IBEEM is a diverse interdisciplinary team spanning 5 colleges and numerous disciplines at MSU.

Leadership Team

Phoebe Zarnetske (PI and Director)

Department of Integrative Biology

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Patricia Soranno
​​(Co-PI, Co-Director)

Department of Integrative Biology, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
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Kyla Dahlin
​​(Co-PI)

Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
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Elise Zipkin 
​(Co-PI)

Department of Integrative Biology
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Kendra Spence Cheruvelil (Co-PI and Past Director)

Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

2025 IBEEM Postdoctoral Fellows

Laís Petri
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Bailey McNichol
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Ashwini Ramesh
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Andrew Eagar
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Alejandra Martínez Blancas

Past IBEEM Postdoctoral Fellows

Adriana Uscanga Castillo

Casey Youngflesh
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Lala Kounta
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Jeff Doser
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Peter Williams
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Rachel Toczydlowski
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Amar Deep Tiwari​
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Jasper Van donink
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Support Staff

Gabrielle Whittaker (Budget Officer, IBIO)

Kelly Kapsar 
​(Data Scientist)

Pat Bills
​(Data Scientist)

Faculty Affiliates

Kay Holekamp
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Department of  Integrative Biology

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Scott Stark
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Department of Forestry

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​Pang-Ning Tan
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​Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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Charles Ofria
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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Sarah Evans
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Department of Integrative Biology
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G. Philip Robertson
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Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
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Lars Brudvig
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Department of Plant Biology

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Kadeem Gilbert
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Department of Plant Biology

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Christopher Klausmeier

Department of Plant Biology

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​Nick Haddad
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Department of Integrative Biology

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Mariah Meek
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Department of Integrative Biology

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Fredric Janzen
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Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; Integrative Biology
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​Jianguo "Jack" Liu
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​Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
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​Andrew Finley
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Department of Forestry

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​Yadu Pokhrel
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Alisha Shah
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Department of Integrative Biology

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Sarah Fitzpatrick
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Department of Integrative Biology

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Elena Litchman
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Department of Plant Biology

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Lifeng Luo
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Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences

​Jiayu Zhou
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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Brian O’Shea
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Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

David Roy
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​Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences

Christine Sprunger
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Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences
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Lauren Sullivan
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Department of Plant Biology,
​Kellogg Biological Station

Affiliate Programs

Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, and Macrosystems
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
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