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

CV; evanssa6@msu.edu




​Jennifer Jones
Postdoctoral Researcher
Website

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





Glade Bogar
Postdoctoral Researcher

Interests: 
Soil science, soil survey, microbial ecology, fungal-bacterial interactions, mycology









​​Caitlin Broderick
Postdoctoral Researcher

Interests: Ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, drought sensitivity







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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

Ph.D student


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








Brandon Kristy
Ph.D student


Interests: host-associated microbiomes, bacterial-fungal interactions, soil nutrient cycling, synthetic communities (SynComs)


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Melissa Frost
RET (Research Experience for Teachers)
High School Teacher at Buchanan Community Schools

Classroom interests: Equity and acces to high-quality secondary science education for all students

Research interests: Soil chemisty, plant decomposition

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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













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Summer 2022 undergraduates 

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​Sofie Iwamasa
2022 REU, Case Western Reserve University

Interests: Ecology, water and soil health, climate change

Lab alumni (see below for participants in summer undergraduate programs)

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Ben looking at something nature-y
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Madaris Serrano-Perez​
REU 2021
REPS Post-Bacceloreate Researcher 2021-2022

Now: Visitor Service Support Team at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge

Interests:Conservation, behavior, climate change, anthropogenic effects 



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YJ Su
Technician 2018-2019, 2021-2022
Now: Technician with LTER and Robertson lab at KBS

Interests: carbon cycle, ecosystem function, soil respiration, ecosystem resilience





Zahraa Al-Tameemi

URA 2018, Technician 2021
Now: PhD student at UC Irvine with the Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo Lab

Interests:  microbial evolution, microbial metabolism, synthetic microbial communities

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Emily Burgess

Technician 2019-2021
Now: PhD Student at Utah State University with the Robert Schaeffer lab

Interests: plant-fungal interactions 
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​Robert Logan
Completed PhD May 2021
Website 
Now: NOAA Corps Officer stationed in Charleston, SC

Interests: dryland biogeochemistry, photodegradation, aerobiology







Lukas Bell-Dereske
Postdoctoral Researcher 2017-2021

Website
Now: Postdoc, Czech Academy of Sciences, GlobalFungi Project with Petr Baldrian

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


​Heather Kittredge 
Completed PhD Dec 2020
Now: Postdoc at UConn, Mark Urban
Website

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


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Rémy Van Geersdaële 
Previously manager, Molecular Ecology and Genomics Lab 2019













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














Daniela Herrera
2017 Technician
Now: Program Analyst at the Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation













Kevin Dougherty
2015-2017 Lab manager
Now: 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








Summer undergraduates! (see KBS summer programs)

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Ben looking at something nature-y
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Ceco Maples
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(2021 URA, Michigan State University)








Emma Reeves
(2021 URA, Michigan State University)
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Madaris Serrano-Perez (see pic above)
(2021 REU, 
University of Puerto Rico Humacao)


​Hope Meyers 
(2019 URA, Michigan State University)









Ethan Tobiczyk
(2019 URA, Michigan State University)








Andrew Kelley 
(2019 URA, Michigan State University)
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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 (See pic above)
​(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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