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Sarah Evans, PI
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Sarah Evans
Associate Professor
Kellogg Biological Station; Dept of Integrative Biology; Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

CV; evanssa6@msu.edu






​Lukas Bell-Dereske
Postdoctoral Researcher

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​Interests: Plant-microbial interactions, succession, grass endophytes, above/belowground interactions, community ecology




​Jennifer Jones
Postdoctoral Researcher
Website

Interests: 
fungal and bacterial communities, decomposition, carbon and nitrogen cycling, moisture/drought 






Robert Logan
Ph.D student
Website 

Interests: dryland biogeochemistry, photodegradation, aerobiology





Heather Kittredge 
Ph.D student
Website

Interests: disturbance, microbial community resilience, horizontal gene transfer, dispersal. And Miracles of Microbes. 

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​Tayler C. Ulbrich

Ph.D student 
Website

Interests: plant-microbe interactions, microbe-mediated drought-tolerance, genotype effects on microbiome







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Corinn Rutkoski

Graduate student


Interests: use of perennials in agricultural systems, science policy, soil health







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Emily Burgess
Technician

Interests: plant-fungal interactions 
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Holly Vander Stel

Lab manager, MMPRNT Project Coordinator

Interests: soils, roots, ecosystems, gnomes, FRED
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Persis Fitzpatrick-Evans
Interests: giant tardigrades, hygiene hypothesis















​see Join the Lab

Summer 2020: no undergraduate students :(

​Summer 2019 undergraduate students

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Hope Meyers 

(URA, Michigan State University)







Ethan Tobiczyk
(URA, Michigan State University)









Andrew Kelley 

(URA, Michigan State University)
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Harry Erwin
(returning!)
(undergrad researcher)
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Lab alumni

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Ben looking at something nature-y
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Rémy Van Geersdaële 
Previously manager, Molecular Ecology and Genomics Lab












Steve Gougherty
2015-2017 Project Coordinator, MMPRNT
Now: PhD Program, Finzi Lab, Boston Univ



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Shannon Carvey (technician 2017-2018)
Now: Masters Program, Major Lab, University of New Brunswick














Kevin Dougherty
2015-2017 Lab manager
RN, University of Rochester




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Ben Dougherty (technician, 2016, 2017)








Grace Kiel (technician, 2017)









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Will West (Postdoc 2015-2017)











​Ellen James
(Technician, 2015)
University of Michigan








Past Undergraduate Students

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​Esbeiry Cordova-Ortiz
(2018 REU, Indiana University of Pennsylvania)











Shanna Hilborn
(2018 URA, Michigan State University)










Audrey Hogenkamp
(2018 REU, Augustana College)

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Sara McAda
(2018 REU, University of Houston - Clear Lake)

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Kisanet Gebresilase
(2018 URA, Michigan State University)








​Zahraa Al-Tameemi
​(2018 URA, Michigan State University)










​Harry Erwin
(2017 REU, 2018 returning REU & KBS RA, Calvin College)










Stephen Frailey (not pictured)
(2018 URA, Michigan State University)






Franciska Donkor
(2017 REU)​







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Sharon Carpenter
(2017 URA, Michigan State University)









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Khalilah Smith
(2017 URA, Michigan State University)











Kathryn Bloodworth 
(2015 REU)







Kelechi Ukachukwu 
(2015 URA, Michigan State University)








Hepsiba Chepng'eno 
(2014 URA, Michigan State University)


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