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Institute for Global Change Biology

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Who we are

IGCB Leadership

Peter Reich
Peter Reich
Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology (IGCB)
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IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems
IGCB Project: Soil Fungi
IGCB Project: Forest Phenology
IGCB Project: Albedo
IGCB Project: Forest Carbon Storage
IGCB Project: Grassland Function
IGCB Project: Soil Biogeochemistry
IGCB Project: Competition and Climate
IGCB Project: Forest Carbon Cycling
Sarah_Raubenheimer
Sarah Raubenheimer
IGCB Program Manager and Research Specialist
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Grassland Function
IGCB Project: Competition and Climate
Thiago
Thiago Gonçalves Souza
Head of IGCB Postdoc Development; Adjunct Research Scientist
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IGCB Project: Habitat Loss

IGCB Faculty Steering Committee

gregdick
Greg Dick
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Ines Ibanez
Inés Ibáñez
Professor of Ecosystem Science and Management (School for the Environment and Sustainability)
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems
IGCB Project: Albedo
marieo
Marie O'Neill
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Pollen Health Effects
IGCB Project: Colonialism & Public Health
IGCB Project: Water justice in Puerto Rico
Peter Reich
Peter Reich
Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology (IGCB)
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems
IGCB Project: Soil Fungi
IGCB Project: Forest Phenology
IGCB Project: Albedo
IGCB Project: Forest Carbon Storage
IGCB Project: Grassland Function
IGCB Project: Soil Biogeochemistry
natesanders
Nate Sanders
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Habitat Loss
IGCB Project: Mountain Warming
IGCB Project: Seasonal Rainfall
NathanSheldon
Nathan Sheldon
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Lake Chemistry
ASteiner
Allison Steiner
Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Pollen Health Effects
Professor Don Zak presents Distinguished University Professorship lecture
Donald R. Zak
Alexander H. Smith Distinguished University Professor of Ecology; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Soil Fungi
KaiZhu
Kai Zhu
Associate Professor of Geospatial Data Sciences and Ecosystem Science and Management
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Soil Fungi
IGCB Project: Forest Phenology
IGCB Project: Airborne Pollen
IGCB Project: Wildfire and Carbon Cycling
IGCB Project: Soil Fungal Biodiversity
IGCB Project: Phenology in High School Classrooms
IGCB Project: LASER

Affiliate Faculty

igcb_Karen_Alofs
Karen Alofs
Assistant Professor Ecosystem Science and Management Water Conservation + Restoration
[email protected]
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igcb_Jacob_Allgeier
Jacob Allgeier
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction
igcb_bacoum
Regina Baucom
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
[email protected]
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igcb_Jennifer_Blesh
Jennifer Blesh
Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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igcb_gideon
Gideon Bradburd
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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igcb_neil_carter
Neil Carter
Associate Professor, PI of Conservation & Coexistence Group
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Wildfire and Carbon Cycling
IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction
Aimee Classen
Aimée Classen
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of Biological Station
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Mountain Warming
IGCB Project:Snow Melt
igcb_duffy
Meghan Duffy
Susan S. Kilham Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
[email protected]
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Alexandra Paige Fischer
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Post-fire Regeneration
igcb_johannes_foufopoulus
Johannes Foufopoulos
Associate Professor Ecosystem Science and Management Conservation + Restoration
[email protected]
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Benjamin Goldstein
Benjamin Goldstein
Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: LASER
Thiago Gonçalves Souza
Thiago Gonçalves Souza
Head of IGCB Postdoc Development; Adjunct Research Scientist
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Habitat Loss
IGCB Project: LASER
igcb_Dimitris_Gounaridis
Dimitris Gounaridis
Research Specialist, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: LASER
igcb_carina_gronlund
Carina Gronlund
Research Assistant Professor, Social Environment and Health Program
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Pollen Health Effects
Heidi Hausermann
Heidi Hausermann
Associate Professor, School of Environment & Sustainability
[email protected]
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igcb_head
Jennifer Head
Assistant Professor, Institute for Global Change Biology, School of Public Health
[email protected]
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igcb_mia_howard
Mia Howard
LSA Collegiate Fellow, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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Meha Jain
Meha Jain
Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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igcb_tim_james
Timothy James
Professor and Curator of Fungi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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igcb_Jenan_Karbush
Jenan Kharbush
Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
[email protected]
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igcb_Gretchen_KA
Gretchen Keppel-Aleks
Associate Professor Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Post-fire Regeneration
igcb_Naomi_Levin
Naomi Levin
Associate Professor Earth and Environmental Sciences
[email protected]
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Geoff Lewis
Geoffrey Lewis
Research Specialist, Center for Sustainable Systems
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: LASER
Mark Lindquist
Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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igcb_ivette_perfecto
Ivette Perfecto
James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice
[email protected]
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Kerri Pratt
Kerri Pratt
Professor Department of Chemistry; Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences; Applied Physics Program
[email protected]
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Joan Nassauer
Joan Nassauer
Professor, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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Joshua Newell
Professor School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) / Program in the Environment (PiTE)
[email protected]
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igcb_ombadi
Mohammed Ombadi
Assistant Professor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
[email protected]
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Anshuman Swain
Anshuman Swain
Assistant Professor, Assistant Curator, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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igcb-natalia_umana
María Natalia Umaña
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
More info 
IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems
IGCB Project: Hurricanes and Forests
igcb_John_Vandermeer
John Vandermeer
Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
More info
Brian Weeks
Brian Weeks
Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability. Affiliated Researcher, Bird Division, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
[email protected]
More info           
IGCB Project: Migratory Birds
IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction
igcb_ben_winger
Ben Winger
Assistant Professor and Curator of Birds, Museum of Zoology and Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
More info           
IGCB Project: Migratory Birds

Research Fellows

igcb_jafor
Khandaker Jafor Ahmed
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
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Elnaz Amirahmadi
Elnaz Amirahmadi
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: LASER
TomAu
Tsun Fung (Tom) Au
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems
igcb-remi_bardou
Rémi Bardou
Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology
[email protected]
IGCB Project: Post-fire Regeneration
IGCB_Jeff Beem-Miller
Jeffrey Beem-Miller
Post doctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
[email protected]
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Alice Bernard
Alice Bernard
IGCB Research Fellow
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RoseBrinkhoff
Rose Brinkhoff
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Mountain Warming
Kara Dobson
Kara Dobson
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
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igcn_ben_lee
Ben Lee
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
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igcb-cheyenne-lei
Cheyenne Lei
Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems
IGCB Project: Albedo
Shengxi
Shengxi Gui
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
IGCB Project: LASER
igcb_wenqi
Wenqi Luo
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Soil Fungal Biodiversity
DeqiangMa
Deqiang Ma
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction
igcb_Kate_McLean
Kit McLean
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Institute for Global Change Biology
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Infectious Disease
Morgan McPherson
Morgan McPherson
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
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igcb_kirby
Kirby Mills
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology
[email protected]
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IGCB_Leo_Ohyama
Leo Ohyama
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
igcb-katie-rocci
Katie Rocci
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Climate and Soil Biogeochemistry
Schmiege
Stephanie Schmiege
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
igcb_yiluan
Yiluan Song
Schmidt AI in Science Fellow, Michigan Institute for Data Science
[email protected]
IGCB Project: Forest Phenology
IGCB Project: Airborne Pollen
LitingZheng
Liting Zheng
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Global Change Biology
[email protected]
Hengxing Zou
Hengxing Zou
IGCB Research Fellow
[email protected]
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Chang Wang
Chang Wang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable EnterprisP
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: LASER
IGCB_Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
[email protected]
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Exchange Fellows

igcb_antonio
Antonio Aguiar
IGCB Exchange Professor
[email protected]
Chauhan
Neha Chauhan
IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow
[email protected]
IGCB Project: Community Perception in Agriculture
Han Chen
Han Chen
IGCB Exchange Professor
[email protected]
Xinli Chen
Xinli Chen
IGCB Postdoctoral Exchange Fellow; Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta Exchange fellow
[email protected]
IGCB Project: Forest Carbon Storage
IGCB_Liang
Guopeng Liang
IGCB Exchange Fellow; Brown Postdoc Fellow, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Forest Carbon Cycling
igcb_xujun_liu
Xujun Liu
IGCB Exchange Fellow; South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow
[email protected]
igcb_vanessa_mariano
Vanessa Mariano
IGCB Exchange Fellow
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Hurricanes and Forests
igcb_olaya
Adriana Silva Olaya
IGCB Exchange Professor
[email protected]
igcb_adam_pellegrini
Adam Pellegrini
IGCB Exchange Professor
[email protected]
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igcb_yihang
Yihang Duan
IGCB Exchange Fellow, Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
[email protected]
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2024 Graduate Fellows

Will Brinkerhoff
William Brinkerhoff
IGCB Graduate Fellow; PhD Student, Resource Ecology Management
[email protected]
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 Julia Eckberg
Julia Eckberg
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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Tomás Fuentes-Rohwer
Tomás Fuentes-Rohwer
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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Nepsis García
Nepsis García
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Pre-Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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 Jason Hagani
Jason Hagani
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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Savannah Sturla Irizarry
Savannah Sturla Irizarry
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, Environmental Health Sciences
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Water justice in Puerto Rico
Cheyenne Graham
Cheyenne Graham
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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igcb_jackson
Scott Jackson
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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Frances Li
Frances Li
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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Jacob Longmeyer
Jacob Longmeyer
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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 Diana Marcela Medellin Zabala
Diana Marcela Medellin Zabala
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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Quinn Moon
Quinn Moon
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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Tim-Muhich
Tim Muhich
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainabilty
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Phenology in High School Classrooms
Raquel Pizzardo
Raquel Pizzardo
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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Collin-Richter
Collin Richter
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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 Mariah Schlis-Elias
Mariah Schlis-Elias
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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sedlock
Charlotte Sedlock
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Pre-Candidate, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: LASER
Anna Yue Yu
Anna Yue Yu
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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 Jiali Zhu
Jiali Zhu
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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 Tiantian Zhu
Tiantian Zhu
IGCB Graduate Fellow, Earth and Environmental Sciences
[email protected]
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Students

igcb
Carby Wu
Undergraduate Student
[email protected]
IGCB Project: LASER
O'Keefe
Richard O'Keefe
MSc Student
[email protected]
IGCB Project: LASER
Xiuyu Cao
Xiuyu Cao
MSc Student
[email protected]
IGCB Project: LASER
igcb
Neal Harbaugh
MSc Student
[email protected]
IGCB Project: LASER
igcb
Kai Sheng
Undergraduate Student
[email protected]
IGCB Project: LASER

Past Exchange Fellows

Yiluan_Song
Yiluan Song
IGCB Doctoral Exchange Fellow
[email protected]
IGCB Project: Forest Phenology
IGCB Project: Airborne Pollen
IGCB Project: Phenology in High School Classrooms
igcb_yuan_li
Yuan Li
IGCB Exchange Associate Professor, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology
[email protected]
igcb_carolina
Carolina Arguiano
IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow
[email protected]
igcb_shijing
Shijing Liang
IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow
[email protected]
igcb_pengcheng
Pengcheng Liu
IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow
[email protected]
Thiago Gonçalves Souza
Thiago Gonçalves Souza
IGCB Exchange Professor
[email protected]

2023 Graduate Fellows

igcb_will_brinkerhoff
William Brinkerhoff
IGCB Graduate Fellow; PhD Student, Resource Ecology Management
[email protected]
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igcb_julia_eckberg
Julia Eckberg
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Seasonal Rainfall
igcb_flores
Jennifer Flores
IGCB Graduate Fellow; PhD Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
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igcb_Etienne_Herrick
Etienne Herrick
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
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igcb_cecilia_howard
Cecilia Howard
Ph.D Candidate, Earth and Environmental Sciences
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Lake Chemistry
IGCB_Yi Liu
Yi Liu
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
IGCB Project: Airborne Pollen
igcb_morris
Jonathan Morris
IGCB Graduate Fellow
[email protected]
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igcb_Mislael
Mislael A. Valentín Cortés
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate Department of Epidemiology
[email protected]
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IGCB Project: Colonialism & Public Health
IGCB Project: Water justice in Puerto Rico
igcb_Olivia_Vought
Olivia Vought
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project:Snow Melt
IGCB_Shike Zhang
Shike Zhang
IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student School for Environment and Sustainability
[email protected]
More info
IGCB Project: Wildfire and Carbon Cycling
IGCB Project: LASER
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