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Christoph Adami

Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Physics and Astronomy

Evolution of behavior and intelligence

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Kelly Aho

Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Integrative Biology

Aquatic biogeochemistry and air-water gas exchange

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Wolfgang Banzhaf

Professor
John R. Koza Chair

Computer Science and Engineering

Bio-inspired computation and self-organizing systems

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Jerrold Belant

Professor
Boone and Crockett Chair in Wildlife Conservation

Fisheries and Wildlife

Wildlife ecology and conservation

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M. Eric Benbow

Professor
Entomology
Osteopathic Medical Specialties

Invertebrate-microbial community interactions

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James Bence

William E. Ricker Professor of Fisheries Management
Co-Director, Quantitative Fisheries Center

Fisheries and Wildlife

Quantitative fish population dynamics

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Christopher Blackwood

Professor
Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences

Community and ecosystem ecology of plants and soil microorganisms

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Gregory Bonito

Associate Professor
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Fungal ecology, bacterial-fungal interactions

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Janette Boughman

Professor
Integrative Biology

Rapid diversification in a changing world

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Ingo Braasch

Associate Professor
Integrative Biology

Vertebrate evo-devo and comparative genomics

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Anne Bronikowski

Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology

Evolution of life histories, physiological ecology

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Lars Brudvig

Professor
Plant Biology

Plant community, restoration, and landscape ecology

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Hannah Burrack

Professor
Department Chair

Entomology

Integrated pest management and invasive species biology

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Andrea Case

Professor
Department Chair

Plant Biology

Plant evolutionary ecology, mechanisms of population differentiation

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Jiquan Chen

Professor
Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations

Ecosystem processes and feedbacks

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Kendra Cheruvelil

Professor
Dean of Lyman Briggs College

Fisheries and Wildlife

Aquatic ecology, macrosystems limnology, and team science

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Henry Chung

Assistant Professor
Entomology

Molecular and physiological mechanisms of insect adaptation

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Jeffrey Conner

Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant Biology

Mechanisms of adaptation to changing environments

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Kyla Dahlin

Assistant Professor
Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences

Earth systems modeling and remote sensing

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Emily Dolson

Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering

Digital evolution in complex ecological communities

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Fred Dyer

Professor
Integrative Biology

Ethology and behavioral ecology, evolution of communication

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Diane Ebert-May

University Distinguished Professor
Department Director of Graduate Studies

Plant Biology

Science education and plant ecology

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Heather Eisthen

Professor
Integrative Biology

Neuroethology, chemical ecology and chemical communication

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Sarah Evans

Associate Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology

Microbial community ecology and global change

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Andrew Finley

Professor
Forestry
Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences

Bayesian statistics and environmental process modeling

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Sarah Fitzpatrick

Associate Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology

Interactions of gene flow, drift, and selection on diversity

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Jason Gallant

Associate Professor
Integrative Biology

Neuroethology, genomics, and animal communication

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Julia Ganz

Associate Professor
Integrative Biology

Development, regeneration, and evolution of the nervous system

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Jacqueline Gerson

Assistant Professor
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Kellogg Biological Station

Watershed biogeochemistry and contaminant fate and transport

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Thomas Getty

Professor
Integrative Biology
Kellogg Biological Station

Behavioral ecology of vertebrates

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Kadeem Gilbert

Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant Biology

Plant-animal/microbe interactions, leaf microenvironments, carnivorous plants

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Nick Haddad

Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology

Long-term experiments on habitat conservation and restoration

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Daniel Hayes

Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife

Fish community and population interactions

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Elizabeth Heath-Heckman

Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology

Genetic, cellular, and molecular basis of host-microbe interactions

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Kay Holekamp

University Distinguished Professor
Integrative Biology

Behavioral ecology, ethology, and behavioral endocrinology

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Rufus Isaacs

University Distinguished Professor
Extension Specialist

Entomology

Biology and management of economically important insects

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Fredric Janzen

Professor
Station Director
Kellogg Biological Station

Fisheries and Wildlife
Integrative Biology

Evolutionary genetics and conservation biology

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Emily Josephs

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Evolutionary genetics of wild and domesticated plants

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Christopher Klausmeier

MSU Foundation Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Plant Biology
Integrative Biology

