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Lab Alumni


Postdoc & Visiting Scholar Alumni

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Casey Youngflesh
EEB Postdoc 2022-2023; 2023 IBEEM Postdoc, MSU Integrative Biology & EEB
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SpaCE Lab & IBEEM project: Avian morphoscapes

Current position: Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University

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Jasper Van doninck
Postdoc 2020-2022 MSU Integrative Biology & EEB
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SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity

Current position: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of Faculty (ITC), University of Twente

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Jon Knott
Postdoc 2019, MSU Integrative Biology & EEB
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SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity
Current position: Research Forester, USFS FIA



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John Grady
Postdoc 2016-2018 MSU Forestry 
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SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dell Lab @ NGRREC



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Quentin Read​
Postdoc 2016-2018 MSU Forestry
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SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity
Current position: Data Scientist, SESYNC



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Annie Smith
Postdoc 2018-2019, Forestry, Integrative Biology & EEB
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SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity
Current position: Forest Health Scientist, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources 

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Tori Donovan
Visiting Scholar: 2019-2021 MSU Integrative Biology & EEB
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Current position: Assistant Professor, Forest Management, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, West Florida Research & Education Sciences 

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Nina Lany
Postdoc 2015-2019 MSU Forestry 
SpaCE Lab project: Species Interactions & Joint Species Distribution Modeling 
Current position: Quantitative Ecologist, USFS




Graduate Student Alumni

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Hazel Anderson
M.S., Integrative Biology and EEB (2024)
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SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria and Geodiversity

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Beth Gerstner
PhD, Fisheries & Wildlife and EEB (2023)
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​Current Position: Researcher, Map of Life, Yale University
SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria and Geodiversity

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Laura Twardochleb
PhD, Fisheries & Wildlife and EEB (2020)
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​Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist, CA Department of Water Resources
SpaCE Lab project: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species interactions

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Danielle Miles
MS, Forestry (2015)
SpaCE Lab project: REDD+ and species distributions
Current position: PhD candidate, University Nevada, Reno



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Kileigh Welshofer
MS, Forestry and EEB (2017)
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SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic
Current Position: Natural Resources Assistant, Mecklenburg County, NC


Undergraduate Students and Technician Alumni

warmXtrophic & REX Project Alumni:
2022: Lisa Leonard (2022 KBS REU); Ohio Wesleyan University '23
2022: Elaine Hammond 

2021-2022: Jacklyn Alsbro (MSU Honors College Professorial Assistant)
2021: Kristin Wolford (2021 KBS URA); MSU '22
2019-2020: 
Moriah Young (field technician)
2018: Kathryn Schmidt (field technician)
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Emily Parker
SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic & REX, Avian MetaNetwork (URA, technician 2021-2024)
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Oregon State University Integrative Biology

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Adrian Noeker
SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic & REX (2023 KBS REU).
​Michigan Tech '25

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Emerson Wesselhoff
SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic & REX (2022-2023 technician). Kalamazoo College '25.

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Jordan Zapata
SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic & REX (2022 KBS URA). MSU '24

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Amy Wrobleski
SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic (2017 technician)

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Elizabeth Postema (Denison University '19)
​SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic (2017 KBS REU)
Current Position: UC Davis graduate student

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Tori Niewohner (Western Washington University)
​SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic (2016 KBS REU)

2016 Insect ID warmXtrophic: Zach Wolfe (MSU), Steven Murtonen (MSU)
AquaXterra Project Alumni:
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Ethan Hiltner (MSU '19)
​Major: Fisheries and Wildlife
SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species 
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Current position: UM SEAS program graduate student

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Tyler Treakle (College of William & Mary)
Majors: Biology, Environmental Economics
SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species (2017 REU student) 
​Current position: Arizona State PhD student

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Faith Slubowski (MSU '20)
​Major: Environmental Biology/Zoology
​SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species



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Simone Oliphant (Florida International University)
​Major: Biology
SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: ​Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species, Macrosystems Biodiversity (2017 MSU SROP researcher)
Current position: UM EEB PhD student

Alyssa Sanderson (MSU)
​Major: Environmental Biology/Zoology
SpaCE Lab project:
 aquaXterra: ​Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species; aquaXterra project

Jacob Wahl (MSU)
​Major: Environmental Biology/Zoology

SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: ​Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species; aquaXterra project (2017 URA)
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Jessie Ventzke (MSU)
​Major: Environmental Biology/Integrative Biology 
SpaCE Lab project
: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species (2016 URA).

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Collin Love (MSU '18)
​Major: Fisheries & Wildlife
Minor: Marine Ecosystem Management
SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: ​Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species (2017 URA).

Frugivoria Project Alumni:
Aaron Guggenheimer (MSU '25)
Erik Ralston​ (MSU '22)
Nellie Chalem (MSU '21)
Caroline Blommel (MSU '20)
Alison McCormick (MSU)
Krymsen Hernandez (Univ. Nevada, Reno; 2018 MSU SROP)
 
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Arpita Nayak (MSU '20)
​Major: Zoology, Pre-Vet Track
Current position: MSU Veterinary School, DVM/PhD
SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species; Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA)

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Minali Bhatt (MSU '22)
​Major: Environmental Biology/Plant Biology
​SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA; CNS Scholar 2021)

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Taylor Stehouwer (MSU '24)
Major: Zoology (Lyman Briggs)
​SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA)

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Olivia Melville (MSU '24)
Major: Zoology (Lyman Briggs)
​SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA)

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Ashley Ezzo (MSU '23)
Major: Zoology with a double concentration in Zoo and Aquarium Sciences and Marine Biology; Minor: Marine Ecosystem Management
​SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria (MSU Emerging Scholar '21)

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Kate Kelly (MSU '21)
Major: Environmental Biology/Plant Biology; minor: Environmental studies and sustainability
​SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria
Current Position: Lab Tech, Cambium 
Analytica 

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Emma Mushaka​​ (MSU '21)
Major: Environmental Sciences and Management
SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria

Macrosystems Project Alumni:
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Chakata Hart (MSU '24)
​SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria & Macrosystems MSU CNS Scholar 2021-2022

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Cameo Chilcutt (Northern Illinois Univ.)
​SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystesms NEON Biodiversity (2018 NSF REU and MSU SROP researcher). 

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Jay Jain (Louisiana State University - Shreveport)
​SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystesms Biodiversity (2017 ICER ACRES REU).
 

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Alex McKim (Clemson University)
​Major: Computer Science
SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystesms Biodiversity (2017 ICER ACRES REU with Andrew Finley (MSU Forestry)).
 


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