Core Faculty
Christoph
Adami
Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Physics and Astronomy
Evolution of behavior and intelligence
Wolfgang
Banzhaf
Professor
John R. Koza Chair
Computer Science and Engineering
Bio-inspired computation and self-organizing systems
Jeffrey
Barrick
Hannah Distinguished Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Entomology
Bacterial experimental evolution, synthetic biology, insect symbionts
Bruno
Basso
Hannah Distinguished Professor
Earth and Environmental Science
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Modelling ecosystem services and land use sustainability
Lydia
Beaudrot
Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Ecology and conservation of tropical forest mammals
Jerrold
Belant
Professor
Boone and Crockett Chair in Wildlife Conservation
Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife ecology and conservation
Eric
Benbow
Professor
Entomology
Osteopathic Medical Specialties
Invertebrate-microbial community interactions
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
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, landscape ecology
Hannah
Burrack
Professor
Department Chair
Entomology
Integrated pest management and invasive species biology
David
Carter
Assistant Professor
Forestry
Applied forest ecology, precision silviculture, restoration ecology
Andrea
Case
Professor
Department Chair
Plant Biology
Plant evolutionary ecology, mechanisms of population differentiation
Jiquan
Chen
University Distinguished 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, team science
Henry
Chung
Associate Professor
Entomology
Molecular and physiological mechanisms of insect adaptation
Jeffrey
Conner
Professor
Interim Station Director
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant Biology
Mechanisms of adaptation to changing environments
Kyla
Dahlin
Associate 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, chemical communication
Sarah
Evans
Red Cedar Distinguished Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Microbial community ecology and global change
Andrew
Finley
Professor
Forestry
Statistics and Probability
Bayesian statistics and environmental process modeling
Sarah
Fitzpatrick
Associate Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Interactions of gene flow, drift, and selection on diversity
Jason
Gallant
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Neuroethology, genomics, animal communication
Julia
Ganz
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Development, regeneration, and evolution of the nervous system
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
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Integrative Biology
Genetic, cellular, and molecular basis of host-microbe interactions
Kay
Holekamp
University Distinguished Professor
Integrative Biology
Behavioral ecology, ethology, behavioral endocrinology
Jared
Homola
Assistant Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Molecular ecology and conservation genetics
Anders
Huseth
Assistant Professor
Entomology
Agricultural pest management and landscape ecology
Rufus
Isaacs
University Distinguished Professor
Extension Specialist
Entomology
Biology and management of economically important insects
Fredric
Janzen
Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Fisheries and Wildlife
Integrative Biology
Evolutionary genetics and conservation biology
Emily
Josephs
Associate 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 ecosystem processes
Christopher
Kozakiewicz
Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Kellogg Biological Station
Genomics and disease ecology
Douglas
Landis
University Distinguished Professor
Entomology
Ecology, conservation, and management of insects
Richard
Lenski
Hannah Distinguished Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
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
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
Professor
Plant Biology
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant evolutionary genomics, adaptation, and speciation
Carolyn
Malmstrom
Professor
Plant Biology
Plant, microbial, and landscape ecology
Kevin
McGraw
Professor
Department Chair
Integrative Biology
Behavioral ecology, urban ecophysiology, wildlife health
Philip
McKinley
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Distributed computing, networks, evolutionary computation
Louise
Mead
Academic Specialist
Department Director of Graduate Studies
Integrative Biology
Student understanding of ecology and evolutionary processes
Mariah
Meek
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Molecular ecology, population health, persistence in aquatic systems
Tracy
Montgomery
Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Behavior, ecology, physiology
James
Moran
Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Stable isotope biogeochemistry
Charles
Ofria
Professor
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, 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, evolution of floral morphology
Gary
Roloff
Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Landscape-level
modeling, planning, and assessments
Matthew
Schrenk
Associate Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Microbial ecology, geomicrobiology, life in extreme environments.
Alisha
Shah
Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Ecological physiology, evolutionary ecology, aquatic conservation
Shin-han
Shiu
Red Cedar Distinguished Professor
Plant Biology
Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Evolutionary genetics and genomics, biological applications of AI
Olivia
Smith
Assistant Professor
Horticulture
Sustainable management of agricultural systems, inequities in science
Patricia
Soranno
Professor
Integrative Biology
Office for Research and Innovation
Landscape limnology, macrosystems ecology, and land-water interactions
Christine
Sprunger
Associate Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Free-living nematodes, climate change, nutrient cycling
Eli
Strauss
Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
The ecology and evolution of animal societies
Lauren
Sullivan
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Plant ecology, movement ecology, quantitative biology
Marianna
Szucs
Associate Professor
Entomology
Biological control of invasive weed and insect pests
Jean
Tsao
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
Grace
Smith Vidaurre
1855 Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Evolutionary flexibility of vocal communication and identity signaling systems
Nina
Wale
Assistant Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Integrative Biology
Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
Edward
Walker
Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Entomology
Vector-borne diseases and emerging infection diseases
Christopher
Waters
Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Microbial signaling, evolution, antimicrobial development
Jay
Zarnetske
Professor
Earth and Environmental Science
Environmental hydrology, freshwater ecosystems, Arctic systems
Phoebe
Zarnetske
Professor
Integrative Biology
Ecological community responses to change across scales
Elise
Zipkin
Red Cedar Distinguished Professor
EEB Program Director
Integrative Biology
Quantitative ecology, conservation biology