Core Faculty
Christoph Adami
Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
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
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
M. 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
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
Thomas Getty
Professor
Integrative Biology
Kellogg Biological Station
Behavioral ecology
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
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
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 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
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
Professor
Plant Biology
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant evolutionary genomics, adaptation, and speciation
Barbara Lundrigan
Associate Professor
MSU Museum Curator
Integrative Biology
Behavior, morphology, and phylogeny of mammals
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
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
Lauren Sullivan
Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Plant ecology, movement ecology, quantitative biology
Marianna Szucs
Assistant 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
Christine Sprunger
Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Free-living nematodes, climate change, nutrient cycling
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
Associate Professor
Earth and Environmental Science
Environmental hydrology, surface water exchange, stream ecosystems
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