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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 an intangible 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

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

Thomas Getty

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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

Nick Haddad

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Nick Haddad

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology

Research Interests: Landscape conservation, rarest butterflies

Stephen K. Hamilton

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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

Fredric Janzen

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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

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

Gary G. Mittelbach (Emeritus)

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Gary Mittelbach

College: Natural Science (NatSci)

Department: Integrative Biology

Research Interests: Community ecology, aquatics

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

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