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The MSU faculty members at KBS are scholars and world leaders in addressing important societal challenges related to climate change, sustainable food and energy systems, conservation of biodiversity, water quality, and related environmental issues.

Through a commitment to teaching, our faculty members serve as role models for our students. They spark a desire in students to make a lasting impact on the world.

Bruno Basso

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Bruno Basso

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP)

Research Interests: Crop modeling, land use sustainability

Anne Bronikowski

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Head shot of Anne Bronikowski seated at a table with a stack of magazines.

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology

Research Interests: Life-history genetics, evolutionary ecology, comparative physiology

Jeffrey K. Conner

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College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Plant Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB)

Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology, ecological genetics

Sarah Evans

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Sarah Evans

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB)

Research Interests: Microbial ecology, ecosystems

Sarah Fitzpatrick

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Sarah Fitzpatrick stands, smiling, in front of a mountain range.

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB)

Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology, population genetics/genomics, demography, conservation

Kadeem J. Gilbert

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Kadeem Gilbert poses next to a large carnivorous plant.

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Plant Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB)

Research Interests: Plant-animal/microbe interactions, symbiosis, physiological regulation of leaf microenvironments, carnivorous plants

Nick Haddad

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Nick Haddad

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology

Research Interests: Landscape conservation, rarest butterflies

Fredric Janzen

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Photo of Fred Janzen holding two small turtles.

College: Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) and Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Fisheries and Wildlife; Integrative Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB)

Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology, phenotypic selection, evolutionary genetics, conservation, reptiles

Christopher Klausmeier

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Christopher Klausmeier

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Plant Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB)

Research Interests: Theoretical and aquatic ecology

Christopher P. Kozakiewicz (he/him)

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College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology

Research Interests: Diseas ecology, landscape genomics, phylogenetics, conservation

Elena Litchman

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Elena Litchman

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB); Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP)

Research Interests: Aquatic ecology, community ecology

G. Philip Robertson

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G. Philip Robertson

College: Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) and Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB); Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP)

Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, terrestrial ecosystems

Alisha A. Shah (she/her)

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College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology

Research Interests: Ecological physiology, evolutionary ecology, conservation, species response to climate change, ectotherms

Christine Sprunger (she/her)

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Christine Sprunger stands in front of a strip of brown-eyed Susans and other native wildflowers at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

College: Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences

Research Interests: Soil health, soil ecology, agroecosystems, ecosystem ecology

Lauren Sullivan (she/her)

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College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Plant Biology

Research Interests: Plant ecology, movement ecology, quantitative methods, distributed experiments

Thomas Getty (Emeritus)

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Tom Getty

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB); Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP)

Research Interests: Behavioral ecology

Katherine L. Gross (Emeritus)

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Katherine Gross

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Plant Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB); Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP)

Research Interests: Community ecology, plants

Stephen K. Hamilton (Emeritus)

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Steve Hamilton

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB); Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP)

Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, ecosystems, aquatics

Gary G. Mittelbach (Emeritus)

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Gary Mittelbach

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology

Research Interests: Community ecology, aquatics

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Upcoming Events

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Thursday, May 22 | Turtles and Watercolors

A wild red-tailed hawk perches on a bird enclosure.

Saturday, May 17 | Behind the Scenes: Raptors

A Canada Goose rests in the grass with two goslings.

Sunday, May 11 | Free Admission to the Sanctuary for Moms

A legacy of conservation; a commitment to sustainability.

W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
3700 E. Gull Lake Drive
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
(269) 671-5117
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