![](https://www.kbs.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nameer-Baker-150x150.png)
Department: KBS/ LTER Science Coordinator
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, agroecology
Glade Dlott Bogar
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Department: Kellogg Biological Station
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Evans
Research Interests: Soil science, Soil survey, Microbial ecology, Bacterial-fungal interactions, Mycology
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Department: Kellogg Biological Station
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Evans
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology
![Head shot photo of Ashim Datta, with a field in the background.](https://www.kbs.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ashim-Datta2-square-cc-150x150.jpg)
Department: GLBRC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Faculty Sponsor: Phil Robertson
Research Interests: Soil carbon behaviour, Soil quality, salt affected soils
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Department: Kellogg Biological Station
Faculty Sponsor: Anne Bronikowski
Research Interests: Interested in understanding how evolution shapes genome size and architecture and its effects on different life history traits such as aging.
Department: Plant Biology
Faculty Sponsor: Kadeem Gilbert
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, plant-microbes interactions, microbe-microbe interactions
Ava Garrison (she/her)
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Department: Plant Biology, EEB
Faculty Sponsor: Jeff Conner
Research Interests: Plant evolutionary biology, trait adaptation, phenotypic plasticity
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Department: Kellogg Biological Station/GLBRC
Faculty Sponsor: Hamilton
Research Interests: Plant ecology, eco-hydrology and biogeochemistry
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Department: Kellogg Biological Station
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Fitzpatrick
Research Interests: Population genomics, evolutionary ecology, conservation
Melissa Kjelvik (she/her)
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Department: Senior Research Specialist / Plant Biology
Research Interests: Science education, curriculum development, data literacy, DEI, science communication
Cristal Lopez Gonzalez
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Department: Plant Biology
Faculty Sponsor: Kadeem Gilbert
Research Interests: Modulation of pH under external pH changes at transcriptional level, plant transcriptional regulation and carbon metabolism
![](https://www.kbs.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jamies-Marks-150x150.jpg)
Department: Kellogg Biological Station
Faculty Sponsor: Anne Bronikowski
Research Interests: Sex specific aging; evolutionary ecology
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Department: EEB/KBS/Integrative Biology
Faculty Sponsor: Sarah Fitzpatrick, Nick Haddad
Research Interests: Conservation genomics, genetic rescue, rapid evolution, urban adaptation, thermal physiology
Katherine Naasko
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Department: Kellogg Biological Station
Faculty Sponsor: Christine Sprunger
Research Interests: Soil health, deep soil, agroecology, plant-microbe interactions, carbon-nitrogen dynamics, omics
Sarah Roy (she/her)
Email![Portrait of Sarah Roy standing in front of a display case at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.](https://www.kbs.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sarah-roy-kbs-square-150x150.jpg)
Department: KBS Academic Programs Coordinator/Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advocate
Research Interests: Effective mentoring strategies, Equity in field research/courses
Liz Schultheis (she/her)
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Department: KBS / LTER Education & Outreach Coordinator
Research Interests: science education, DBER, plant biology, data literacy, invasive species
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Department: KBS Associate Director for Engagement for Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR)
Research Interests: sustainable agriculture, soil health, participatory research
![Melissa Kjelvik](https://www.kbs.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/KjelvikMelissa2016-150x150.jpg)
Department: BEACON
Faculty Sponsor: Louise Mead (BEACON)
Research Interests: Behavioral variation, fish ecology, predator-prey dynamics, quantitative literacy, and science education
Jonas Wickman
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Department: Kellogg Biological Station
Faculty Sponsor: Chris Klausmeier
Research Interests: Eco-evolutionary dynamics, spatial evolutionary dynamics, trait-based modeling, evolutionarily stable communities
Brook Wilke
Email![](https://www.kbs.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BrookWilke-1-150x150.jpg)
Department: KBS LTAR Associate Director for Agronomy and Science
Research Interests: Cropping System Innovations, Agroecology, Cover Crops, Small Grains
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