MSU Plant Biology Department

Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics

"The Department of Plant Biology pursues excellence in the fundamental plant sciences by fostering innovative research and teaching that encompasses and integrates all levels of biological organization, from molecules to ecosystems."


Gerard C. Adams; Lars Brudvig; Jeffrey K. Conner; Diane Ebert-May; Katherine L. Gross; Andrew M. Jarosz; Christopher Klausmeier; Richard K. Kobe; Jennifer Lau; Elena Litchman; Carolyn Malmstrom; Peter G. Murphy; L. Alan Prather; Tao Sang; Doug Schemske; Shin-Han Shiu; Nathan Swenson; Frank W. Telewski; Frances Trail; Richard E. Triemer; Merritt R. Turetsky;


 

Gerard C. Adams
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Plant pathogenic fungi, diseases of trees, forests, nursery plants, Christmas trees and woody ornamentals; taxonomy and genetics of fungi; mushroom identification

Lars Brudvig
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Iowa State University

Plant community, landscape, and restoration ecology; plant-animal interactions, habitat fragmentation
(joining the faculty in January 2010)

Jeffrey K. Conner
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Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University

Plant/pollinator interactions; evolutionary ecology; ecological genetics

Diane Ebert-May
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Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder
Undergraduate biology teaching and learning; effect of climate change on alpine tundra plant communities

Katherine L. Gross
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Professor
Ph.D. Michigan State University

Plant population and community ecology; old-field succession and agricultural ecology; long-term ecological studies; root dynamics and spatial heterogeneity

Andrew M. Jarosz
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Purdue University

Epidemiology; metapopulation dynamics of natural host-pathogen systems; patterns of pathogen virulence and host resistance

Christopher Klausmeier

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Theoretical ecology, plankton ecology

Richard K. Kobe

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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Forest ecology (temperate and tropical); mechanisms governing plant community dynamics

Jennifer Lau
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Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Evolutionary ecology; global change; plant-herbivore interactions; biological invasion

 

Elena Litchman
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Assistant Professor
Ph. D. University of Minnesota

Aquatic ecology; community ecology; limnology; phytoplankton ecology, physiology and evolution; biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton; global change

Carolyn Malmstrom
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University

Ecosystem dynamics; ecological roles of plant pathogens in natural systems; disturbance ecology; ecosystem management & restoration; boreal forest; grasslands

Peter G. Murphy
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Professor
Ph.D. North Carolina University

Ecology, structure, and function of forest and dune ecosystems; tropical ecology; radiation ecology

L. Alan Prather
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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
Plant systematics and the evolution of floral morphology and pollination systems

Tao Sang
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Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University

Genetics and diversity of plants

Doug Schemske
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Professor
Hannah Chair

Ph.D. University of Illinois

The goal of my research is to characterize the mechanisms of adaptation

Shin-Han Shiu
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison

Evolutionary and comparative genomics; gene family evolution, functional divergence of duplicate genes

Nathan Swenson
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona
Plant Functional Ecology and Evolution, Community Ecology, Tropical Biology

Frank W. Telewski
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Associate Professor
Curator of The Beal Botanical Gardens

Ph.D.
Wake Forest University
Enviromental and stress physiology; tree growth and development; dendrochronology; biomechanics of trees

Richard E. Triemer
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Professor
Chairman
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Revising the systematics of the Euglenophyta using morphological, behavioral and molecular studies

 



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