Theoretical and aquatic ecology

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Richard Kobe

Professor
Department Chair

Forestry

Ecological processes governing tree community dynamics

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Akihiro Koyama

Assistant Professor
Forestry

Plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere and ecosystem processes

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Christopher Kozakiewicz

Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology
Kellogg Biological Station

Genomics and disease ecology

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Douglas Landis

University Distinguished Professor
Entomology
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Ecology, conservation, and management of insects

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Richard Lenski

Hannah Distinguished Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Integrative Biology
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Experimental evolution with microbes and digital organisms

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Weiming Li

Professor
Frederick E.J. Fry Chair for Environmental Physiology

Fisheries and Wildlife

Fish chemoreception and chemical ecology

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Catherine Lindell

Associate Professor
Interim Department Chair

Integrative Biology
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations

Avian ecology, managed ecosystems

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Elena Litchman

MSU Foundation Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology
Plant Biology

Aquatic, community, and microbial ecology

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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

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Kevin Liu

Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering

Computational methods for phylo- and comparative genomics

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David Lowry

Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Kellogg Biological Station

Plant evolutionary genomics, adaptation, and speciation

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Barbara Lundrigan

Associate Professor
Mammalogy and Ornithology Curator

Integrative Biology
MSU Museum

Evolution of behavior and morphology

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Carolyn Malmstrom

Professor
Plant Biology

Plant, microbial, and landscape ecology

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Philip McKinley

Professor
Computer Science and Engineering

Distributed computing, networks, and evolutionary computation

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Louise Mead

Academic Specialist
Department Director of Graduate Studies

Integrative Biology

Student understanding of ecology and evolutionary processes

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Mariah Meek

Associate Professor
Integrative Biology

Molecular ecology, population health, and persistence in aquatic systems

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Jessica Miesel

Associate Professor
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Forest ecosystem responses to fire and forest management treatments

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James Moran

Associate Professor
Integrative Biology
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Stable isotope biogeochemistry

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Charles Ofria

Professor
Computer Science and Engineering

Experimental evolution with microbes and digital organisms

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Jen Owen

Associate Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Ecology of zoonotic diseases, ecoimmunology and virology

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Scott Peacor

Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife

Population, community, and aquatic ecology and ecosystem modeling

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Robert Pennock

University Distinguished Professor
Lyman Briggs
Computer Science and Engineering

Experimental evolution and history, philosophy and values of science

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Alan Prather

Associate Professor
Director of the MSU Herbarium

Plant Biology

Plant systematics and evolution of floral morphology

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Gary Roloff

Professor
Department Chair

Fisheries and Wildlife

Landscape-level
modeling, planning, and assessments

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Matthew Schrenk

Associate Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology

Microbial ecology, geomicrobiology, and life in extreme environments.

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Alisha Shah

Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station
Integrative Biology

Ecological physiology, evolutionary ecology, aquatic conservation

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Shin-han Shiu

Professor
Plant Biology
Computational Mathematics Science and Engineering

Evolutionary genetics and genomics, biological applications of AI

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Patricia Soranno

Professor
Integrative Biology
Fisheries and Wildlife

Landscape limnology, macrosystems ecology, and land-water interactions

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Lauren Sullivan

Lauren Sullivan

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Plant ecology, movement ecology, quantitative biology

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Marianna Szucs

Assistant Professor
Entomology

Biological control of invasive weed and insect pests.

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Jean Tsao

Associate Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife
Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Ecology and evolution of disease organisms

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Satish Udpa

University Distinguished Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Materials characterization and nondestructive evaluation

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Grace Smith Vidaurre

Assistant Professor
Integrative Biology

Evolutionary flexibility of vocal communication and identity signaling systems

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Nina Wale

Assistant Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Integrative Biology

Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases

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Edward Walker

Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
Entomology

Vector-borne diseases and emerging infection diseases

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Christopher Waters

Professor
Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology

Microbial signaling, evolution, antimicrobial development

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Phoebe Zarnetske

Associate Professor
Integrative Biology

Ecological community responses to change across scales

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Elise Zipkin

Associate Professor
EEB Program Director
Integrative Biology

Quantitative population and community ecology

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