Associate Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Microbial community ecology and global change
Andrew Finley
Professor
Forestry
Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Bayesian statistics and environmental process modeling
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Interactions of gene flow, drift, and selection on diversity
Jason Gallant
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Neuroethology, genomics, and animal communication
Jacqueline Gerson
Assistant Professor
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Kellogg Biological Station
Watershed biogeochemistry and contaminant fate and transport
Thomas Getty
Professor
Department Chair
Integrative Biology
Kellogg Biological Station
Behavioral ecology of vertebrates
Kadeem Gilbert
Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant Biology
Plant-animal/microbe interactions, leaf microenvironments, carnivorous plants
Nick Haddad
Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Long-term experiments on habitat conservation and restoration
Daniel Hayes
Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Fish community and population interactions
Elizabeth Heath-Heckman
Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Genetic, cellular, and molecular basis of host-microbe interactions
Kay Holekamp
University Distinguished Professor
Integrative Biology
Behavioral ecology, ethology, and behavioral endocrinology
Rufus Isaacs
Professor
Extension Specialist
Entomology
Biology and management of economically important insects
Fredric Janzen
Professor
Station Director
Kellogg Biological Station
Fisheries and Wildlife
Integrative Biology
Evolutionary genetics and conservation biology
Emily Josephs
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Evolutionary genetics of wild and domesticated plants
Christopher Klausmeier
MSU Foundation Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant Biology
Integrative Biology
Theoretical and aquatic ecology
Richard Kobe
Professor
Department Chair
Forestry
Ecological processes governing tree community dynamics
Akihiro Koyama
Assistant Professor
Forestry
Plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere and roles in ecosystem processes
Christopher Kozakiewicz
Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Kellogg Biological Station
Genomics and disease ecology
Douglas Landis
University Distinguished Professor
Entomology
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Ecology, conservation, and management of insects
Richard Lenski
Hannah Distinguished Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Integrative Biology
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Experimental evolution with microbes and digital organisms
Weiming Li
Professor
Frederick E.J. Fry Chair for Environmental Physiology
Fisheries and Wildlife
Fish chemoreception and chemical ecology
Catherine Lindell
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations
Avian ecology, managed ecosystems
Elena Litchman
MSU Foundation Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Plant Biology
Aquatic, community, and microbial ecology
Jianguo (Jack) Liu
University Distinguished Professor
Rachel Carson Chair in Ecological Sustainability
Director of Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Fisheries and Wildlife
Coupled human and natural systems
Kevin Liu
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Computational methods for phylo- and comparative genomics
David Lowry
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant evolutionary genomics, adaptation, and speciation
Barbara Lundrigan
Associate Professor
Mammalogy and Ornithology Curator
Integrative Biology
MSU Museum
Evolution of behavior and morphology
Carolyn Malmstrom
Professor
Plant Biology
Plant, microbial, and landscape ecology
Philip McKinley
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Distributed computing, networks, and evolutionary computation
Louise Mead
Specialist
Integrative Biology
Student understanding of ecology and evolutionary processes
Mariah Meek
Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Molecular ecology, population health, and persistence in aquatic systems
Jessica Miesel
Associate Professor
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Forest ecosystem responses to fire and forest management treatments
James Moran
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Stable isotope biogeochemistry
Charles Ofria
Professor
Director of BEACON Center for Evolution in Action
Computer Science and Engineering
Experimental evolution with microbes and digital organisms
Jen Owen
Associate Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Ecology of zoonotic diseases, ecoimmunology and virology
Scott Peacor
Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Population, community, and aquatic ecology and ecosystem modeling
Robert Pennock
University Distinguished Professor
Lyman Briggs
Computer Science and Engineering
Experimental evolution and history, philosophy and values of science
Alan Prather
Associate Professor
Director of the MSU Herbarium
Plant Biology
Plant systematics and evolution of floral morphology
Gary Roloff
Professor
Department Chair
Fisheries and Wildlife
Landscape-level
modeling, planning, and assessments
Matthew Schrenk
Associate Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Alisha Shah
Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Ecological physiology, evolutionary ecology, aquatic conservation
Shin-han Shiu
Professor
Plant Biology
Computational Mathematics Science and Engineering
Evolutionary genetics and genomics, biological applications of AI
Patricia Soranno
Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Landscape limnology, macrosystems ecology, and land-water interactions
Lauren Sullivan
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Plant ecology, movement ecology, quantitative biology
Jean Tsao
Associate Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Ecology and evolution of disease organisms
Satish Udpa
University Distinguished Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Materials characterization and nondestructive evaluation
Nina Wale
Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Integrative Biology
Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
Edward Walker
Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Entomology
Vector-borne diseases and emerging infection diseases
Christopher Waters
Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Microbial signaling, evolution, antimicrobial development
Will Wetzel
Assistant Professor
Entomology
Integrative Biology
Plant-insect interactions, population and quantitative ecology
Phoebe Zarnetske
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Ecological community responses to change across scales
Elise Zipkin
Associate Professor
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program Director
Integrative Biology
Quantitative population and community ecology