The SEEDS program (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability) of ESA annually gives travel awards to undergraduates to attend the ESA annual meeting. This year, two 2017 KBS summer students, Torel Beard (Michigan State ... Read More
Making the most of winter by doing fieldwork in Namibia: Robert Logan
As a microbial ecologist, I study how microscopic organisms like bacteria and fungi drive ecosystem processes at large scales. I am particularly fascinated by the organisms that live in very dry places. Twice a year, I spend a ... Read More
McGill chosen for Smith Conservation Fellowship
KBS graduate student Bonnie McGill has been selected for a highly competitive postdoctoral research fellowship, which will begin in May following her graduation from MSU. McGill will be studying how nutrients move through agricultural ... Read More
Evolution during global change: Sarah Fitzpatrick
This past spring I co-taught an upper-level MSU undergraduate class on Global Change Biology with fellow KBS Assistant Professor, Dr. Sarah Evans. Throughout the semester we discovered no shortage of urgent headlines to illustrate the wide ... Read More
Celebrating Schemske’s election to National Academy of Sciences
We are proud to announce that KBS professor emeritus Doug Schemske (pictured at right) was recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences. "This is the highest recognition that an American scientist can receive, and no one deserves ... Read More
KBS alumni and professors publish in Global Change Biology
Alumni from KBS's Klausmeier-Litchman lab recently published in Global Change Biology on the effects of temperature-nutrient interactions on phytoplankton's sensistivity to warming. The paper was authored by graduate alumni Mridul Thomas ... Read More
Boldness in bass: Personality affects juvenile survival and adult reproductive success
Nick Ballew, Kim Scribner, and Gary Mittelbach have published a new manuscript in the American Naturalist. The publication is based on a study done by Nick as part of his Doctoral Dissertation in Zoology (2014) which investigated the ... Read More
Mittelbach receives MSU’s William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award
Congratulations to KBS faculty member Gary Mittelbach on receiving the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award on February 7, 2017. Mittelbach is an internationally recognized ecologist whose research has contributed novel and lasting ... Read More
Painting with phytoplankton cultures and Michigan sunsets: Clare Harper
A Day in the Life of an REU Each day my alarm went off at 7:30AM. I headed to McCrary dining hall for a nice breakfast and then to my lab. I met with my mentor to solidify the plan for the day, made some notes in my research notebook, and ... Read More
Klausmeier, Litchman named Foundation Professors
KBS professors Dr. Christopher Klausmeier and Dr. Elena Litchman have both been named MSU Foundation Professors, an honor given to "outstanding faculty who demonstrate excellence in research and teaching, while enhancing the prominence of ... Read More
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