Postdoctoral Scholars

Daniel
Anstett
Plant Biology
Mentor: David Lowry, Will Wetzel, Marjorie Weber
Evolutionary ecology, rapid evolution, genomics

Lukas
Bell-Dereske
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Sarah Evans
Plant-microbial interactions and community ecology

Caitlin
Broderick
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Sarah Evans
Microbial ecology, ecosystem ecology

Nathan
Catlin
Plant Biology
Mentor: Emily Josephs
Comparative genomics and population genetics

Erin
Collins
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Mariah Meek
Population and conservation genetics
Joseph
Cooper
Plant, Soil and Microbial Science
Mentor: Jessica Miesel
Dendroecology, fire ecology, and mycology

Olivia
Cope
Entomology
Mentor: Will Wetzel
Population ecology, plant-herbivore interactions

Glade
Dlott
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Sarah Evans
Soil science, microbial ecology, mycology

Jeff
Doser
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Elise Zipkin
Statistical ecology, software development

Andrew
Eagar
Plant Biology
Mentor: Chris Blackwood
Mycorrhizas, plant-soil-microbe interactions, temperate forests

Maxime
Eeraerts
Entomology
Mentor: Rufus Isaacs
Pollination ecology, applied entomology

Neil
Gilbert
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Elise Zipkin
Quantitative disease ecology, biodiversity, conservation

Andrea
Glassmire
Entomology
Mentor: Will Wetzel
Chemical ecology and plant-insect interactions

Cristal Lopez
Gonzalez
Plant Biology/Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Kadeem Gilbert
Plant responses to environmental stimulus: Plant Genetics
Florian
Hodel
Fisheries and Wildlife
Mentor: Sonja Christensen
Disease, spatial, and movement ecology

Minako
Izutsu
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Mentor: Rich Lenski
Experimental evolution and population genetics

Jean-Baptiste
Floc'h
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Kadeem Gilbert
Plant microbiota, microbial ecology, biostatistics, bioinformatics

Jennifer
Jones
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Sarah Evans
Microbial ecology, carbon cycling and decomposition

Jessica
Judson
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Sarah Fitzpatrick
Population genomics, evolutionary ecology
Kelly
Kapsar
Fisheries and Wildlife
Mentor: Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Movement ecology, coupled human and natural systems

Lala
Kountala
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Phoebe Zarnetske
Oceanography and climate change

Whitley
Lehto
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Janette Boughman
Evolution, phenotypic plasticity, epigenetics

Francois
Maclot
Plant Biology
Mentor: Carolyn Malmstrom
Plant biology, ecology, virology, biotechnologies

Nadya
Mamoozadeh
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Mariah Meek
Conservation genomics, evolution, ecology
Ekrem
Ozlu
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Phil Robertson
Carbon and nitrogen cycles, soil transformations

Ashwini
Ramesh
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Nina Wale and Christopher Klausmeier
Mechanisms of parasite coexistence
Olivia
Smith
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations
Mentor: Catherine Lindell, Jen Owen
Sustainable agriculture

Lauren
Stanley
Plant Biology
Mentor: David Lowry
Plant genetics, development, and evolution

Dale
Stevens
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Alisha Shah
Ecology, animal behavior, phenotypic plasticity, species interactions
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Joseph
Taylor
Entomology
Mentor: Zsofia Szendrei
Entomology, ecology, biological control
Acer
VanWallendael
Plant Biology
Mentor: David Lowry
Local adaptation, host-microbe coevolution

Zinan
Wang
Entomology
Mentor: Henry Chung
Evolutionary and genetic mutations underlying insect adaptation

Jonas
Wickman
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Chris Klausmeier
Theoretical ecology, eco-evolutionary dynamics

Peter
Williams
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Elise Zipkin
Quantitative ecology, community ecology, tropical ecology, conservation

Casey
Youngflesh
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Phoebe Zarnetske, Kyla Dahlin, Andy Finley
Quantitative ecology, global change, biodiversity