Postdoctoral Scholars

Nicole
Adams
Fisheries and Wildlife
Mentor: Kim Scribner, John Robinson
Population ecology, conservation genetics
adamsn23@msu.edu

Daniel
Anstett
Plant Biology
Mentor: David Lowry, Will Wetzel, Marjorie Weber
Evolutionary ecology, rapid evolution, genomics
anstett3@msu.edu
Cristina
Barber
Forestry
Mentor: Richard Kobe
Tree demographics, ecological modeling, and remote sensing
barber75@msu.edu

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

Christopher
Catano
Plant Biology
Mentor: Lars Brudvig
Community ecology, restoration ecology

Nathan
Catlin
Plant Biology
Mentor: Emily Josephs
Comparative genomics and population genetics
Joseph
Cooper
Plant, Soil and Microbial Science
Mentor: Jessica Miesel
Dendroecology, fire ecology, and mycology
coope456@msu.edu

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

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

Neil
Gilbert
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Elise Zipkin
Quantitative disease ecology, biodiversity, conservation
gilbe364@msu.edu

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

Zachary
Hancock
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Gideon Bradburd
Molecular evolution and population genetics
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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
izutsumi@msu.edu

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

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

Thomas
Koffel
Plant Biology and Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Chris Klausmeier
Theoretical ecology
Leslie
Kollar
Plant Biology
Mentor: David Lowry
Population and quantitative genetics

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

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

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

Nadya
Mamoozadeh
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Mariah Meek
Conservation genomics, evolution, ecology

Yolenda
Maziko
Geography, Evironment and Spatial Science
Mentor: Kayla Dahlin
Ecology, agriculture

Ian
McCullough
Fisheries and Wildlife
Mentor: Kendra Cheruvelil
Landscape ecology, macrosystems ecology

Cinnamon
Mittan
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Sarah Fitzpatrick, Mariah Meek, Nick Haddad
Genomics and physiology
Ekrem
Ozlu
Kellogg Biological Station
Mentor: Phil Robertson
Carbon and nitrogen cycles, soil transformations

Rebecca
Panko
Plant Biology
Mentor: Emily Josephs
Urban plant ecology and evolution

Tyler
Refsland
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Mentor: Jessica Miesel
Global change, forest ecosystem resilience
refsland@msu.edu

Ashwini
Ramesh
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Nina Wale and Christopher Klausmeier
Mechanisms of parasite coexistence
rameshas@msu.edu

Moria
Robinson
Entomology
Mentor: Will Wetzel
Plant-insect interactions, evolution of coloration
Olivia
Smith
Center for Global Change and Earth Observations
Mentor: Catherine Lindell, Jen Owen
Sustainable agriculture
smitho17@msu.edu

Joseph
Taylor
Entomology
Mentor: Zsofia Szendrei
Entomology, ecology, biological control

Jasper
Van doninck
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Phoebe Zarnetske
Remote sensing and biodiversity
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
wangzina@msu.edu

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
will4047@msu.edu

Casey
Youngflesh
Integrative Biology
Mentor: Phoebe Zarnetske, Kyla Dahlin, Andy Finley
Quantitative ecology, global change, biodiversity
ccy@msu.edu