MSU is the place for conducting Macrosystems Science – we have secured the largest number of National Science Foundation Macrosystems and NEON-enabled Science Awards of any U.S. institution.

IBEEM links these independent projects and investigators and others across IBEEM themes, capitalizing on synergies and adding interdisciplinary expertise to do even more transformational science.

IBEEM is a diverse interdisciplinary team spanning 5 colleges and numerous disciplines at MSU. IBEEM includes expertise in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Geography & Earth Science; Computer Sciences, Maths, Statistics, and Engineering; and Big Data & Data Analytics. It also includes leaders of world-class research centers, programs, & networks. 

Leadership Team

Phoebe Zarnetske (PI and Director)
Department of Integrative Biology
Kendra Spence Cheruvelil (Co-PI and Past Director)
Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Elise Zipkin 
​(Co-PI)
Department of Integrative Biology
Kyla Dahlin
​​(Co-PI)
Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences

IBEEM Postdoctoral fellows

Adriana Uscanga Castillo
Lala Kounta
Peter Williams
Jasper Van donink

SUpport Staff

Katie Steinman (Budget Officer)
Michelle Chester (Project Coordinator)
Pat Bills (Data Scientist)

Faculty Affiliates

Kay Holekamp
Department of  Integrative Biology
Scott Stark
Department of Forestry
​Pang-Ning Tan
​Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Charles Ofria
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Sarah Evans
Department of Integrative Biology
G. Philip Robertson
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Lars Brudvig
Department of Plant Biology
Christopher Klausmeier
Department of Plant Biology
​Nick Haddad
Department of Integrative Biology
Mariah Meek
Department of Integrative Biology
Fredric Janzen
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; Integrative Biology
​Jianguo "Jack" Liu
​Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
​Andrew Finley
Department of Forestry
​Yadu Pokhrel
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Gideon Bradburd
University of Michigan EEB
​IBEEM Leadership Team 2021-2022
William Wetzel
​Department of Entomology
Sarah Fitzpatrick
Department of Integrative Biology
Elena Litchman
Department of Plant Biology
Stephen Hamilton
Department of Integrative Biology
Lifeng Luo ​
Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Ashley Shade
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
​Jiayu Zhou
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
John Robinson
University of Georgia
IBEEM Leadership Team 2021-2022

Affiliate Programs

Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, and Macrosystems
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
​ibeem@msu.edu