See Lab
​Photos here

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Sarah Evans
Assistant Professor
Kellogg Biological Station; Dept of Integrative Biology; Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

CV; evanssa6@msu.edu






​Lukas Bell-Dereske
Postdoctoral Researcher
Website

​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






​Corinn Rutkoski
Graduate student


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






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Rémy Van Geersdaële 
Manager, Molecular Ecology and Genomics Lab

Interests: molecular biology, music digging, natural landscapes








​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

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Summer 2019 students

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

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
Now: Nursing school, 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)