Lab Alumni
Postdoc & Visiting Scholar Alumni
![]() Jasper Van doninck
Postdoc 2020-2022 MSU Integrative Biology & EEB website SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity Current position: Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of Faculty (ITC), University of Twente ![]() Jon Knott
Postdoc 2019, MSU Integrative Biology & EEB website SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity Current position: Research Forester, USFS FIA ![]() John Grady
Postdoc 2016-2018 MSU Forestry website SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dell Lab @ NGRREC ![]() Nina Lany
Postdoc 2015-2019 MSU Forestry SpaCE Lab project: Species Interactions & Joint Species Distribution Modeling Current position: Quantitative Ecologist, USFS |
![]() Quentin Read
Postdoc 2016-2018 MSU Forestry website SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity Current position: Data Scientist, SESYNC ![]() Annie Smith
Postdoc 2018-2019, Forestry, Integrative Biology & EEB website SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystems NEON Biodiversity Current position: Forest Health Scientist, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources ![]() Tori Donovan
Visiting Scholar: 2019-2021 MSU Integrative Biology & EEB website Current position: Assistant Professor, Forest Management, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, West Florida Research & Education Sciences |
Graduate Student Alumni
![]() Laura Twardochleb
PhD, Fisheries & Wildlife and EEBB (2020) website Current Position: Senior Environmental Scientist, CA Department of Water Resources SpaCE Lab project: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species interactions ![]() Kileigh Welshofer
MS, Forestry and EEBB (2017) website SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic Current Position: Natural Resources Assistant, Mecklenburg County, NC |
![]() Danielle Miles
MS, Forestry (2015) SpaCE Lab project: REDD+ and species distributions Current position: PhD candidate, University Nevada, Reno |
Undergraduate Students and Technician Alumni
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) ![]() Minali Bhatt (MSU '22)
Major: Environmental Biology/Plant Biology SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA; CNS Scholar 2021) ![]() Taylor Stehouwer (MSU '24)
Major: Zoology (Lyman Briggs) SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA) ![]() Olivia Melville (MSU '24)
Major: Zoology (Lyman Briggs) SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA) ![]() 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) ![]() Kate Kelly (MSU '21)
Major: Environmental Biology/Plant Biology; minor: Environmental studies and sustainability SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria Current Position: Lab Tech, Cambium Analytica ![]() Arpita Nayak (MSU '20)
Major: Zoology, Pre-Vet Track Current position: MSU Veterinary School SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species; Frugivoria (MSU Honors College PA) ![]() Emma Mushaka (MSU '21)
Major: Environmental Sciences and Management SpaCE Lab project: Frugivoria warmXtrophic & REX Project Alumni:
2022: Lisa Leonard (2022 KBS REU); Ohio Wesleyan University '23 2022: Aidan Hammond 2021-2022: Jacklyn Alsbro (MSU Honors College Professorial Assistant) 2021: Emily Parker (2021 KBS URA); MSU '22 2021: Kristin Wolford (2021 KBS URA); MSU '22 2019-2020: Moriah Young (field technician) 2018: Kathryn Schmidt (field technician) ![]() Amy Wrobleski
SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic (2017 technician) ![]() Elizabeth Postema (Denison University '19)
SpaCE Lab project: warmXtrophic (2017 KBS REU) Current Position: UC Davis graduate student ![]() 2016 Insect ID warmXtrophic: Zach Wolfe (MSU), Steven Murtonen (MSU)
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AquaXterra Project Alumni:
![]() Ethan Hiltner (MSU '19)
Major: Fisheries and Wildlife SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species Current position: UM SEAS program graduate student ![]() 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 ![]() Faith Slubowski (MSU '20)
Major: Environmental Biology/Zoology SpaCE Lab project: aquaXterra: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species ![]() 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 ![]() 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). ![]() Jessie Ventzke (MSU)
Major: Environmental Biology/Integrative Biology SpaCE Lab project: Freshwater functional traits & climate change impacts on species (2016 URA). Macrosystems Project Alumni:
![]() Cameo Chilcutt (Northern Illinois Univ.)
SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystesms NEON Biodiversity (2018 NSF REU and MSU SROP researcher). ![]() Jay Jain (Louisiana State University - Shreveport)
SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystesms Biodiversity (2017 ICER ACRES REU). ![]() Alex McKim (Clemson University)
Major: Computer Science SpaCE Lab project: Macrosystesms Biodiversity (2017 ICER ACRES REU with Andrew Finley (MSU Forestry)). |