People
Principal Investigators
Elena Litchman
MSU Foundation Professor, KBS and Integrative Biology, Michigan State University
Christopher Klausmeier
MSU Foundation Professor, KBS and Plant Biology, Michigan State University
Postdocs
Ashwini Ramesh
Host-parasite stoichiometry
Jonas Wickman
Theoretical community ecology and evolution
Graduate Students
Nasser Mohammed
Theoretical community ecology
Carol Waldmann Rosenbaum
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the Great Lakes
Esther Wong
Stoichiometry of food webs
Veronica Frans
visiting grad student
Human dimensions of ecological niche, species distribution models (SDMs)
Domiziana Cristini
visiting grad student (from Uni Konstanz, Germany)
Phytoplankton community assembly
Sarah Levasseur
visiting grad student (from EAWAG and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Phytoplankton ecology, trait-based approaches
Undergraduate Students
Silas Hicks
Eco-evolutionary theory
Gabriel Curbelo Estrella
HAB ecology
Technicians
Ally Hutchens
Phytoplankton ecology
Pam Woodruff
Plankton ecology
Past Lab Members
Jorge Arroyo-Esquivel
Data-driven models of ecological community dynamics
Now research scientist at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Yi Chun (Liv) Yeh
Resilience in microbial networks
Now assistant professor at the National Taiwan University
Theoretical community ecology and evolution, evolution of microbial metabolisms
now assistant professor at the University of Lyon, France
Hilary Bayer
undergrad
Microbial networks
Ibraheem Syeed
undergrad
Regime shifts in aquatic ecosystems
Madison Colmanares
undergrad
HAB ecology
John Guittar
postdoc
Community ecology of host-associated microbiota
now computational scientist at Myriad Genetics
graduate student
Theoretical community ecology
now postdoc at the Institute for Functional Marine BIodiversity, University of Oldenburg, Germany
graduate student and postdoc
Theoretical community ecology and evolution, thermal biology
now assistant professor at University of Connecticut
Paul Wilburn
graduate student
Freshwater microbial ecology, Lake Baikal
now postdoc at NASA
Daniel O'Donnell
graduate student
Phytoplankton ecology and evolution, thermal biology
now postdoc at UC Davis
Elizabeth Miller
graduate student
Theoretical community ecology
now postdoc at University of Oregon
Jake Nalley
graduate student
Algal biofuel communities
now R&D officer at Qualitas Health
graduate student
Phytoplankton ecology, thermal biology
now assistant professor at University of Geneva, Switzerland
Tatiana Severin
postdoc
Phytoplankton ecology, thermal biology
now postdoc at STARESO, France
postdoc
Phytoplankton ecology and evolution, thermal biology
now researcher at University of Vigo, Spain
postdoc
Trait-based community ecology
now associate professor at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
postdoc
Theoretical community ecology, microbial evolution
now co-founder and CEO of Biomathematica startup, France
Simon Stump
postdoc
Theoretical community ecology, models of microbial cross feeding
Şeyda Erdoğan
visiting grad student
Plankton ecology
now assistant professor, Yozgat Bozok University, Turkey
visiting grad student
Limnology of Lake Baikal, plankton ecology
now PhD student at University of Minnesota Duluth
Zepeng Sun
postdoc
Theoretical community ecology, models of microbial cross feeding
postdoc
Phytoplankton ecology, algal biofuel communities
now assistant professor at Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
postmaster
Theoretical ecology and evolution
now assistant professor at University of Toronto, Canada
postdoc
Trait-based community ecology, phytoplankton ecology
now associate professor at University of Hawai'i
postdoc
Theoretical and experimental plankton ecology
now associate professor at University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
postdoc
Phytoplankton ecology
now research scientist at University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maayke Stomp
postdoc
Phytoplankton ecology
Anne Schwaderer
postdoc
Phytoplankton ecology
graduate student
Phytoplankton ecology
now associate professor at the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway