Who we are IGCB Leadership Peter Reich Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology (IGCB) preich@umich.edu More info 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 IGCB Program Manager and Research Specialist sraubs@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Grassland Function IGCB Project: Competition and Climate Thiago Gonçalves Souza Head of IGCB Postdoc Development; Adjunct Research Scientist tgoncalv@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Habitat Loss IGCB Faculty Steering Committee Greg Dick Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences gdick@umich.edu More info Inés Ibáñez Professor of Ecosystem Science and Management (School for the Environment and Sustainability) iibanez@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems IGCB Project: Albedo Marie O'Neill Professor of Environmental Health Sciences marieo@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Pollen Health Effects IGCB Project: Colonialism & Public Health IGCB Project: Water justice in Puerto Rico Peter Reich Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology (IGCB) preich@umich.edu More info 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 Nate Sanders Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology njsander@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Habitat Loss IGCB Project: Mountain Warming IGCB Project: Seasonal Rainfall Nathan Sheldon Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences nsheldon@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Lake Chemistry Allison Steiner Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering alsteine@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Pollen Health Effects Donald R. Zak Alexander H. Smith Distinguished University Professor of Ecology; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor drzak@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Soil Fungi Kai Zhu Associate Professor of Geospatial Data Sciences and Ecosystem Science and Management zhukai@umich.edu More info 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 Karen Alofs Assistant Professor Ecosystem Science and Management Water Conservation + Restoration kmalofs@umich.edu More info Jacob Allgeier Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology jeallg@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction Regina Baucom Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Associate Chair for Graduate Studies rsbaucom@umich.edu More info Jennifer Blesh Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability jblesh@umich.edu More info Gideon Bradburd Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology bradburd@umich.edu More info Neil Carter Associate Professor, PI of Conservation & Coexistence Group nhcarter@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Wildfire and Carbon Cycling IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction Aimée Classen Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of Biological Station aclassen@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Mountain Warming IGCB Project:Snow Melt Meghan Duffy Susan S. Kilham Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies duffymeg@umich.edu More info Alexandra Paige Fischer Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability apfisch@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Post-fire Regeneration Johannes Foufopoulos Associate Professor Ecosystem Science and Management Conservation + Restoration jfoufop@umich.edu More info Benjamin Goldstein Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability benjgo@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: LASER Thiago Gonçalves Souza Head of IGCB Postdoc Development; Adjunct Research Scientist tgoncalv@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Habitat Loss IGCB Project: LASER Dimitris Gounaridis Research Specialist, School for Environment and Sustainability dgounar@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: LASER Carina Gronlund Research Assistant Professor, Social Environment and Health Program gronlund@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Pollen Health Effects Heidi Hausermann Associate Professor, School of Environment & Sustainability heidibak@umich.edu More info Jennifer Head Assistant Professor, Institute for Global Change Biology, School of Public Health jrhead@umich.edu More info Mia Howard LSA Collegiate Fellow, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology mmhoward@umich.edu More info Meha Jain Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability mehajain@umich.edu More info Timothy James Professor and Curator of Fungi, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology tyjames@umich.edu More info Jenan Kharbush Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences jenanjk@umich.edu More info Gretchen Keppel-Aleks Associate Professor Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering gkeppela@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Post-fire Regeneration Naomi Levin Associate Professor Earth and Environmental Sciences nelevin@umich.edu More info Geoffrey Lewis Research Specialist, Center for Sustainable Systems glewis@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: LASER Mark Lindquist Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability marklin@umich.edu More info Ivette Perfecto James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice perfecto@umich.edu More info Kerri Pratt Professor Department of Chemistry; Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences; Applied Physics Program prattka@umich.edu More info Joan Nassauer Professor, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability nassauer@umich.edu More info Joshua Newell Professor School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) / Program in the Environment (PiTE) jpnewell@umich.edu More info Mohammed Ombadi Assistant Professor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering ombadi@umich.edu More info Anshuman Swain Assistant Professor, Assistant Curator, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology answain@umich.edu More info María Natalia Umaña Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology maumana@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems IGCB Project: Hurricanes and Forests John Vandermeer Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology jvander@umich.edu More info Brian Weeks Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability. Affiliated Researcher, Bird Division, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bcweeks@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Migratory Birds IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction Ben Winger Assistant Professor and Curator of Birds, Museum of Zoology and Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology wingerb@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Migratory Birds Research Fellows Khandaker Jafor Ahmed IGCB Research Fellow kjafor@umich.edu More info Tsun Fung (Tom) Au Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability tomau@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems Rémi Bardou Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology rbardou@umich.edu IGCB Project: Post-fire Regeneration Jeffrey Beem-Miller Post doctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory jbeemmil@umich.edu More info Rose Brinkhoff Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology rebrink@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Mountain Warming Kara Dobson IGCB Research Fellow kcdobson@umich.edu More info Ben Lee IGCB Research Fellow benrlee@umich.edu More info Cheyenne Lei Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology cheylei@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Forest Ecosystems IGCB Project: Albedo Shengxi Gui Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School for Environment and Sustainability guisx@umich.edu IGCB Project: LASER Wenqi Luo IGCB Research Fellow wenqil@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Soil Fungal Biodiversity Deqiang Ma Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School for Environment and Sustainability deqiangm@umich.edu IGCB Project: Human-Wildlife Interaction Kit McLean Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Institute for Global Change Biology kdmclean@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Infectious Disease Morgan McPherson IGCB Research Fellow mrmcp@umich.edu More info Kirby Mills Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology kimills@umich.edu More info Leo Ohyama IGCB Research Fellow leoo@umich.edu Sarah Raubenheimer IGCB Program Manager and Research Fellow sraubs@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Grassland Function Katie Rocci Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability krocci@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Climate and Soil Biogeochemistry Stephanie Schmiege IGCB Research Fellow scsteph@umich.edu Yiluan Song Schmidt AI in Science Fellow, Michigan Institute for Data Science songyl@umich.edu IGCB Project: Forest Phenology IGCB Project: Airborne Pollen Liting Zheng Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Global Change Biology litingz@umich.edu Hengxing Zou IGCB Research Fellow hxzou@umich.edu More info Chang Wang Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable EnterprisP cwclaire@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: LASER Lei Zhang Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory lei.zhang@lbl.gov More info Exchange Fellows Antonio Aguiar IGCB Exchange Professor ajcaguiar@gmail.com Neha Chauhan IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow neha.chauhan@leuphana.de IGCB Project: Community Perception in Agriculture Han Chen IGCB Exchange Professor han.yh.chen@gmail.ca Xinli Chen IGCB Postdoctoral Exchange Fellow; Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta Exchange fellow xinli3@ualberta.ca IGCB Project: Forest Carbon Storage Guopeng Liang IGCB Exchange Fellow; Brown Postdoc Fellow, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University Guopeng.Liang@yale.edu More info IGCB Project: Forest Carbon Cycling Xujun Liu IGCB Exchange Fellow; South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow xujunli@umich.edu Vanessa Mariano IGCB Exchange Fellow vanessa.mds99@gmail.com More info IGCB Project: Hurricanes and Forests Adriana Silva Olaya IGCB Exchange Professor amsolay@umich.edu Adam Pellegrini IGCB Exchange Professor ap2188@cam.ac.uk More info Yihang Duan IGCB Exchange Fellow, Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences yihangd@umich.edu More info 2024 Graduate Fellows William Brinkerhoff IGCB Graduate Fellow; PhD Student, Resource Ecology Management wbrink@umich.edu More info Julia Eckberg IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology eckbergj@umich.edu More info Tomás Fuentes-Rohwer IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology tfuentes@umich.edu More info Nepsis García IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Pre-Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology nepsisgl@umich.edu More info Jason Hagani IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability jhagani@umich.edu More info Savannah Sturla Irizarry IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, Environmental Health Sciences ssturla@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Water justice in Puerto Rico Cheyenne Graham IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology cheyg@umich.edu More info Scott Jackson IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, School for Environment and Sustainability sajacks@umich.edu More info Frances Li IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology wenxili@umich.edu More info Jacob Longmeyer IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology jalo@umich.edu More info Diana Marcela Medellin Zabala IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology dianamz@umich.edu More info Quinn Moon IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology qmoon@umich.edu More info Tim Muhich IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainabilty tmuhich@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Phenology in High School Classrooms Raquel Pizzardo IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology pizzardo@umich.edu More info Collin Richter IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability colric@umich.edu More info Mariah Schlis-Elias IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology maschlis@umich.edu More info Charlotte Sedlock IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Pre-Candidate, School for Environment and Sustainability csedlock@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: LASER Anna Yue Yu IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability yuay@umich.edu More info Jiali Zhu IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student, School for Environment and Sustainability jializ@umich.edu More info Tiantian Zhu IGCB Graduate Fellow, Earth and Environmental Sciences ttzhu@umich.edu More info Students Carby Wu Undergraduate Student ginwu@umich.edu IGCB Project: LASER Richard O'Keefe MSc Student rhokee@umich.edu IGCB Project: LASER Xiuyu Cao MSc Student xiuyucao@umich.edu IGCB Project: LASER Neal Harbaugh MSc Student nharbaug@umich.edu IGCB Project: LASER Kai Sheng Undergraduate Student shengkai@umich.edu IGCB Project: LASER Past Exchange Fellows Yiluan Song IGCB Doctoral Exchange Fellow songyl@umich.edu IGCB Project: Forest Phenology IGCB Project: Airborne Pollen IGCB Project: Phenology in High School Classrooms Yuan Li IGCB Exchange Associate Professor, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology yuanlia@umich.edu Carolina Arguiano IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow arguiano@umich.edu Shijing Liang IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow shijingl@umich.edu Pengcheng Liu IGCB Graduate Exchange Fellow pengchel@umich.edu Thiago Gonçalves Souza IGCB Exchange Professor tgoncalv@umich.edu 2023 Graduate Fellows William Brinkerhoff IGCB Graduate Fellow; PhD Student, Resource Ecology Management wbrink@umich.edu More info Julia Eckberg IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student Ecology and Evolutionary Biology eckbergj@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Seasonal Rainfall Jennifer Flores IGCB Graduate Fellow; PhD Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology floresjt@umich.edu More info Etienne Herrick IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate School for Environment and Sustainability herricke@umich.edu More info Cecilia Howard Ph.D Candidate, Earth and Environmental Sciences howardcm@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Lake Chemistry Yi Liu IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student School for Environment and Sustainability yia@umich.edu IGCB Project: Airborne Pollen Jonathan Morris IGCB Graduate Fellow jonno@umich.edu More info Mislael A. Valentín Cortés IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate Department of Epidemiology mislaelv@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Colonialism & Public Health IGCB Project: Water justice in Puerto Rico Olivia Vought IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ovought@umich.edu More info IGCB Project:Snow Melt Shike Zhang IGCB Graduate Fellow, PhD Student School for Environment and Sustainability zhangsk@umich.edu More info IGCB Project: Wildfire and Carbon Cycling IGCB Project: LASER